Job description

Research Manager: EV Charging Research Services

£40k+, Edinburgh, Cambridge, London, Paris or Remote UK / France

Are you an Electric Vehicle professional, with a research or analytical background in leading and delivering market insights, opinion and data to the sector, looking for a great new role!

We're looking for a Research Manager to join a growing EV team, working with leading energy, charging and automotive companies across Europe, becoming a recognised expert and thought leader in electric vehicles (EV) and EV charging sectors, presenting at events and supporting subscribers. If this sounds like you, read on!

The role

You'll be responsible for;

• Service Management and Delivery - including taking ownership of the delivery pipeline and working collaboratively with the wider EV Team to produce Service Deliverables containing insights, opinion, data and forecasts for subscribers.
• Team management - managing workloads within the EV Team and providing feedback and support on deliverables
• Renewals and Subscribers - regular engagement with subscribers, including identifying the topics and questions which are important to them. You will have responsibility for responding to subscriber requests and scheduling subscriber-only webinars.
• Developing a thought-leadership position that challenges conventional thinking, delivering this through research content, presentations at major conferences, articles, blogs, etc.
• Understanding the needs of our existing and prospective clients and shaping, managing, and delivering the production of research content and insight accordingly
• Positioning the service in the market as a 'must-have' by meeting the needs of current and prospective subscribers

Requirements

• Experience in the energy sector, preferably related to EVs / EV charging. We will consider candidates with highly relevant BSc, MSc, PhD, or MBA qualifications as part of this.
• Preferably with experience in a similar project management or service management role.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills - able to quickly understand and simplify complex issues using creative, analytical, and logical approaches, dealing with both qualitative and quantitative information.
• Excellent interpersonal, writing and communication skills.
• Collaborative and team-oriented working skills.
• Evidence of your ability to apply a variety of research methods, including face-to-face and telephone discussion with industry experts and other professionals.
• The ability to synthesise information and insight from a variety of sources, to create impactful research for our clients.
• A willingness to develop new industry contacts and clients and attend events where required.
• Commercial acumen - the ability to think commercially about the needs of our clients.

Why this role?

The client we are working with always work in line with their company values, creating a great company culture and being a place that people love to work is very important to them. There is plenty of opportunity to progress further within this role and within the wider business. With a competitive salary, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits, this is a great role to achieve your personal goals.

Interested?

Get in touch today by clicking the apply button above, or send an email to Tom at: tjherbert@allen-york.com to find out more or to arrange a confidential chat.

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