Fresh Graduate Junior Project Manager (innovation - Client Success)

Fresh Graduate Junior Project Manager (Innovation - Client Success)

We are looking for a passionate associate to join the innovation team at NielsenIQ as a Junior Project Manager. We are looking for an associate who has an interest in pursuing a career in the market research industry, is interested in innovation and working in a fun and energetic team. The role as a Junior Project Manager will support our accelerated business growth in the Europe Region and will be situated in our Lisbon office.

At NielsenIQ, we put our clients at the centre of what we do, we work hard, and everyone contributes to a team environment of learning and fun. As a Junior Project Manager, you will be supporting study and questionnaire set up and working closely with other internal teams to ensure smooth and quality project execution from survey programming through the delivery of data.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coordinating projects and executing standard research studies.
• Accurately transferring client confirmed inputs into internal questionnaire authoring platforms ready for programming.
• Complete quality checks on research materials including questionnaire and survey links to ensure they are error-free when sent to respondents.
• Manage & update documents and materials across platforms
• Liaise with other client success team members, programming and vendors to ensure the progress of the project is well communicated and monitored to minimize disruption of delays
• Manage the sampling and quota requirements on the survey/router platform
• Adhere to strict timelines and proactively anticipate, troubleshoot, overcome and/or escalate

A Little About You

Our Junior Project Managers manage the consistent delivery of utmost quality data to our Analysts and are experts in project execution. The successful candidate will possess the following skills:

• Excellent English language skills - including oral and written communication
• Attention to detail
• Openness and flexibility to change
• Be curious and open-minded: Keen interest to learn and adapt new technology and platforms
• Critical thinking & problem-solving skills
• Organizational and time-management skills - the ability to multitask
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Interest in marketing (particularly consumer product marketing) and research
• Flexible working hours (within reason) to help coordinate with other regions
• Project challenges to ensure projects meet client requirements and are completed on time

Qualification

• Candidate must possess at least a University degree in any field
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office e.g., Excel (pivot table, vlookup) and PowerPoint
• Excellent command of written and spoken English. An added advantage for the ability to communicate in second language
• An effective communicator
• Good attention to detail - high accuracy and thoroughness