Senior Research Executive

Lumanity is dedicated to improving patient health by accelerating and optimizing access to medical advances.  We partner with life sciences companies around the world to generate evidence to demonstrate the value of their product, translate the science and data into compelling product narratives, and enable commercial decisions that position these products for success in the market. We do this through strategic and complimentary areas of focus: Strategic Consulting & Insights, Value, Access & Outcomes, Medical Strategy & Communications, and Real-World Evidence.

Our market research Insights Team are seeking a Senior Research Executive to join their qualitative research team.

This position involves owning and leading project deliverables for effective research project management. The responsibilities include independently conducting research activities, building client relationships for business generation, leading, and coaching a team, and acting as a valued internal resource within Lumanity, aiming to become a role model.

The core competencies for this role include but are not limited to:

• To own and lead specific project deliverables to ensure effective management and implementation of research projects, acting as the day to day point of contact for the client regarding project logistics, to oversee the development of routine project tasks, e.g. job costing, reports and performing project tasks and deliverables as defined, on time and to a high quality, taking responsibility for running projects within budget.
• To independently conduct research activities to help build client satisfaction by starting to design high quality research screeners, discussion guides and questionnaires, which show a clear understanding of the market research objectives, to produce good quality sections of presentations that require minimal review. Conduct 1-1 interviews via phone and face-to-face, and start to build confidence moderating focus groups, conduct some facilitation and present at client meetings
• To start to build close personal client relationships to contribute towards business growth. Perform marketing activities, e.g. arrange and follow up meetings, begin to write marketing reports, show an understanding of the importance of potential business opportunities and draft straight forward client-focused, needs-based proposals and, under guidance, contribute to more complex proposals

• To ensure effective teamwork and coach colleagues (RA, RE). Provide on the job coaching and feedback to RA & RE colleagues in order to help build their skills and take responsibility for workload planning for RAs and REs on research projects to ensure effective project management

Act as a valued internal resource to Lumanity by starting to become a role model. Provide support, actively implement, and seek to develop company practices, shows appropriate enthusiasm, drive, and responsibility for tasks.    

• Strong Degree (2:1) in any subject and/or professional qualification preferable
• 2-4 years’ experience in research or professional services organisation
• 2 years’ experience in research-based project support role
• 1-2 years healthcare sector experience is preferable
• All round technical ability and broad knowledge of research methods and approaches
• Proven results in project management
• Computer proficient – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Pension
• Private Healthcare
• Dental Insurance
• Enhanced eye care 
• Electric Car Scheme 
• Holiday that increases with tenure
• Option to buy / sell holiday annually 
• Staggered working hours