Director Market Research
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Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises staff and implements the company’s market research strategy. Responsibilities include management of data gathering by market research specialists on consumer needs, behavior and trends, perception of existing products and new product concepts, marketing testing, performance analysis of products and marketing programs, and competitor behavior. Develops briefs for outside research vendors and manages their relationship. Recruits and develops staff within the area of responsibility in accordance with policy. May also manage external vendors and contractors engaged in originating data for analysis
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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