Director – Retail & FMCG Strategy & Insights – Melbourne

Flow Recruitment
Published
February 26, 2026
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Job Type

Description

In a world of constant change, reinvention is a continuous strategy. This global consultancy helps organisations rewrite the rules of growth, innovation and resilience.

The Director role sits within their Strategy & Consulting specialist vertical and reports directly to the Managing Director. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for client growth, team development and strategic direction across Australian Retail and FMCG clients.

The Role

Primarily a leadership and client-facing position, the core of the role involves:

  • Leading and mentoring a high calibre team of Research, Insight and Strategy Consultants
  • Developing and growing key Retail and FMCG accounts
  • Providing strategic oversight across quantitative and mixed method programmes and integrated projects
  • Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
  • Collaborating with colleagues across the wider group and lifting internal IP

The focus is on influence, partnership and commercial contribution, rather than hands-on delivery.

About You

You are an experienced insights leader with strong commercial instincts.

You bring credibility in senior client settings and take pride in developing others.

You will likely have:

  • Director level experience in a research or analytics consultancy
  • Retail and FMCG category exposure
  • A track record of leading client portfolios and driving revenue growth
  • A background working with quantitative market research data creating insights to drive growth and change
  • The ability to consult with clients and shape solutions
  • Experience managing and developing high performing teams

The Offer

  • c $220k base salary
  • 12% super contribution
  • Bonus up to 20% of base salary
  • Excellent employee benefits
  • Melbourne CBD office location – hybrid working model

Interested? Please send your CV to james@flowrecruitment.com.au and ask for a JD.  Visit our website https://flowrecruitment.com.au/jobs for other great Research, Insight, Analytics and AI jobs.

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