United Kingdom · Marketing · Director/VP (16-20 years)

Director of Market Insights

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandDirector/VP (16-20 years)
Direct reports25-100+ reports
Reports toVP of Global Marketing Intelligence
UK framework levelUsually a director, accountable for a division and its numbers

Also advertised as VP of Consumer Insights · Head of Global Research · Director of Strategic Intelligence

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about running surveys; it's about shaping the strategic direction of our entire marketing function. You'll be the person the C-suite turns to for the 'so what?' behind market shifts, consumer behaviour, and competitive moves. It’s a big job, leading a substantial team and influencing multi-million pound decisions. You're not just reporting data; you're building the intelligence engine that drives our global strategy.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Qualtrics XM (Enterprise Management)Strategic

Managing the enterprise license, establishing global data governance policies, overseeing integration with CRM (Salesforce) and data warehouses (Snowflake), and championing advanced platform features for strategic research programmes.

R / Python (Statistical Ecosystem Oversight)Architect

Overseeing the development of custom R/Python packages for proprietary analysis, defining best practices for statistical modelling, and championing the use of advanced statistical methods across the organisation. You'll guide the technical direction, not necessarily write the code.

Tableau / Power BI (Enterprise Visualisation Standards)Strategic

Managing the Tableau Server/Cloud environment, defining enterprise-wide visualisation standards, ensuring data integrity in dashboards, and championing data storytelling at the executive level. You'll ensure consistent, impactful visual communication.

Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets (Data Governance & Audit)Strategic

Your focus shifts from hands-on use to ensuring data integrity and flow from source systems into Excel/Sheets for your team. You'll audit complex models, ensure best practices are followed, and champion automation to reduce manual effort.

Asana / Jira (Global Programme Management)Strategic

Implementing and optimising Asana/Jira across the entire global insights function, integrating it with other departmental tools (e.g., Salesforce, Slack) for seamless cross-functional workflows and transparent programme tracking. You'll ensure operational excellence.

NVivo (Mixed-Methods Integration)Strategic

Championing the integration of qualitative and quantitative data streams, advocating for mixed-methods research approaches at a strategic level, and ensuring your team extracts maximum value from qualitative data to enrich strategic insights.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Strategic Research Programme Approval	Escalate to Manager for approval.	Propose to Manager, gain approval for execution.	Design programme, recommend to Director for approval.
Vendor Selection & Contract Negotiation	Suggest potential vendors to Manager.	Evaluate vendor proposals, recommend to Manager.	Lead vendor evaluation, negotiate terms, recommend to Director.
Team Hiring & Organisational Design	No authority.	Provide input on candidate fit.	Interview candidates, provide hiring recommendations.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Research ROI (Return on Investment)

The attributed revenue gain or cost savings directly resulting from insights-driven strategic decisions.

Target · Attribute >£2M in revenue gain or cost savings annually.

Identifying a new market segment through research that leads to a targeted campaign generating £3M in new sales, or optimising an existing campaign saving £500K in media spend.

Market Share Growth (Attributable)

The percentage increase in market share in key strategic markets, directly linked to insights influencing go-to-market strategies.

Target · Achieve a 1-2% increase in market share in 3 out of 5 target markets.

Insights into competitor weaknesses in Germany lead to a revised product message, resulting in a 1.5% market share gain in Q2.

Research Budget Management

Adherence to the allocated multi-million pound annual research budget.

Target · Manage the budget to within 5% of the annual plan, optimising spend without compromising quality.

Annual budget of £2.5M, actual spend £2.4M – a 4% underspend due to strategic vendor negotiation and internal tool adoption.

Strategic Influence Score

The frequency and prominence of key insights being cited in top-level corporate strategic planning documents and board presentations.

Target · Key insights cited in at least 3 corporate strategic planning documents and 2 board presentations annually.

The 'Future of X Market' report you commissioned and presented is referenced as a core pillar in the Q4 Board Deck and the 2025 Product Roadmap.

Strategic Impact & Foresight

The ability to anticipate future market trends and consumer needs, providing proactive insights that shape long-term strategy rather than just reacting to current events.

Being invited to long-range planning sessions, C-suite proactively seeking your input on emerging threats/opportunities, the successful launch of products based on your forward-looking research, and the team's ability to pivot quickly based on early market signals.

Team Development & Retention

The growth, engagement, and retention of your direct and indirect reports, fostering a high-performing, curious, and resilient insights function.

Low voluntary attrition rates within the insights team, positive feedback in 360-degree reviews regarding leadership and mentorship, internal promotions from your team, and successful development of junior talent into more senior roles. It's about building a legacy of talent.

Cross-Functional Strategic Partnership

How effectively you build trust and influence across various departments (Product, Sales, Brand, Finance) to ensure insights are truly integrated into their decision-making processes.

Being consistently consulted on major initiatives, unsolicited positive feedback from other department heads, joint strategic planning sessions where insights are the starting point, and the adoption of your team's recommended changes in other areas of the business.

Innovation in Research Methodology

The successful introduction and adoption of new, more efficient, or more insightful research methodologies and tools across the global team.

Piloting and scaling new AI-powered analytics tools, implementing advanced statistical techniques like Bayesian analysis, formal presentations on methodological best practices, and a demonstrable improvement in research efficiency or depth of insight due to new approaches.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Driving Strategic Impact

You'll be energised by seeing your team's insights directly shape multi-million pound marketing campaigns or product launches. The idea of influencing board-level decisions with robust data really gets you going.

Leading a global segmentation study that redefines our target audience and leads to a completely new brand positioning, seeing it adopted by the CMO.

Building & Empowering High-Performing Teams

You love developing talent, coaching your managers, and creating an environment where researchers can do their best work. Seeing your team members grow and take on more responsibility is a huge win for you.

Mentoring a Senior Manager who then successfully leads a critical, high-visibility research programme independently.

Solving Complex Business Puzzles

The thought of tackling ambiguous, multi-faceted market challenges – like 'Why are we losing share in APAC?' or 'What's the next big consumer trend?' – is what excites you. You thrive on connecting disparate data points to form a coherent strategic picture.

Designing a comprehensive research programme to understand declining brand loyalty across multiple regions and presenting a clear, actionable strategy to reverse the trend.

What frustrates people

Stakeholders who cherry-pick data to support their pre-existing biases, ignoring the full picture.
Dealing with internal politics and conflicting departmental agendas that slow down critical research initiatives.
The constant tension between the need for rigorous, in-depth research and the demand for 'answers by Friday'.
Having to justify the value of strategic research to budget-conscious executives who only see cost, not long-term gain.
The sheer volume of data sources, many of them messy or inconsistent, requiring significant effort to integrate before any meaningful analysis can begin.

What this role does not give you

A purely hands-on analytical role; your focus is on strategy, leadership, and oversight, not daily data crunching.
A predictable, routine work schedule; expect urgent requests and shifting priorities, especially when market dynamics change.
An environment where every single research project you initiate makes it to full implementation; some will be deprioritised or shelved due to evolving business needs.

6Who you work with

This role directly influences multi-million pound investment decisions in marketing campaigns, product development, and market entry strategies. You'll be shaping our brand's perception and competitive positioning on a global scale, directly impacting revenue growth and long-term profitability. Your insights literally drive the business forward.

Inside the business

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Head of Product Development
Regional Marketing Directors (EMEA, APAC, AMER)
Finance Leadership
Sales Leadership
Board Members (for strategic presentations)

Outside the business

Key Research Agency Partners
Industry Analysts (e.g., Gartner, Forrester)
Strategic Data Providers
External Consultants

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Proven track record of 15+ years in market research, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role managing a large team or function.
Demonstrable experience in setting and executing a global market insights strategy that has directly contributed to significant business growth or strategic shifts.
Expert-level understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, capable of critically evaluating complex study designs and analytical outputs.
Extensive experience presenting to and influencing C-suite executives and board members, translating complex data into clear, actionable strategic recommendations.
A strong commercial acumen, understanding how market insights translate into tangible business value and impact on P&L.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Data Mesh & Federated Data Governance

Important within 12-18 months. As data sources become more decentralised across a global organisation, you'll need to understand how to ensure data quality, accessibility, and governance without centralising everything. This is about empowering data owners while maintaining strategic oversight.

Data as a product · Decentralised data ownership · Self-serve data platforms · Global data catalogue & metadata management

This quarter: Research the data mesh concept and its implications for market research.
Next quarter: Partner with our Data & Analytics team to understand their data governance roadmap.
Month 6: Identify one data domain within Marketing that could benefit from a 'data as a product' approach and pilot it.
Month 9: Develop a proposal for how the Insights function can better integrate with a federated data governance model.

Quick win: Start by mapping out all the data sources your team currently uses, noting ownership, quality, and accessibility challenges.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attending and speaking at industry conferences (e.g., MRS Impact, ESOMAR Congress, Gartner Marketing Symposium) to stay abreast of emerging trends and network with peers.
Subscribing to leading industry publications and research journals to continuously deepen your knowledge of methodologies and market dynamics.
Participating in executive leadership programmes or strategic management courses to further develop your organisational influence and strategic thinking.
Mentoring junior talent within the organisation or through industry programmes, which helps solidify your own understanding and leadership skills.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Ethical AI & Bias Mitigation in Research

Critical within 12 months. As we use more AI in data collection, analysis, and insight generation, the risks of algorithmic bias, privacy breaches, and data misuse skyrocket. You'll need to ensure our AI adoption is responsible and maintains trust.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Ethical AI & Bias Mitigation in Research

Critical within 12 months. As we use more AI in data collection, analysis, and insight generation, the risks of algorithmic bias, privacy breaches, and data misuse skyrocket. You'll need to ensure our AI adoption is responsible and maintains trust.

Algorithmic bias detection & mitigation
AI explainability (XAI)
Data privacy in AI models
Fairness & equity in AI applications

Predictive Analytics & Scenario Planning

Critical within 6 months. Moving beyond 'what happened' and 'why' to 'what will happen' and 'what should we do about it' is paramount. The C-suite demands foresight, not just hindsight. You'll need to embed predictive capabilities into our strategic planning.

Time-series forecasting models
Causal inference & experimentation design
Monte Carlo simulations
Prescriptive analytics

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Advanced Survey Design & Methodological Architecture
Strategic Quantitative Analysis & Modelling Oversight
Holistic Qualitative Research & Synthesis
Competitive Intelligence & Strategic War-Gaming
Market Sizing, Forecasting & Predictive Analytics
Data Storytelling & Executive Persuasion

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
From Senior Marketing Research Manager (L5)
3-5 years as a Manager
Skills to master
- Developing a broader strategic perspective beyond specific projects, managing multiple managers, P&L ownership for a larger function, and significantly enhancing executive communication and influence.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully led a major, multi-year research programme from conception to strategic impact.
- Consistently exceeded targets for team performance and talent development.
- Proactively identified and championed new research methodologies or technologies that delivered significant business value.
- Received consistent positive feedback from C-suite stakeholders on strategic contributions.
2
From Head of Regional Insights / Global Category Insights Lead
4-6 years in a regional/global lead role
Skills to master
- Navigating complex global market dynamics, integrating insights across diverse cultures, managing large international teams, and influencing global product and brand strategy.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully unified research efforts across multiple regions or product categories, delivering cohesive global insights.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt research strategies to local market nuances while maintaining a global perspective.
- Proven track record of building strong relationships with regional leadership and driving insights adoption globally.
3
From Strategic Consulting Director (Marketing/Insights focus)
5-8 years as a Consulting Director
Skills to master
- Transitioning from project-based client work to long-term internal strategy and team leadership, building internal credibility, and adapting to corporate culture. You'll need to show you can build and run a permanent function.
You're ready to move on when
- Managed large-scale, strategic insights projects for multiple blue-chip clients.
- Demonstrated strong commercial acumen and the ability to link insights directly to business outcomes.
- Proven experience in leading and developing consulting teams, with a focus on client impact.
- A clear understanding of the operational realities and complexities of an in-house insights function.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Ultimately, this role is a springboard for truly impactful leadership. Whether you choose to continue shaping our global marketing intelligence, lead an entire marketing function, or advise at the highest levels, the skills and experience you gain as Director of Market Insights will set you up for a remarkable career. We're looking for someone ready to make their mark.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Director of Market Insights is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Marketing research and informationLevel 7

Applied to your work in Director of Market Insights

The objective of this unit is to enable learners to understand the role of marketing research in informing marketing decisions and to develop the skills to conduct and analyse marketing research. Learners will be able to collect and analyse marketing data using appropriate methods and tools, interpret findings to identify trends and insights, and understand ethical considerations in marketing research.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Director of Market Insights

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Research ROI (Return on Investment)The attributed revenue gain or cost savings directly resulting from insights-driven strategic decisions.Identifying a new market segment through research that leads to a targeted campaign generating £3M in new sales, or optimising an existing campaign saving £500K in media spend.Attribute >£2M in revenue gain or cost savings annually.
Market Share Growth (Attributable)The percentage increase in market share in key strategic markets, directly linked to insights influencing go-to-market strategies.Insights into competitor weaknesses in Germany lead to a revised product message, resulting in a 1.5% market share gain in Q2.Achieve a 1-2% increase in market share in 3 out of 5 target markets.
Research Budget ManagementAdherence to the allocated multi-million pound annual research budget.Annual budget of £2.5M, actual spend £2.4M – a 4% underspend due to strategic vendor negotiation and internal tool adoption.Manage the budget to within 5% of the annual plan, optimising spend without compromising quality.
Strategic Influence ScoreThe frequency and prominence of key insights being cited in top-level corporate strategic planning documents and board presentations.The 'Future of X Market' report you commissioned and presented is referenced as a core pillar in the Q4 Board Deck and the 2025 Product Roadmap.Key insights cited in at least 3 corporate strategic planning documents and 2 board presentations annually.

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Director of Market Insights to VP of Global Marketing Intelligence (L7), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 7 · in progressAI Fluency→ VP of Global Marketing Intelligence (L7)→ your design

Where this takes you

Ultimately, this role is a springboard for truly impactful leadership. Whether you choose to continue shaping our global marketing intelligence, lead an entire marketing function, or advise at the highest levels, the skills and experience you gain as Director of Market Insights will set you up for a remarkable career. We're looking for someone ready to make their mark.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Director of Market Insights

Advanced Survey Design & Methodological Architecture
Strategic Quantitative Analysis & Modelling Oversight
Holistic Qualitative Research & Synthesis
Competitive Intelligence & Strategic War-Gaming
Market Sizing, Forecasting & Predictive Analytics
Data Storytelling & Executive Persuasion

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Director of Market Insights is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

VP of Global Marketing Intelligence (L7)
3-5 years in the Director role
This is the natural next step, moving from leading a major division's insights to owning the entire global insights capability for the enterprise.
- Defining the global marketing intelligence architecture and ecosystem.
- Overseeing M&A insights integration.
- Driving predictive intelligence for long-term corporate strategy.
- Representing the company externally as a thought leader in market intelligence.
Head of Marketing Strategy / Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
5-8 years in the Director role
This path involves a broader leap into overall marketing leadership, leveraging your insights expertise to shape the entire marketing function.
- Leading integrated marketing communications (IMC) across all channels.
- Developing and executing global brand strategies.
- Driving customer acquisition and retention through holistic marketing efforts.
- Managing large marketing agencies and external partnerships.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

As a Director, your time is precious. You're constantly balancing strategic vision with operational oversight. The good news? AI isn't just for junior analysts; it's a game-changer for leadership, freeing up your team's capacity and giving you more time to focus on the big picture.

Imagine a world where your team spends less time on tedious data processing and more time on deep analysis and strategic recommendations. That's the power of integrating AI into our market research workflows. It's about amplifying human intelligence, not replacing it, allowing your team to deliver insights faster and with greater depth.

Automated Verbatim Coding & Synthesis

Oversee the deployment of NLP models to automatically categorise and sentiment-analyse thousands of open-ended survey comments. This means your team can skip hours of manual coding, focusing instead on validating AI outputs and extracting nuanced, strategic themes from qualitative data much faster. You'll get to the 'why' quicker.

AI-Powered Strategic Insight Discovery

Guide your team in using augmented analytics platforms that automatically surface non-obvious correlations, key drivers, and segment differences from complex datasets. This helps your team identify strategic opportunities or threats that might otherwise be missed, giving you a competitive edge. It's like having an army of junior analysts constantly looking for patterns.

Generative AI for Comprehensive Market Landscaping

Direct your team to use AI assistants (like Perplexity AI or advanced LLMs with browsing capabilities) to rapidly synthesise vast amounts of secondary market reports, academic studies, and competitor intelligence. This allows for quicker, more comprehensive situational analyses and literature reviews, ensuring your strategic recommendations are built on the broadest possible understanding of the market.

Draft Executive Summaries & Board Presentations

After the core analysis is done, your team can use generative AI tools to create high-quality first drafts of executive summaries, strategic briefs, and even full presentation outlines. This means less time on formatting and more time on refining the narrative, ensuring your strategic messages are impactful and resonate with the C-suite and Board.

Common questions

How do you become a Director of Market Insights?

Common routes in include From Senior Marketing Research Manager (L5) (3-5 years as a Manager), From Head of Regional Insights / Global Category Insights Lead (4-6 years in a regional/global lead role) and From Strategic Consulting Director (Marketing/Insights focus) (5-8 years as a Consulting Director). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Director of Market Insights progress to?

This role can lead on to VP of Global Marketing Intelligence (L7) (3-5 years in the Director role) and Head of Marketing Strategy / Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) (5-8 years in the Director role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Director of Market Insights in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 7 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Director of Market Insights?

Increasingly, Ethical AI & Bias Mitigation in Research and Predictive Analytics & Scenario Planning. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows Director of Market Insights, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 16 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Director of Market Insights: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan of nine units, ninety credits, each one an Ofqual-regulated unit the learner can tick or untick before starting. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 7

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

Your expertise in understanding markets, consumers, and competitive dynamics is highly transferable. You could move into strategic leadership roles in other sectors like technology, financial services, retail, or even into management consulting, leveraging your ability to translate complex data into actionable business strategy.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

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Director of Market Insights

What's rising in its place

Ethical AI & Bias Mitigation in Research

Predictive Analytics & Scenario Planning

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

From Senior Marketing Research Manager (L5)

From Head of Regional Insights / Global Category Insights Lead

From Strategic Consulting Director (Marketing/Insights focus)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

VP of Global Marketing Intelligence (L7)

Head of Marketing Strategy / Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Where AI is starting to help

Automated Verbatim Coding & Synthesis

AI-Powered Strategic Insight Discovery

Generative AI for Comprehensive Market Landscaping

Draft Executive Summaries & Board Presentations

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.