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Experience Insight Manager

Employer
Samsung
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£competitive
Closing date
12 Sep 2020

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Why join our team?

Consumer-led innovation teams have been established in different regions across the world & are at the forefront of innovation & new value creation within Samsung Electronics. I&I is housed within Samsung Design Europe (SDE) in central London, working collaboratively with global (main stakeholders who are headquartered in Korea) & local teams to deliver new value, creating product, UX, marketing & service concepts to all divisions of Samsung Electronics . I&I has contributed significantly to Samsung's product & service strategy in Europe & beyond & expects this impact on the business to grow over the next few years.

The objective of the European Insight & Innovation team is to drive innovation within the business through investigation into consumer &

What will this role achieve?

The key focus for the User Experience Insight Manager will be the delivery of Insight & market intelligence into the relevant stage of each project process in a timely manner. All projects will focus on innovation of new propositions (products & services) for Samsung.

The responsibility of the User Experience Insight Manager within the team is:

1. Become insight / consumer champion within the innovation process ensuring the consumer is 'in the room' at all times
2. Lead the understanding & collation of new trends, lifestyles & behaviors within the I&I team; so that they can be used to create hypotheses within & in the creation of projects
3. Work with other members of I&I to develop market driven concepts,
4. To bring their specialism of consumer research to bear on their colleague's projects whilst effectively engaging the other team member's capabilities (ie business analytics, strategy, tech. / Engineering & design) on their own projects
5. Leadership of ensuring best practice in qualitative & quantitative research in all project outputs
6. To develop techniques to test new insight & concept output from the Innovation process in as 'real world' a way as possible in order to create a compelling business cases
7. To support the team in the proposing , winning & managing of Innovation projects
Candidates do not need to be from the electronics industry but should have experience in research & developing insight led propositions & in finding solutions with a strategic mind-set.

Role and responsibilities

What will be your key deliverables?

Design, commission / conduct & analyze findings from qualitative & quantitative market research to understand competitive landscapes, market trends, consumer trends & needs & formulate market driven consumer insights.

  • Management of insight & lifestyle led projects & ensure they are delivered on time & within budget & understanding more than usage & attitudes found by internal market intelligence. You will have responsibility for commissioning & contracting any partner agencies for this function.
  • Support with delivery of new innovative consumer experience concepts (digital & physical) into Samsung business units. Concepts will be built on strong consumer insight, have clear trend indicators & be rooted in commercial & engineering reality.
  • Liaise within all areas of the business, to manage joint research & to collect insights & requirements
  • Lead communication with research agencies & manage agency alignment & performance
  • Share Insights & trends with the wider organization
  • Take an active role in I&I non-project activities & help to raise the perception & profile of the team within Samsung

Skills and Qualifications

What do we need for this role?

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent (Discipline is not important, although Psychology, Statistics, Anthropology, Sociology, Marketing or related field is preferred)
  • Must be able to demonstrate experience of working with insight & market intelligence in relation to new product (or service) development or Innovation
  • Must have the ability to generate compelling trend research from market data & garnering insight from consumer data
  • Experience of commissioning both qualitative & quantitative research
  • Must be a confident moderator of ad-hoc consumer groups or one-on-one interviews
  • Must have good networking into market research firms
  • Must be highly creative, innovative & design / consumer minded
  • Must have excellent presentation skills
  • Must be highly creative, innovative & user led in approach
  • Should be comfortable dealing with ambiguity & last minute changes
  • Should be well versed in business development skills & business growth
  • Should be comfortable thinking in terms of contributing to the growth of the team & at times there may be a necessity to consider the team over the individual
  • Must be flexible to travel

Essential Soft Skills:

  • Ability to participate as an active member in creative workshops & ideation sessions 
  • Hands-on approach, flexible attitude & are comfortable experimenting with new ways of working
  • Willing to work in a flat organization where hierarchy is not overtly felt
  • Ability to manage an individual in terms of mentorship & career path
  • Ability to retain relationships with our internal stakeholders. The creation & maintenance of productive relationships with both the team & the business through the identification of strategic aims & areas to grow
  • Track record of developing new techniques & process
  • Project & agency management experience
  • Ideally experience of the consumer electronics market but this is not mandatory
  • Experience of full NCD (new concept development) process would be advantageous
  • Extra European language (s) desirable

 

 

Company

As well as this, Samsung provides the opportunity to be a part of innovation that makes a real difference in the lives of millions of people worldwide. 

 

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