Director of Market Research

Job Description

Introduction

At Gallagher Re, we bring clarity to complexity by helping clients around the world make confident, data-driven decisions in a rapidly evolving risk landscape. Here, you’ll be part of a team that leverages world-class analytics and deep reinsurance expertise to deliver strategic advisory services and transactional excellence. Together, we transform advanced insights and market intelligence into strategies that protect businesses, drive performance, and shape the future of reinsurance. We’re a community of decision makers, future shapers, and trusted experts working side by side to deliver meaningful impact through innovative thinking and practical solutions. At Gallagher Re, your curiosity is welcomed, your growth is championed, and your work truly matters. This is a place where you'll have the freedom to explore new ideas, take ownership of your career, and collaborate with people who are as driven and inquisitive as you are.

At Gallagher Re, we’re looking for a Director of Market Research to lead and grow our market research capabilities. You’ll play a key role in shaping our intellectual capital, delivering insights that add value to our clients and position Gallagher Re as a thought leader in the global reinsurance market.

This is a high-priority role, fully supported by our senior leadership. You’ll have access to our world-class data and analytics platform and collaborate with experts across the business to create industry-leading research and publications.

In this role, you’ll lead market research within our Global Strategic Advisory team. You’ll take ownership of our cornerstone Quarterly Market Insights product and flagship publications like First View. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, brokers, and analytics teams to deliver insights that help clients navigate market trends and make informed decisions.

You’ll also develop new research based on our in-house intellectual property, lead the creation of thematic and macro publications, and act as a senior spokesperson on market trends. Your work will directly support client advisory, sales campaigns, and industry events, helping to strengthen Gallagher Re’s reputation as a trusted partner and thought leader.

Key highlights:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce world-class research.
• Provide tailored insights for clients and strategic pitches.
• Use data to create compelling narratives and visualisations.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and excellence.

Here’s what you’ll bring to the role:

• A degree in a relevant field like Economics, Finance, or Risk Management.
• Experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or strategic research.
• A proven ability to lead research and deliver actionable insights.
• Strong understanding of reinsurance structures, capital markets, and industry frameworks.
• Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• Confidence in engaging with senior leaders and external stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset and a passion for innovation.

If you’re ready to make a real impact and help shape the future of market research at Gallagher Re, we’d love to hear from you.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [email protected] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.