7,986 Freelance Research jobs in India

• Assist in the design and execution of research projects.
• Collect, organize, and clean research data from various sources.
• Perform statistical analysis using software such as R, SPSS, or Python.
• Conduct literature reviews and synthesize information from academic papers.
• Prepare research reports, summaries, and presentations.
• Assist in the preparation of manuscripts for publication.
• Contribute to data visualization and the creation of charts and graphs.
• Maintain accurate research records and databases.
• Collaborate with team members on research tasks and discussions.
• Ensure adherence to research ethics and protocols.
• Provide support for ongoing research activities and administrative tasks.

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Psychology, or a related field with a strong quantitative component.
• Basic understanding of statistical concepts and data analysis techniques.
• Familiarity with statistical software packages (e.g., R, SPSS, Python libraries like Pandas/NumPy).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Eagerness to learn and develop new skills.

Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities

Strategic Focus

• Lead transformation efforts, audits, and business continuity projects.
• Drive innovation, resilience, and adaptability within the team s operations.
• Partner with global stakeholders to align delivery with business goals and strategic direction.
• Drive standardization and consistency in data collection methodologies across asset classes.
• Support quality improvement through automation, workflow enhancements, and issue resolution frameworks.
• Encourage cross-training to minimize risk and reduce dependency, building a more agile and capable team.

Operational Management

• Review market announcements, trading volumes, and intelligence for in-depth analysis.
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in shareholder transactions and behaviours.
• Oversee daily operations, including shift planning, floor-level support, and resource allocation.
• Monitor productivity and quality for both the team and individual contributions.
• Handle task prioritization, leave planning, and operational escalations.
• Track and report daily, weekly, and monthly operational metrics and compliance updates.
• Participate in calls with global teams and facilitate information flow between process owners and analysts.

People Leadership

• Manage a team of 10+ members, ensuring timely delivery, process adherence, and consistent upskilling.
• Conduct performance discussions, assign goals, and support career development paths.
• Provide coaching and feedback based on individual needs and business priorities.
• Encourage a high-morale, collaborative team culture through motivation and fair communication.
• Organize knowledge-sharing sessions and support group/individual training needs.

Governance & Risk

• Ensure adherence to internal controls, risk frameworks, and documentation protocols.
• Maintain audit-ready trails of all data validation and review processes.
• Identify operational risks and work with stakeholders to proactively mitigate them.
• Promote data confidentiality and compliance with external regulatory requirements.

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.

Experience & Personal Attributes

• Bachelor s/master s degree in finance, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of research or data analysis experience, including 3+ years of team management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights
• Hands-on experience in validating data from public domain sources such as filings, reports, and databases.
• Strong knowledge of operational workflow tools, documentation practices, and audit readiness.
• Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Excel; knowledge of VBA or system workflows is an added advantage.
• Ability to interpret data using tools like Excel, Power BI, or Tableau
• CFA (any level) is a plus.
• Detail-oriented, structured, and capable of working within dynamic and time-sensitive delivery environments.
• Team player with the ability to lead by example and adapt to evolving business needs.

Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities

Strategic Focus

• Lead transformation efforts, audits, and business continuity projects.
• Drive innovation, resilience, and adaptability within the team s operations.
• Partner with global stakeholders to align delivery with business goals and strategic direction.
• Drive standardization and consistency in data collection methodologies across asset classes.
• Support quality improvement through automation, workflow enhancements, and issue resolution frameworks.
• Encourage cross-training to minimize risk and reduce dependency, building a more agile and capable team.

Operational Management

• Review market announcements, trading volumes, and intelligence for in-depth analysis.
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in shareholder transactions and behaviours.
• Oversee daily operations, including shift planning, floor-level support, and resource allocation.
• Monitor productivity and quality for both the team and individual contributions.
• Handle task prioritization, leave planning, and operational escalations.
• Track and report daily, weekly, and monthly operational metrics and compliance updates.
• Participate in calls with global teams and facilitate information flow between process owners and analysts.

People Leadership

• Manage a team of 10+ members, ensuring timely delivery, process adherence, and consistent upskilling.
• Conduct performance discussions, assign goals, and support career development paths.
• Provide coaching and feedback based on individual needs and business priorities.
• Encourage a high-morale, collaborative team culture through motivation and fair communication.
• Organize knowledge-sharing sessions and support group/individual training needs.

Governance & Risk

• Ensure adherence to internal controls, risk frameworks, and documentation protocols.
• Maintain audit-ready trails of all data validation and review processes.
• Identify operational risks and work with stakeholders to proactively mitigate them.
• Promote data confidentiality and compliance with external regulatory requirements.

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs.

Experience & Personal Attributes

• Bachelor s/master s degree in finance, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of research or data analysis experience, including 3+ years of team management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights
• Hands-on experience in validating data from public domain sources such as filings, reports, and databases.
• Strong knowledge of operational workflow tools, documentation practices, and audit readiness.
• Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Excel; knowledge of VBA or system workflows is an added advantage.
• Ability to interpret data using tools like Excel, Power BI, or Tableau
• CFA (any level) is a plus.
• Detail-oriented, structured, and capable of working within dynamic and time-sensitive delivery environments.
• Team player with the ability to lead by example and adapt to evolving business needs.

Job Description

ABOUT THIS JOB

We won’t say we can predict the future, but our team of Market Research Analysts gets pretty close. This role combines data analysis and client consultation from the start, with plenty of room for growth. You find the stories behind scatter plots and help clients determine which products to launch. Your insights will influence decisions for some of today’s leading global companies. 
 
RESPONSIBILITIES

 
Client Management

 
Project Management

 
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU 

Qualifications

Additional Information

Our Benefits

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: 

ABOUT THIS JOB

We won’t say we can predict the future, but our team of Market Research Analysts gets pretty close. This role combines data analysis and client consultation from the start, with plenty of room for growth. You find the stories behind scatter plots and help clients determine which products to launch. Your insights will influence decisions for some of today’s leading global companies. 
 
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing clients and their respective projects custom research team in matters of market research based on experience in one or more sectors (financial services; media, telecom & technology, energy, etc.)  
• Reporting to a project lead, you will be responsible for the successful execution of customized qualitative studies, including project costing, questionnaire design, project management and execution, analysis and report writing.  

 
Client Management  

• Managing clients and their respective projects from beginning 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  
• Coordinating project task activities between your project team and internal support/operations team(s)  
• Consulting (Questionnaire Design, Analysis, Reporting & Writing)  
• Assist in the development of strong 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.  
• Designing 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.  
• Provide "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.  

 
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU 

• Experience in Automotive / Service / FMCG/Tech
• Experience in Primary Qualitative Market Research with practical knowledge of research methodologies like Focus group discussions, direct interviews and ethnographic research would be preferred.
• Strong Client Focus and Proactiveness
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Very Good Influencing & Persuading Skills
• Has experience of developing and managing client relationships.
• Expert knowledge of research techniques and methodologies 
• Keen observer and takes interest in macro cultural shifts and trends.
• Any published thought leadership paper would be an added advantage.

• MA in Psychology/Sociology/Philosophy/Social Anthropology or MBA in Marketing
• 6 months to 1 years’ experience in Qualitative Consumer Insights role
• Working knowledge of statistics and multivariate analysis

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

Want to keep up with our latest updates?

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: