Research Consultant

Our Research team sits within Endava’s Product & Design discipline, where researchers, strategists, designers, artists, and marketers work together to create meaningful, customer-centric experiences.

We are looking for an experienced Research Consultant with strong mixed-methods research capabilities , combining qualitative research, quantitative analysis, and strategic thinking.

This is a hands-on research role for someone who can take an ambiguous business question, determine the right research approach, conduct and analyze primary research, synthesize complex findings, and translate them into clear, actionable recommendations.

You will work with both internal teams and clients, including senior and executive stakeholders, so strong communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills are essential.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end mixed-methods research projects, from defining research questions and selecting the appropriate methodology through analysis, synthesis, and presentation of findings.
• Design and conduct qualitative research, including stakeholder and user interviews, alongside secondary research.
• Design surveys and perform quantitative analysis using appropriate statistical methods to identify meaningful patterns and insights.
• Translate qualitative and quantitative findings into clear, actionable recommendations that support business and product decisions.
• Create executive-ready deliverables and confidently present research findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders and C-suite audiences.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams to structure ambiguous business questions and determine the most effective research approach.
• Adapt research methods, communication, and storytelling to different industries, audiences, and business contexts.
• Contribute to thought leadership through research-based content such as white papers, articles, and other publications.
• Strong hands-on experience conducting mixed-methods research , with demonstrated experience across both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
• Experience independently designing and executing primary research, including interviews and surveys.
• Hands-on experience analyzing survey or research data using statistical methods and tools such as R, SQL, STATA, SPSS, or equivalent .
• Experience with survey platforms such as Qualtrics or similar tools .
• Strong ability to synthesize complex information and turn research findings into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience presenting insights and recommendations to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively with clients, technical teams, and multidisciplinary groups.
• Ability to work autonomously with ambiguous or loosely defined business problems and determine an appropriate research approach.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English , including the ability to facilitate research conversations and communicate complex findings to executive audiences.
• Curiosity and adaptability, with the ability to quickly understand new industries, business problems, and subject areas.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across different countries and geographies.

Background

We welcome candidates from backgrounds such as research consulting, mixed-methods research, UX/product research, market or consumer research, insights, management consulting, or strategy consulting , provided they have hands-on experience designing and conducting primary research and working with quantitative research data.

Relevant experience may include:

• Bachelor's degree with approximately 5–6 years of relevant industry experience;
• Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant industry experience; or
• PhD with 1+ year of relevant industry experience.

Experience within technology, retail, or manufacturing is preferred. Fluency in an additional language is also considered an advantage.

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
• Career Development : Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential.

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