Senior Research Analyst - Technology Sector

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Position: SA (Technology)

Experience: 3+ Years

Position summary: The role entails monitoring and predicting trends and key issues in the Technology sector, largely as a horizontal (IT advisory), and converting the knowledge into impactful research and analysis deliverables (thought leadership, market insights and account insights) that create potential business opportunities. The individual will be required to support account teams in response to specific requests. Other responsibilities include overseeing project delivery including peer review and building relationships with key stakeholder groups.

Research and analysis:

- Predictive analysis: Un-packs events into key drivers and causes to develop multiple hypotheses, investigates alternatives and recommend solutions. Draw together information from primary and secondary sources to prove or disprove hypotheses. While the primary responsibility will be to work on Technology Sector.

- Leveraging relevant information sources: Use analytical tools and techniques, specifically those relevant to the domain community, and deftly uses them to address analytical issues. Demonstrate expertise in information sources relevant to the domain.

- Linking service offerings: Understand and link solutions to current and expected trends and issues in the domain and the assigned accounts (if applicable), and thereby identify business opportunities for the firm.

- Sharing best practices: Develop best practices around sector and account analysis, and share them with peers and colleagues

- Elicitation: Collect and analyse information from internal and external subject matter experts through various techniques - face-to-face interviews, telephonic interviews, electronic surveys, etc.

Project management:

- Planning and execution: Develops project plans and manages projects, including objectives, timelines, milestones, priorities, team member responsibilities and work products.

- Monitoring: Monitors progress and regularly updates stakeholders on potential overruns and changes; re-negotiates timelines, scopes changes and budgets if necessary.

- Collaborating: Develops project work products collaboratively with team members that focus on measurable business impact

People management:

- Peer review: Review colleagues- deliverables and advise on research, synthesis and key findings

- Training: Participate in the training and development of colleagues to develop their understanding of the domain

Stakeholder management:

- Network: Build and maintain relationships largely through virtual interactions (using telephone, video conference, and other electronic communication tools) with global stakeholders and/or India practioner(s) (including Partners, directors, and senior managers).

- Industry network: Maintain regular contact with subject matter specialists, both within and outside.

- Training platforms: Conduct presentations, training, and workshops on key business issues/developments at the sector and account levels