Allow us to introduce ourselves
Hello there! We’re Appinio, a global market research company that combines an AI-powered insights platform with expert consultancy. On a mission to make the world a little more fact-based, we help companies understand how consumers think and make smarter decisions.
We started out in Hamburg back in 2014, but we’re now humbled to call the world our playground, with over 260 employees spread across 13 countries (we’re remote-first), 2600+ international clients, delivering research from +190 markets, globally.
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Here at Appinio, we value transparency in our recruitment process, and we've created a blog to share what to expect during each step of our journey together: here
Your mission as a Team Lead Research
As Team Lead, you will play a key role in building and guiding our Research team (Consultants and Executives) in the French region. You will foster team development through market research expertise and a commitment to exceeding client expectations. Your responsibilities include guiding and supporting our Researchers in their market research projects and helping them grow as researchers and as people. You will also advise and coach key clients through the entire market research process, from methodology selection to results interpretation, acting as a sparring partner and inspiring clients with customer-centric, agile research, and innovative methodologies.
Additionally, you will collaborate closely with the international Research Leadership Team (e.g., Germany, Spain, Americas) on strategic projects that drive organizational and research excellence.
What you’ll be doing
- Leadership and Team Development:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of smart and caring Researchers
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation within the team
- Provide regular feedback and support to help team members achieve their professional goals
- Strategic Development:
- Collaborate with Research Leads from other countries & departments to push strategic initiatives across the whole company
- Build scalable and effortless processes to facilitate, e.g., project management and cross-team collaboration
- Think 10x and bring new ideas and ways of working to the team
- Client Engagement:
- Act as a sparring partner for a variety of clients in the creation, adaptation, and analysis of market research projects
- Conceptualize study designs and bespoke questionnaires across multiple use cases
- Interpret market research results to provide actionable recommendations to clients; present results to customers
- Project Management:
- Ensure seamless cooperation with the Research Operations team in setting up questionnaires and fieldwork on the Appinio platform
- Collaborate closely with the Account Management team to implement initial projects for new customers
You will thrive in this role if
- You have 6+ years of experience in market research and consulting B2B clients, with strong knowledge of quantitative methods and statistics
- You have experience designing studies, writing questionnaires, and working across various research methods and use cases
- You bring a strategic and commercially minded approach, translating insights into business impact for clients
- You have 3+ years of leadership experience with a proven track record of leading high-performing teams, particularly in significant turnaround or fast scale-up environments
- You communicate confidently, clearly, and transparently in both French and English, facilitating seamless interactions across diverse teams and stakeholders
- You possess a hands-on mentality, pragmatism, proactivity, and an affinity for numbers and data
- You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves to set up scalable frameworks and processes
- You have a cooperative and caring attitude
Our interview process
- Screening Call with a Team Lead RC France
- Case Study Interview with our Research Consulting Leadership team
- Stakeholder Interview with our General Manager France
- Executive Interview with C-Level
- Reference Calls
- Offer
What’s in it for you?
- Flexibility Policy - Our flexibility policy means there is no hard cap on the number of vacation days you can take
- Temporary work from abroad - If you're based in the EU, you can work outside your country of residence for up to 180 days per year
- All the hardware you need and your own MacBook
- If you are located in Hamburg or Berlin, you'll get a Deutschland ticket or access to a mobility budget with the NAVIT app to get you to and from the office space
- Subsidised Urban Sports Club or ClassPass membership based on location
- In case you’re located in one of the cities where most of our fellow Appinioneers are (Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, London, Madrid, Barcelona, or New York), you can get access to our Co-working spaces
Kind reminder: Please ensure that your application is submitted in English.
This post not only outlines our ideal candidate but also serves as an inspiration for what this role can evolve into. Even if you consider yourself an 80% fit but have a genuine passion for this position, we encourage you to apply. We're eager to hear from individuals who share our enthusiasm.
Appinio is an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
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