Senior Director, Head of Asia Pacific

About us:

We invite you to come grow with us.

Research Partnership (part of Inizio Advisory) is one of the world's largest pharma market research and consulting agencies with over 250 researchers, consultants, project managers and support staff. Our teams are located across the globe, in Europe (London, Lyon), North America (New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco) and Asia (Singapore, India).

As individuals with diverse backgrounds, as a team with shared values, as professionals ready to reimagine health and life sciences—you can grow with us at a place that:

• Makes a difference to human health
• Shares values and celebrates progress
• Puts people at the centre of everything

About the team:

Our Custom Research teams partner with global pharmaceutical, biotech and medical technology clients to enable them to solve marketing, brand, advertising and communications problems through a mixture of innovative qualitative and quantitative market research techniques.

The team is not split into silos by client or therapy area, so you will be empowered to develop broad expertise across the healthcare landscape and will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of expert senior researchers and gain exposure to the full suite of research tools and techniques covered by the team.

About the role:

The Senior Director will take on a leadership role within our Asia Pacific team, responsible for overseeing the business unit P&L, as well as leading client engagement and driving business growth. The role will sit on our global Senior Management Team, working closely with other Senior Director peers and the CEO to develop and implement business strategy.

The Singapore team operates as an Asia Pacific hub for Research Partnership, working alongside colleagues in our international offices in Europe and Asia. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with people from across the global business.

Your primary role:

• Development and execution of the vision and growth strategy for the Asia Pacific Custom Research business unit, in consultation and agreement with the RP CEO and supporting our global strategic priorities
  • This may include a specific focus on supporting the development and growth of our offshoring activities for our global teams within Asia Pacific, e.g. via our hub in India
• Growing Research Partnership’s presence across the APAC region in accordance with overall company strategy
• Leading business development initiatives with potential clients across the region, both independently and in collaboration with Directors and Senior Directors in Europe and the US
• Managing and expanding the RP team based across Asia Pacific, including assessing performance, recruitment strategy and succession planning
• You will also play a leading role in delivering and retaining a major quantitative brand tracking project for a regional client

About You…

Your skills and experience:

• Significant leadership experience in primary market research (qual and quant) within the healthcare industry
• Substantial regional experience within APAC
• Demonstrable success in growing a primary research client-base, with significant personal sales capabilities plus leadership over other commercial activities
• Experience driving growth and organization-wide revenue generation
• Strong team leadership skills with experience in mentoring and developing leaders and their teams
• Hands-on expertise with both qualitative and quantitative research techniques
• Comfortable with key P&L metrics and using business forecasting to drive investment decisions
• Experience working in a matrix management environment and able to prioritise across competing priorities and stakeholders

Ideal profile:

• You are proactive, dedicated, and enthusiastic
• You demonstrate a high level of strategic thinking and judgement, capable of identifying and developing commercial opportunities
• You are a collaborative leader who empowers your direct and indirect reports to deliver exceptional work, and to take the initiative and seize opportunities for growth
• You communicate ideas and issues in an effective, straightforward fashion
• You are highly motivated and are looking for an opportunity to step into a key, high profile leadership role in our organization

Life at Research Partnership:

We love what we do and continuously strive for innovation and creativity. We believe everyone should continuously be learning and provide:

• A comprehensive training and development programme, providing both structured and hands-on training in order for you to develop and build your career as a pharmaceutical market researcher
• A relaxed, non-bureaucratic, friendly working environment where employee performance is recognised and rewarded
• Social events - including team day out and end-of-year party, along with social events after office hours
• Fundraising and charity events – we do team volunteering locally at least once a year, and support Forever Angels, a children's charity whose aim is to care for abandoned babies in Tanzania, Africa

About Inizio Advisory:

Research Partnership is part of Inizio Advisory, we partner with global life science and healthcare companies to create lasting change in human healthcare.

Through our connected capabilities in market research, consulting and brand alignment, we support clients at every stage of their journey.

Our expertise, technology platforms and data-driven insights help clients to accelerate their clinical and commercial success, resulting in long-term value for clients and their patients.

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Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.