Head of Consumer Insights

The Head of Consumer Insight leads the organisations humancentred understanding of consumers and ensures that deep strategic insight shapes decisions across brand portfolio innovation and commercial strategy.

The role transforms the Insight discipline from projectbased research into a strategic demanddefining capability that uncovers motivations tensions and opportunities essential for growth.

The role builds the frameworks standards talent and ways of working that translate research into clear influencedriving recommendations that define where and how the business should win.

Key Responsibilities

1. Embed Insight into Core Strategy & DecisionMaking

• Create and maintain foundational consumer understanding including Demand Spaces segments need states and category behaviours.
• Ensure insight meaningfully shapes category strategy brand strategy and innovation pipelines.
• Act as the voice of the consumer in senior forums and strategic discussions.

2. Translate Insight into Audience & Media Effectiveness

• Convert consumer insight into clear audience targets for media planning.
• Partner with media agencies to define segments targeting and priorities.
• Set campaign success metrics (e.g. reach engagement brand lift ROI) and ensure tracking and optimisation.
• Feed campaign learnings back into insight and strategy.

3. Elevate Insight Quality Standards and Impact

• Develop bestpractice methodologies for research synthesis storytelling and strategic application.
• Shift the team from research project management to insight leadership with clear points of view.
• Drive consistent frameworks for insight translation and activation across the organisation.

4. Deliver ForwardLooking Insights & Foresight

• Uncover emerging consumer tensions cultural shifts and behavioural patterns.
• Combine qual/quant behavioural science and cultural insight to develop futureoriented opportunity platforms.
• Ensure foresight shapes upstream strategic choices and longterm brand direction.

5. Business Partnering and Influencing

• Act as a strategic partner to Category and Brand Marketing and commercial teams.
• Strengthen integration with Marketing/ commercial teams for earlier impact in the development cycle fostering strong influencing capability
• Build clear impact stories that elevate the functions influence and visibility.

6. Build Talent and Team

• Develop the skills tools and frameworks required for a modern Insight team (e.g. hybrid qual/quant behavioural science cultural analysis).
• Establish clear career paths growth plans and capability building for Consumer Insights
• Champion a culture of curiosity rigor storytelling and strategic influence.

What does success look like in this role

• Insight consistently shapes upstream and downstream strategic decisions.
• A recognised shift from project delivery to strategic influence.
• Clear frameworks for insight quality storytelling and activation.
• Strong alignment to Demand Spaces and consumer growth opportunities.
• A high performing Consumer Insight team with strong capability and defined career paths.

Qualifications :

Experience & Capabilities

• Deep expertise in consumer insight market research and brand strategy
• Strong experience in shaping brand portfolio and innovation strategy through insight.
• Experience translating insight into media strategy and audience targeting.
• Strong understanding of segmentation and campaign measurement (tracking attribution MMM).
• Proven ability to work with media agencies on targeting and effectiveness frameworks.
• Proven ability to convert research into compelling strategic narratives and recommendations.
• Skilled storyteller with strong stakeholder influence in a matrix organization.
• Experience leading small highimpact insight teams and inspiring talent

Additional Information :

What youll get at De Beers Group

At De Beers Group our purpose is to Make Life Brilliant and that starts with supporting our people to thrive at work and beyond with benefits that support your health time and financial wellbeing.

• Time thats yours: 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy or sell leave via our flexible benefits platform.
• A pension that invests in your future: minimum 4% employee contribution plus 11% company contribution (15% total).
• Healthcare you can rely on: companyfunded core Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) with options to upgrade or extend cover.
• Support when life gets busy: 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme access to a Mental Health First Aider network and wider wellbeing resources.
• Financial perks & savings: access to our flexible benefits platform including options such as holiday trading travel insurance dental cover critical illness protection retail vouchers and more.
• Share schemes: opportunities to participate in Anglo American share plans including Free Shares SIP and SAYE.
• Lifestyle perks: employee discounts staff discount options and onsite benefits where available (e.g. gym and restaurant facilities).

Benefits may vary and are subject to scheme terms and eligibility.

Who we are

De Beers Group is a company with a rich history and a sparkling future. Since 1888 our experts have searched the world for natures most precious gem. Our diamonds bring beauty to the world. But we think they can do so much more. We want our diamonds and our business to make life brilliant for our people our customers and the world around us. Venetia Mine is part of De Beers Group Managed Operations Business which integrates mines operations and support functions in the De Beers Group producer countries of Canada and South Africa to shape a safe sustainable future for De Beers Groups people shareholders communities and partners.

Safety

Safety first is a way of life for us. We are unconditional about the safety health and well-being of our colleagues at work and at home and about that of the communities where we work. We aim to lead the industry by investing in innovation to protect people who are at the heart of our business. Our high performing teams take accountability for their own and others actions work collaboratively and always show care and respect.

Inclusion & Diversity

We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential. Referrals incentive applicable: This opportunity is open to a paid referral incentive according to the Referral Policy. Referral incentives are applicable to De Beers Group internal employees only. 

Building Forever

Sustainability is at the heart of our decision-making it is how we do business.   Building Forever is key to our purpose as it represents our ambitious and holistic sustainability framework and is central to our ability to deliver long-term value to our communities and partners. This shapes how we protect our social and environmental license to operate build a long-term legacy in our host communities and earn consumers trust in our diamonds that they can wear with pride. 

Background Checks

Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening which may include a criminal check and validation of qualifications.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract