Research Team Leader (Research Manager/Senior Research Manager/Account Manager)

About Us

Ayvole (https://www.ayvole.com) is a B2B market research and consulting start-up founded in 2020. Its objective is to help dynamic business organizations, across scale and sectors, take robust business decisions by providing cutting edge data-driven insights.  Ayvole employs a host of methods to answer key business questions of its clients such as go-to-market/market entry strategy, market assessment & situation analysis, market sizing, demand estimation & forecast, brand awareness research, perception & positioning research, competitive landscape mapping, distribution/value chain diagnostics, financial analysis, marketing campaign/ad effectiveness evaluation, pricing research, regulatory analysis, stakeholder satisfaction research, usage & attitude (U&A) research, user/customer experience (UX/CX) research, user/customer profiling & segmentation research. Some of the major sectors serviced by Ayvole include automotive, BFSI, biotech & health, real estate & building materials, chemicals, consumer products, logistics, e-commerce, technology, industrial tools & machinery, media & infotainment, travel & tourism etc.

Roles & responsibilities

• Guiding and supervising a team of 2 to 5 market research analysts while ensuring that the following tasks are completed as per agreed upon quality parameters and within allotted timelines:
  
• Desk / secondary research through various sources (both online and offline).
  
• Development of research instruments (such as discussion guides, questionnaires etc.) for conducting primary surveys.
  
• Primary research, i.e., conducting interviews, to gather information, opinion, views etc., of various internal and external stakeholders. This would be primarily done remotely (through phone, con-calls, emails etc.) but may also require on-ground fieldwork.
  
• Conducting analysis on data and drawing useful insights.
  
• Preparation of reports, notes, articles, thought papers, memorandums, etc. basis primary and secondary (desk) research and other inputs as provided by the organization.
  
• Business development activities such as developing potential client database, reaching out to potential clients with Ayvole offer, follow-up activities, writing market research proposals, project budgeting, etc.
  
• Any other relevant tasks as allotted by the organization from time to time.
  
  

Working conditions (location, infrastructure, duration etc.)

You should, however, have access to the following throughout the duration of your employment:

• A privately owned personal computer (laptop/desktop) with latest specifications. The computer should, preferably, be used only by the selected applicant and should always be password protected.
  

There may be a few days where you may be allowed/required to work from home or remotely. In such cases, you need to ensure that you have access to the following:

• A high-speed internet connection (should enable seamless video calling).
  
• A phone/mobile with stable connectivity.
  
• A space to work undisturbed during the working hours.
  

The normal working days in a week are Monday through Saturday (except on the first and third Saturday of the month on which the office would be closed). The normal working hours, on each working day, are from 9 AM IST to 6 PM IST (with lunch-break from 1 PM to 2 PM). However, you will be required to work for such hours as necessary for the proper discharge of your duties to the Company.

Requirements

You should have the following qualifications and experience for this role:

• A post-graduate degree/diploma in management (AICTE recognized MBA/PGDM or similar).
  
• An AICTE recognised graduation (bachelors) degree in either engineering (preferred), management, economics, statistics, commerce or any other related field.
  
• A minimum of 2 years of market research experience (ideally client facing, i.e., research team based, but project management/fieldwork experience would also be considered) or experience in relevant domains such as marketing, sales, business operations, etc.
  

In addition, you should possess the following skills and abilities to be able to perform the allotted tasks effectively and efficiently:. 

• You must have good working knowledge of English language (reading, writing as well as speaking).
  
• You must have command over Microsoft Office (Word/PowerPoint/Excel) tools.
  
• You must be well-versed with the internet and finding information online.
  
• You must be sharp, intelligent, analytical and possessing an inquisitive mind with an ability to produce quality and well-structured work.
  
• You should be able to take feedback well and constructively and incorporate the same in his/her work.
  
• You must have the ability and willingness to generate and suggest new ideas.
  
• You must be well organized and disciplined but open to working in a flexible and adaptable manner.
  

Benefits

If you are selected, you would be offered a salary depending upon the final designation (out of Research Manager / Senior Research Manager / Account Manager) which is offered to you. This designation would be dependent upon:

• Your experience and its relevance to the role.
  
• Your performance in the selection process.
  

The salary offered would be in the range of INR 5.5 Lacs per annum to INR 9.0 Lacs per annum (again dependent upon the final designation offered), on a cost-to-company basis and to be paid monthly (end-of-month) after due deductions (taxes, PF etc.) upon satisfactory completion of allotted tasks.