Project Ownership
Take full ownership of assigned research projects from kickoff to delivery.
Develop and manage project timelines.
Monitor project progress and ensure deadlines are met.
Escalate risks and issues when necessary.
Client Management
Act as the primary contact for clients during project execution.
Provide project updates and status reports.
Handle scope changes and project-related queries.
Survey Setup & Launch
Review questionnaires before programming.
Testing the survey link
Approve survey launch readiness.
Fieldwork Management
Monitor data collection performance.
Track completes, incidence rate, quotas, and response quality.
Make recommendations to improve fieldwork performance.
Ensure project targets are achieved.
Supplier & Vendor Management
Monitor supplier performance.
Data Quality Control
Conduct quality checks throughout fieldwork.
Identify fraudulent or poor-quality respondents.
Ensure client data quality standards are met.
Financial Management
Create project cost estimates.
Monitor project profitability.
Ensure projects remain within budget.
Scripting/programming teams
Data processing teams
Support training and mentoring of junior team members.
Project Planning & Organization: Stakeholder & Client Management: Building solid relationships with clients, understanding business objectives, managing expectations, and maintaining clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
Survey Methodology Knowledge: Data Quality Management: Ability to recognize risks related to fraud, poor-quality responses, quota imbalances, and data inconsistencies.
Budget & Financial Management: Managing project profitability, supplier costs, panel expenses, incentives, and change requests.
Risk Management & Problem Solving: Understanding data outputs, interpreting project metrics, challenging assumptions, and making evidence-based decisions.
Vendor & Fieldwork Management: Managing panel providers, sample partners, translation agencies, scripting teams,



and data processing vendors.
Reviewing questionnaires, quotas, survey links, translations, data tables, and client deliverables with precision.

Flexible working environment
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📌 Project Manager - Planning (Gurugram)
🏢 Nielseniq
📍 Gurugram