BMG Research
Project Director
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The Vacancy
Project Director
Location: Hybrid (approximately 60% office-based).
Offices available in: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, and Manchester.
Type: Full-time, Permanent
The Role
Own projects. Shape delivery. Fast‑track your career.
Are you a project leader ready to step up and take full ownership of exciting, meaningful research projects?
If you’ve built a solid foundation in project management and you’re looking for a role where you can grow fast, lead confidently, and make a tangible impact, this is your next move.
We're looking for an experienced Project Director to lead the successful delivery of research programmes while driving innovation and operational excellence across the business. You’ll manage end‑to‑end delivery, build strong relationships with clients and internal teams, and help ensure every project lands on time, on budget, and with outstanding quality.
This is a role for someone who loves organising, problem‑solving, and making things happen.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll lead the delivery of some of our most important research projects, ensuring every stage runs smoothly and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities Include:
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Lead and Deliver Projects with Confidence
- Lead project delivery across complex quantitative and qualitative research programmes.
- Set up new projects, create clear project plans, schedules, risk registers, and budgets.
- Manage timelines, resources, and deliverables to ensure every project meets scope and specification.
- Oversee fieldwork, ensuring smooth execution and timely completion.
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Drive Quality + Operational Excellence
- Uphold high project quality and data protection standards from start to finish.
- Monitor progress, solve problems proactively, and keep everything on track.
- Ensure all deliverables are completed, documented, and archived correctly.
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Engage Clients and Build Strong Relationships
- Lead client conversations on project scope, timelines, and progress—and handle any issues smoothly.
- Make sure clients feel supported, informed, and confident throughout delivery.
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Contribute to Growth and Innovation
- Lead the development of project costings and proposals.
- Drive business improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, quality, and profitability.
- Coach team members in project management best practice, helping build team capability.
About You
We're looking for a highly organised project leader with experience delivering large-scale research or consultancy projects.
You'll bring:
- Significant project management experience in research, insight, consultancy, or a related professional services environment.
- Strong stakeholder and client management skills.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong commercial awareness and experience managing budgets and profitability.
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing colleagues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Confidence using project management systems and Microsoft Office tools.
- A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement and innovation.
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Why Join Us?
At BMG, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Work on meaningful research that influences strategy, policy, and public services.
- Lead high-profile and intellectually stimulating projects.
- Shape the future of project delivery across the business.
- Collaborate with talented colleagues who are passionate about quality and impact.
- Develop your leadership skills while helping others grow.
What Can You Expect from Us?
This role offers the perfect blend of structure and stretch:
- Real ownership of projects from day one.
- A clear path to progression as you hone your project leadership skills.
- Supportive leaders who want you to try, learn, and grow.
- A collaborative culture where coaching, innovation, and problem‑solving are encouraged.
You’ll be at the heart of delivering work that genuinely makes a difference to clients—and you’ll build skills that set you up for an exciting future.
Salary and Benefits
- Competitive Salary: £45,000-£55,000
- Private Medical Cover
- Life Assurance
- Free fruit
- Monthly Social Events
- Personalised Training Plan
Ready to Level Up Your Project Management Career?
If you thrive on organised chaos, love making things happen, and want a role where you can grow quickly—we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today or for further information please do get in touch with our team.
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About Us
BMG Research is an award-winning social research and analytics agency operating primarily in the UK. We partner with clients to inform decision-making, shape policy, and guide investment, thereby leading to better public services, positive customer experiences, and a fair and equitable society.
By working with clients to understand the challenges they face, we can identify priorities for action and evaluate the impact of change. We combine our in-depth topic knowledge and methodological expertise with sophisticated analytics and impactful insight to create bespoke solutions tailored to a client’s need. Clients include large government departments, such as Defra, the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, HMRC, the Home Office, and the Department for Education. We also work with government agencies and regulators, local authorities, charities, utility companies, and housing associations. Our projects range from small to large, from exploratory research to evaluation, and from qualitative to quantitative, including using official statistics. Topics vary and include crime and justice, the media and online harms, health policy, tourism and leisure, customer experience, industrial and trade policy.
Working for BMG Research
Joining BMG Research brings you into a 60-person team based across Birmingham, London, and Glasgow, focused on delivering effective social research and insight. We are committed to flexible working practices with a culture of individual and collective success in a fair and supportive working environment. We operate a hybrid working model with the expectation that staff will be in the office at least 60% of the time. We ensure everyone has a learning and development path and a review and appraisal system to support their careers. We offer fantastic development opportunities to everyone through face-to-face, online, and on-demand training and structured development that covers all aspects of technical research skills, management and leadership, communication, health and wellbeing, and commercial behaviours. You can also undertake different roles in organisations through secondments in other RSK businesses. Our wider group relationships also provide access to a vast range of employee groups focused on issues such as sustainability, EDI, and wellbeing, as well as social activities.
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RSK Group
BMG Research is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.
At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.
Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop, and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.
By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.
We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.
If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?
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