Director, Insights

As Director Insights You Will:

Client Partnership & Strategic Leadership

• Be a leader of day-to-day strategic insights relationships with a leading OTC and Personal Care manufacturer serving as a trusted partner to client stakeholders across insights brand category sales and commercial teams.
• Partner with the Vice President Insights to elevate the client experience align against joint business priorities and ensure NIQ is delivering against the clients most important growth questions.
• Build strong client relationships by bringing a consultative mindset proactive perspective and clear recommendations to every client interaction.
• Help the client identify and clarify the underlying business challenge ensuring your team solves the true business question rather than simply fulfilling requested analyses.
• Lead key client meetings and business reviews delivering insights and recommendations to both working teams and senior stakeholders.
• Be present onsite at the clients New Providence NJ location a minimum of two days per week to deepen partnership strengthen collaboration and stay closely connected to emerging client priorities.

Insights Analytics & Storytelling

• Coach and oversee your teams delivery of high-quality insights and analysis that accurately and effectively address client business needs.
• Connect category performance consumer behavior retailer dynamics competitive activity and marketplace trends into clear actionable business recommendations.
• Review and elevate major client deliverables to ensure insights are relevant commercially meaningful and tied to business impact.
• Inspire your team to move beyond reporting and data recaps by developing stories that highlight implications strategic choices and pathways to growth.
• Bring forward relevant perspective across OTC Personal Care Health & Wellness shopper behavior retail dynamics innovation and category growth opportunities.
• Help the client understand evolving consumer and marketplace dynamics through proactive high-quality thought leadership delivered on a regular cadence.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead coach and develop your team of insights associates helping them strengthen their consultative skills analytical thinking storytelling capabilities and business acumen.
• Provide timely feedback coaching and recognition to ensure your team delivers high standards of performance and client partnership.
• Guide associates in listening deeply to client needs framing the right business questions and translating analysis into client-ready recommendations.
• Foster a collaborative engaged and high-performing team culture that enables associates to grow while delivering strong outcomes for the client.
• Partner with internal NIQ experts and cross-functional teams to bring the best of NIQ to the client.

Project & Delivery Excellence

• Oversee multiple priorities deadlines and deliverables across your team ensuring work is delivered with quality timeliness and strategic relevance.
• Ensure contracted deliverables are executed effectively while continuously identifying opportunities to add value beyond the core scope.
• Proactively manage client requests data questions operational issues and delivery risks with urgency accountability and clear communication.
• Ensure the client and your team are leveraging NIQ tools data assets and capabilities effectively to support business decision-making.
• Develop repeatable ways of working that improve your teams efficiency consistency and quality of output.

Innovation Thought Leadership & Growth

• Collaborate with internal NIQ experts to identify new capabilities solutions and approaches that address the clients evolving growth needs.
• Stay current on industry trends consumer behavior shifts retail dynamics and category developments relevant to OTC Personal Care and Health & Wellness.
• Support the development of proactive thought leadership that helps clients anticipate change and identify emerging opportunities.
• Partner with commercial and specialty teams to identify opportunities for expanded partnership new solutions and incremental client value.
• Support business development efforts by helping translate client needs into relevant NIQ solutions proposals and engagement models.

Qualifications :

• 8 years of relevant experience in CPG consumer insights analytics client leadership or professional services with experience in OTC Personal Care Health & Wellness or adjacent consumer categories preferred.
• Experience leading teams and coaching others in data analysis insight development storytelling and client-ready communication.
• Strong stakeholder management experience including the ability to build trust influence client teams and manage complex client relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to use data analytics consumer insights retail dynamics and industry context to support brand building marketing merchandising innovation category strategy and growth planning.
• Experience working with syndicated data tools such as NielsenIQ Circana panel RMS/POS scan data or similar consumer and retail measurement solutions.
• Proven ability to translate business questions into clear analytic approaches and actionable recommendations.
• Strong executive communication skills including the ability to present insights clearly and confidently to senior client stakeholders.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities deliverables and client requests in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong sense of urgency accountability and ownership in driving client outcomes.
• Ability to develop talent build team engagement and foster a high-performing team culture.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft applications including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability and willingness to work onsite a minimum of two days per week at the clients New Providence NJ location.
• Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree

Additional Information :

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $110000 - $165000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidates experience qualifications skills and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment comprehensive health insurance industry-leading parental leave life insurance education support and more. 

US Benefits 

• Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical Rx dental and vision). 
• Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions). 
• Life and AD&D insurance. 
• 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions. 
• Disability insurance. 
• Tuition Reimbursement. 
• Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays. 

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process including résumé screening candidate assessments interview scheduling job matching communication support and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQs principles of fairness transparency human oversight and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions require accommodations or wish to request human review were permitted by law please contact your local HR representative. For more information please visit NIQs AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: NIQ

NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90% of the worlds population.

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Employment Type :

Full-time