Project Manager | Online Quantitative Research

We’re looking for a Market Research Project Manager to join our Internal Client Services team within Global Operations. You’ll play a hands‑on role delivering high‑quality, tech‑enabled research projects, working across teams, managing multiple priorities, and helping clients make better decisions.

Savanta is a data, market research and advisory company with teams in the UK, Americas, and APAC. Working with high‑profile organizations and some of the world’s best‑known brands, we Inform & Inspire our clients to Make Better Decisions through powerful data, empowering technology and high‑impact consulting.

This role is predominantly focused on online quantitative data collection and fieldwork.

This position sits within the UK Operations team, specifically the Client Service Team. Based in our London office, this role has an expectation to be on site, 1‑2 days per week.

As a Project Manager, you’ll be hands‑on delivering complex, high‑quality online quantitative research projects. From end‑to‑end scoping, set‑up, fieldwork, and through to deliver, while working as a trusted day‑to‑day partner for key client accounts.

• Owning and delivering high‑complexity research projects from setup to completion.
• Managing timelines, budgets, risks and fieldwork across multiple projects.
• Acting as a trusted partner to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Supporting questionnaire design, feasibility and project planning.
• Mentoring colleagues and sharing best practice across the team.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for individuals who thrive on high levels of autonomy and responsibility, enabling you to make a direct and meaningful impact across a variety of projects and client accounts. You'll become part of a collaborative and supportive team that places a strong emphasis on mentoring, professional development, and driving innovation.

The role is suited to someone with existing agency expertise in market research operations looking to expand their skill set and advance their career.

The successful applicant will demonstrate:

• Strong experience managing quantitative research projects.
• Advanced knowledge of online quantitative methodologies within an agency setting and platforms.
• Confidence juggling multiple deadlines without losing attention to detail.
• A consultative, client‑focused mindset.
• Client‑facing confidence and commercial awareness, comfortable engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable working in a tech‑first, fast‑evolving environment.
• Great communication skills with both junior and senior stakeholder.

Career progression is possible for all staff that show a passion and drive for continued successful project delivery. You’ll be part of an established, inclusive team with a flat management structure, robust career support, and key responsibility, with opportunities to specialise in commercial development, operations, or tech innovation.

• Salary range: £31,000 - £36,000
• Bonus scheme
• Unlimited annual leave
• Hybrid working
• Ongoing Training & Development
• Flexible working practices
• Health & wellbeing package
• Financial health (pension, life assurance, etc.)
• Team & Company Socials
• Committees for Health & Well Being, Charities & Volunteering and DE&I

With offices in the US, Canada, India and the UK, over 500 staff globally, and ambitious growth plans, Savanta offers the benefits of scale, whilst our specialists with their deep expertise and nimble teams, make life at Savanta feel more like working at a ‘boutique’ agency.

Our client portfolio includes some of the world’s most recognizable and valuable brands such as Google, Meta, Pandora, Vodafone, Samsung, Heineken, LEGO, Aston Martin, Unilever, and the Cabinet Office.

The company was founded on the belief that tech should be integral to its success, and this culture of tech innovation makes us best placed to put Savanta at the heart of our clients’ businesses offering solutions before they even know the problem.

Part of the vibrant Next 15 Communications Group, we have an entrepreneurial and inclusive company culture that actively recognizes and values its people and offers unrivalled scope for career…