https://jobs.co.uk/job/research-operations-lead-hays-specialist-recruitment--2740694b-1c09-48e7-b02e-5aa78ab2de05 RSS feed for Research Operations Lead at Hays Specialist Recruitment. en-gb Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:41:56 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/research-operations-lead-hays-specialist-recruitment--2740694b-1c09-48e7-b02e-5aa78ab2de05 https://jobs.co.uk/job/research-operations-lead-hays-specialist-recruitment--2740694b-1c09-48e7-b02e-5aa78ab2de05 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:53:03 GMT Location: London | Salary: 10000-500000 Daily | Type: Contract | Duration - October 2026 - May 2027 (Mat cover)Contract - Inside IR35, day rate.Hybrid working - 3 days on site, Central LondonThe Research Operations Manager is responsible for operational excellence, creating and maintaining processes and providing operational support to the researchers, reducing the administrative burden so that they can focus on planning, running and synthesising research. You will report to and work alongside the Head of ERT, managing relationships with finance, procurement, agency partners and our colleagues in the CPL Operations and Data Privacy team. Responsibilities:Establish and manage relationships with global vendors: Work alongside our procurement, legal and finance teams to organize budgets, Statements of Work, onboarding, purchase orders, consent forms, NDAs, GDPR, etc. for our external agencies and freelancersTake ownership of in-house research operations: own all operational aspects of our global kids testing programs by working with our recruitment vendors, setting up test environments, organising incentives, owning operational aspects including consent, NDAs, safeguarding, risk assessments, GDPR compliance etc.Spearhead team budgeting: work with ... Contract