Title: Research Analyst (Custom Qualitative & Quantitative)
Job Type: Full-time
Tenure: Permanent
Location: London, UK
Education: Bachelor's degree (or relevant professional experience)
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Please note that in order to be considered for this early careers opportunity you will need to complete an application form on our website
About us:
We invite you to come grow with us.
Research Partnership (part of Inizio Advisory) is one of the world's largest pharma market research and consulting agencies with over 250 researchers, project managers and support staff. Our teams are located across the globe, in Europe (London, Lyon), North America (New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco), India, and Singapore.
As individuals with diverse backgrounds, as a team with shared values, as professionals ready to reimagine health and life sciences—you can grow with us at a place that:
- Makes a difference to human health
- Shares values and celebrates progress
- Puts people at the centre of everything
We are looking for bright, inquisitive graduates who are committed to pursuing a career in international pharmaceutical market research and consultancy.
We are recruiting Research Analysts to join our graduate programme in our Custom research team, involved in both qualitative and quantitative market research projects.
Research Analyst job role (qualitative and quantitative research):
- You will work on both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. You will have the opportunity to work on multiple custom research projects concurrently, as well as supporting our market-leading major trackers during reporting waves.
- You will conduct quantitative research, involving coding, data / table checking, charting of quantitative data and conducting data analysis. You will also carry out qualitative research, involving content analysis of qualitative in-depth interviews and focus groups, including opportunities to be involved in conducting qualitative fieldwork (moderating interviews with healthcare professionals and patients).
- You will work alongside colleagues at different levels of seniority and from across different areas of specialisation within the team, building your knowledge of the range of techniques we use.
- You will gain experience using innovative AI-powered platforms and tools, developing your technical expertise as a healthcare market researcher in an evolving sector.
- You will have the opportunity to contribute to projects end-to-end and develop your expertise and knowledge in multiple disease areas.
Responsibilities also include:
- Drafting research materials (screeners, discussion guides, questionnaires)
- Briefing internal and external colleagues on project requirements (e.g. analysts, moderators, coders, link checkers, data management teams)
- Supporting face-to-face / remote interviews with key respondents
- Day-to-day liaison with internal project management team who oversee the management of project timelines, budgets and fieldwork agencies and freelancers
- Trouble-shoot fieldwork problems with internal project management team, suggesting solutions
- Performing data checks on raw data
- Conducting analysis of qualitative and/or quantitative data, generating insights
- Preparing initial drafts of reports (or subsections of larger reports) for review by the project team
For Research Analyst positions, we are looking for people with the following skills and attributes:
- You are inquisitive and want to understand the "why"
- You are numerate with a high degree of accuracy and can demonstrate analytical capabilities with complex quantitative data sets
- You have good interpersonal skills and can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- You are proactive with a can-do attitude; able to identify issues and generate solutions
- You have excellent organizational skills, are able to multi-task whilst maintaining a high level of focus on each task
- You are creative and like seeking out novel solutions to client problems
- You have, or are predicted, a 2.1 or 1st class honours degree (or equivalent) OR you have 2+ years of experience in a relevant field (e.g. project management, data analysis or research fieldwork)
- We encourage applicants with postgraduate degrees (e.g. MSc / MA programmes).
- Ideally you have a degree in the sciences, management, social sciences, mathematics or modern languages, but we are open to degrees from any background. Degree programmes with a quantitative element are particularly of interest.
We will be recruiting these positions over the course of August and September 2025, with a start date of
4 November 2025.
Assessment Process:
Across all three role types, there will be a
three-stage assessment process:
- Application form – submit your CV and answer some short questions about your background and interests (while we are passionate about AI, we want to hear about the real you!)
- First round remote interview (MS Teams) – a competency and behavioural interview with a mid-seniority member of the relevant team
- In-person Assessment Centre to be held at our London office in Putney Bridge (likely to take place in late September)
HYBRID WORKING MODEL:
This role will primarily be based in our offices in Putney, London, and candidates must be able to work from our offices for a
minimum of 2 days per week (occasionally more for training, team meetings, etc.)
During the
first 3 weeks of the role, there will be a full training programme, conducted in-person at our London offices. All applicants must be able to attend these sessions in-person.
Life at Research Partnership:
We love what we do and continuously strive for innovation and creativity. We believe everyone should continuously be learning and provide:
- A comprehensive training and development programme for all staff, from entry level apprentice to senior management
- A relaxed and friendly working environment
- Social events - including a summer day out and end-of-year party, along with regular social events after office hours
- Fundraising and charity events – we support Forever Angels, a children's charity whose aim is to care for abandoned babies in Tanzania, Africa, as well as the local charity, Fulham Good Neighbours
Benefits package:
- Company pension contributions of 5% available from your first day (salary sacrifice)
- 25 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing by 1 day for each year's service, up to 30 days
- Additional birthday day off
- Sponsorship to complete the Market Research Society's Advanced Certificate in Social and Market Research (typically after 1 year of service)
- Private health insurance
- Life Assurance plan
- Group Income Protection
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave
- Annual salary and promotion reviews
About Inizio Advisory:
Research Partnership is part of Inizio Advisory, a trusted advisor for health and life science companies that turns science into strategy, supporting execution at every stage of the product and patient journey from early commercialization to launch and beyond. Offering market research and insights; strategy; people and transformation consulting; and commercial benchmarking delivered through sector specific connected solutions and intelligence, Inizio Advisory helps create long-term value for clients and their patients.
Further information:
This is a full-time role, working in a hybrid pattern (2 days per week in the office) at our fantastic HQ location in Fulham Green, directly opposite Putney Bridge in London, which boasts free state-of-the-art gym with showers, on-site café, panoramic river views, landscaped gardens and regular social events.
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.
