Panel Operations Lead

We’re on the lookout for a Panel Operations Lead to help shape the future of consumer insight at Vypr. In this role, you’ll play a key part in expanding and managing our global panels, ensuring high-quality data that powers better, faster product decisions for retailers and manufacturers. You’ll build strong supplier relationships, deliver actionable insights, and support the growth of a scale-up business that’s reimagining product intelligence with the latest technology.

What we do

Vypr is a Manchester HQ’d Private Equity/Venture Capital backed SaaS business. Our market-leading product intelligence platform provides reliable consumer data to help manufacturers and retailers understand what their customers want to see on shelves. This helps reduce the time and cost spent developing new products, which makes for better products, faster. 

We’re a scale-up business with huge growth ambitions. We’ve proved product market fit with our existing offering and now we’re ready to scale at pace. We’re using scalable new technology to reimagine our product intelligence platform with limitless future potential, from personalisation to AI enhanced insight. 

The Panel Operations team is responsible for panel management and data quality of our UK proprietary panel, and for the sourcing and management of our partners’ global proprietary panels in over 20 markets. 

Things that you will do

International Panels & Supplier Management

• Assess the financial viability and technical feasibility of sample suppliers and businesses with Panel memberships, to increase Vypr’s global footprint
• Develop relationships with all suppliers, running POCs and developing into ongoing relationships where viable
• Lead on the build, roll out and ongoing maintenance of international samples
• Optimise sample design for specific markets, ensuring they reflect the population composition and meet customer needs
• Evaluate the quality credentials of all suppliers ensure that we only work with those who hold our high standards

Report & Communicate effectively

• Update and maintain panel KPI reports and reporting dashboards, and support the implementation of quality improvement plans to achieve or exceed target

What you will be responsible for

Key supplier relationship and on-going panel effectiveness in specific markets

Managing 3^rd party tools costs within budget

Contributing to the long term Panel Operations strategy

What you will be good at

• You will be a data savvy, inquisitive thinker  who can own and deliver allocated strategic initiatives, maximising operational efficiency
• Being a good, clear and inspirational communicator (both written and verbal) is also key, as is being able to effectively ‘tell a compelling story’ internally and in customer facing support opportunities
• Highly skilled using Excel (or other analysis tool)with advanced formulas and pivot tables, and confident building slides and presenting in PowerPoint
• Ability to analyse consumer behaviour  to spot trends and identify patterns
  You demonstrate a can do attitude with ability to work in agile way and embrace change
• As an effective problem-solver the wider team will feel supported and empowered to excel in their roles.

Whats important to you

Agile you will be able to move at speed while creating and following the right level of process to act as guardrails. Can task switch easily as per the demands of the business

Candid you will be open and collaborative, working closely with both with the Community wider team and cross-functionally

Driven you will have exceptional standards of high quality and accuracy

Caring you care about people and the impact we have on the world around us 

What we offer

• Hybrid working
• Company paid medical cashplan 
• Enhanced annual leave 
• Work from anywhere up to 4 weeks a year 
• Access to a global benefits and reward platform 
• Access to well-being support, including an Employee Assistance Programmes 
• Life Assurance 
• Day off on your birthday 
• Volunteering day 
• Enhanced parental leave 
  

What next? 

Our Talent Selection process focusses on creating a mutual, fair and transparent dialogue that helps you and us to establish whether the role could be a rewarding career fit. We will create space to discuss your ambitions and our growth plans as well as context of the role, give you the opportunity to engage with your potential Line Manager and Team Members, showcase your skills in a live task and to visit our Manchester HQ.