NielsenIQ: Senior Research Executive — Delhi, India

About NielsenIQ

NielsenIQ, also known as NIQ, works in consumer intelligence and retail measurement. Its employer material describes using market information, consumer insights and analytics to help businesses understand buying behaviour. Its data operations address the accuracy and completeness of information behind client reports, while analytical services interpret that information. The business connects details about products and retail activity with broader views of markets, giving organisations evidence for understanding demand and making commercial decisions.

The position and its setting

NielsenIQ lists Senior Research Executive in Delhi, India, under reference R26_0022898|IN. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 21 October 2026
• Brands: NielsenIQ
• Job Family: Consumer Data Insights

Responsibilities and work described

• Management: clients and their respective projects custom research team in matters of market research based on experience in the non-FMCG industry particularly, Automotive, BFSI, Tech. & Consumer Durables, Media etc
• Reporting to a project lead, you will be responsible for the successful execution of customized quantitative studies, including project costing, questionnaire design, project management and execution, analysis and report writing
• Client Management
• Management: clients and their respective projects end to end, including making actionable recommendations to support key business objectives
• Consistently exceeding client expectations from project inception through completion
• Project Management
• Successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously, all in different design/analysis stages
• Proactively anticipating, troubleshooting, overcoming, and/or escalating challenges to your project lead in a timely manner
• Coordination: project task activities between your project team and internal support/operations team(s)
• Consulting (Questionnaire Design, Analysis, Reporting & Writing)
• Support: the development of and captivating proposals to meet client needs, based on short research briefs and/or elaborate RFPs; including assisting with costing structure, methodological design, analytical framework, etc
• Design: questionnaires/focus group screeners/interview guides to meet the specific or unique client objectives
• Synthesis and communication of both primary and secondary research findings into actionable insights according to the client’s objectives
• Full reporting and analysis (via PowerPoint): Interpreting and analysing multivariate data, drawing insightful conclusions and providing recommendations, where applicable
• Delivery: "in office" research, administrative and operational support to senior staff
• Be directly accountable for work conducted for their nominated clients in terms of analyses, charting, etc and perform quality checks on all reports for alignment to request accuracy and correctness

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Experience: Primary Quantitative Market Research with practical knowledge of research methodologies
• MBA in Marketing / Master in any other relevant faculty from a Premium Institute
• 2+ years’ experience in Quantitative Consumer Insights role
• Hands on knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) & CoPilot/ChatGPT other chat AI tools
• Knowledge: statistics and multivariate analysis will be added advantage

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Hybrid work model
• The role involves travel across India for fieldwork, and client/project execution activities as needed
• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Delhi, India

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
• NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows
• These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria
• All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion
• Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans
• NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative
• For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

Pay and application dates

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Practical preparation: Excel

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Relevant skills

• AI/ML
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• MS Office
• AI
• marketing
• project management
• communication
• problem resolution