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Global Head of Insight
Package details: Basic salary c£70,000 + package + bonus.
Location: Home Based/London or could be located anywhere in UK or Western Europe.

About the Client

AVG is a leading global security software organisation and one of the most recognised anti-virus brands within the consumer and SMB market place. The fast paced and dynamic nature of the business combined with their ability to spearhead innovation has allowed AVG to experience significant growth in the last few years. AVG have a core online business model which provides them with a powerful channel to market, complementing their emerging reseller and OEM channels. Currently employing over 350 people worldwide, and with growth plans in place to support their objectives, AVG are focusing on the development of a centralised global marketing team to drive synergy across their regional markets.

AVG, in order to maintain its impressive growth and competitive strength in innovation, is looking to appoint a Global Head of Insight to drive customer and consumer understanding.

About the Role

The Global Head of Insight will build a robust insight function to furnish the global AVG business with actionable insights which will support business objectives and underpin a fact-based decision making culture. The position will achieve this through the development of strategic insight tools, the recruitment of a team and the communication and delivery of outstanding insights.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Provision and communication of consumer insights to drive product and brand strategy, building AVG's reputation as a global market leader.
• Development of AVG's knowledge base and ability to manage, mine and package their data sources and research to generate insights - including segmentation, market and competitor intelligence, brand performance, business intelligence and importantly, consumer understanding.
• Functionally recruit, build and develop a best in class insight team.

Identify and communicate key business information, research and analysis throughout the business.

The role will require frequent travel to Prague and Western Europe as well as further afield to the US.

What We're Looking For

The candidate for this position will already have developed an insight function within a predominately B2C, technology or consumer services focused business, with exposure to international market places. You will be a master of leading marketing research techniques and methodologies and be able to bring data and reports to life. You will demonstrate evidence of strong conceptual thinking and innovation, with a track record of generating new ideas and concepts that challenge traditional frontiers of thought.

Please call our Retained Consultant Emily Stamp on (phone number removed) or email your CV to (email address removed) quoting the reference AVG369120.

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