Senior Research Manager (Focus Nutrition & Health)

ProVeg International • Berlin, DC

8d • Remote

About The Position

As our Senior Research Manager, you will play a key role in advancing ProVeg’s mission by generating and translating evidence that supports the transition to healthy and sustainable food systems. Embedded within the Research Department, you will contribute to shaping evidence-based debates and ensure that robust research is turned into practical insights for policy-makers, institutions, businesses, and civil society. Working closely with colleagues across programmes, policy, communications, and country teams, you will serve as the research lead within ProVeg’s programme matrix teams. In this role, you will help shape research priorities, design and oversee studies, and ensure high-quality deliverables that directly support programme goals. You will translate evidence into practical insights that strengthen policy and corporate advocacy efforts, ensuring research is relevant, timely, and actionable for decision-makers. This role suits someone who combines creativity with analytical rigour, takes ownership of complex projects, and understands how research can drive meaningful change in food systems.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in nutrition, public health, sustainable development, environmental sciences, consumer research, or a related field and at least 5 years of work experience.
• Proven experience working within a federated network, global secretariat, or organization with semi-autonomous country offices.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented and supportive approach and behaviour in all contexts to promote ProVeg's vision and mission
• Strong analytical and evidence-based thinking, with the ability to balance ambition with methodological rigour.
• Experience with data analysis and research tools (e.g. R, Stata, SAS, SPSS) as well as survey design and mixed-methods research.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering qualitative and quantitative research
• Ability to communicate complex findings clearly through strong writing, storytelling, and presentation skills.
• Project management experience and are comfortable owning timelines, priorities, and deliverables.
• Willingness to travel to conferences and relevant stakeholder meetings
• Fluent in written and spoken English and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders in multicultural settings.

Nice To Haves

• PhD in nutrition, sustainable development, environmental sciences, economics, marketing, development studies, or a related field.
• Contributed to academic publications or high-profile research and thought-leadership outputs.
• Experience working with commercial, market, or consumer insights to support initiatives that accelerate the uptake of plant-forward or sustainable food products across different markets.
• Additional languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver research projects as part of ProVeg’s Global Programmes and impact areas, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Identify opportunities and research gaps to support the achievement of programme and organisational strategy objectives.
• Work closely with colleagues across teams, countries, and disciplines to align efforts and avoid silos.
• Generate clear, actionable insights on consumer behaviour, needs, and market trends related to plant-based foods and plant-forward diets.
• Monitor and interpret developments in the plant-based, nutrition, and health landscape, identifying emerging trends, risks, and white-space opportunities.
• Translate complex data into compelling narratives, recommendations, and visuals for cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and external audiences.
• Produce high-quality research outputs, including academic publications, flagship reports, policy briefs, blogs, and thought-leadership materials that position ProVeg as a credible authority in nutrition and health.
• Contribute to shared organisational knowledge by documenting methods, tools, and learnings that others across ProVeg can build on.
• Support the Comms Departments with press requests and media releases, answer internal research requests in a timely manner, and prepare briefings or presentations for the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for speaking engagements or external meetings.
• Lead own projects from design to implementation, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations and support in budget acquisition, project implementation plans, including risk mitigation and project team management
• Task manage or supervise other team member(s) as required
• Build relationships with key strategic partners that help us achieve our goals
• Represent ProVeg and give presentations and talks at specialised events/conferences, as required

Benefits

• Flexible working hours with the option of compensating overtime with time off.
• Full remote work with the option to work in our Berlin Office (if based in Berlin).
• Option to work temporarily from abroad (in compliance with the 183-day annual limit)
• 25 days basic holiday (FTE) plus one additional day of holiday per year (additional days of holiday can be “bought” via small salary adjustments).
• A respectful working atmosphere in a highly motivated team.
• A strong focus on personal development and a designated training budget.
• Provision of a work laptop
• Mindfulness programme and mental wellbeing – free membership for Open Up und Headspace.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior