The Insights Loop is a specialist healthcare research and behavioural science consultancy. We work with pharmaceutical, medtech and healthcare organisations to turn rigorous research into practical strategies that improve commercial decision-making and contribute to better patient outcomes. Our work spans qualitative and quantitative research, journey mapping, communications optimisation, strategic consulting and behavioural science trainings.

The opportunity

About The Insights Loop

The Insights Loop is a specialist healthcare research and behavioural science consultancy. We work with pharmaceutical, medtech and healthcare organisations to turn rigorous research into practical strategies that improve commercial decision-making and contribute to better patient outcomes. Our work spans qualitative and quantitative research, journey mapping, communications optimisation, strategic consulting and behavioural science trainings.

This role is for an experienced healthcare researcher who wants greater ownership, closer client relationships, stronger strategic influence and the opportunity to help shape a growing specialist consultancy.

You will independently lead projects from brief to final recommendation, combining methodological rigour with clear commercial thinking. You will work directly with clients and the Senior Directors, support junior colleagues, and help turn evidence into practical strategies that influence HCP, patient and brand outcomes.

The Senior Consultant sits between Consultant and Associate Director. The emphasis is on excellent end-to-end delivery, confident day-to-day client leadership and growing contribution to proposals and account development,



without carrying a standalone revenue target.

What you will do

Lead research and consulting projects

- Own end-to-end delivery: Translate client briefs into explicit objectives, practical project plans and high-quality outputs across qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method studies.
- Design robust research: Draft and refine screeners, discussion guides, questionnaires and analysis frameworks that answer the commercial question.
- Manage fieldwork and partners: Oversee recruiters, fieldwork agencies, survey programmers and other suppliers; monitor timelines, quotas, quality and risk.
- Analyse and synthesise: Lead qualitative and quantitative analysis, identify the strongest implications, and convert findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Create compelling deliverables: Produce accurate, well-structured and presentation-ready reports using strong storytelling and structured thinking.
- Contribute/ participate in behavioural science trainings

Lead clients with confidence

- Be a trusted day-to-day contact: Lead kick-offs, updates, debriefs and issue-resolution conversations with clarity and professionalism.
- Present persuasively: Communicate findings and recommendations to client teams, adapting the story to the audience and business context.
- Protect delivery quality: Manage scope,



timing, budget awareness, dependencies and risks, escalating early when needed.
- Build relationships: Identify follow‑on needs through excellent delivery and thoughtful client conversations, in partnership with senior leaders.

Apply behavioural science and healthcare context

- Integrate behavioural science: Use relevant frameworks and principles to strengthen research design, interpretation and intervention ideas.
- Think beyond the findings: Connect evidence to HCP, patient and brand behaviour, and recommend practical actions that reflect real-world healthcare constraints.
- Stay curious: Build knowledge of therapy areas, healthcare systems, research innovation, AI‑enabled tools and emerging client needs.

Strengthen the team and business

- Coach others: Review work, provide practical feedback and support the development of Consultants and Analysts.
- Contribute to proposals: Help shape methodologies, timings, project plans, credentials and selected proposal sections.
- Improve how we work: Contribute to templates, quality standards, proprietary frameworks and smarter ways of delivering excellent work.
- Model ownership: Bring sound judgement, reliability, attention to detail and a solutions‑focused mindset to a small, agile team.

What we are looking for

Must-have experience

- Approximately 4-8+ years of experience in market research, insights or consulting, with the capability to lead projects substantially independently.
- Hands‑on experience across qualitative and/or quantitative research, with strong working knowledge of the full project lifecycle.

📌 Senior Behavioural Consultant/ Research Consultant (Sydney)
🏢 The Insights Loop
📍 Sydney