Avasant - Principal Analyst - Enterprise Solutions

About Avasant :

Avasant is a Los Angeles, California based leading management consulting firm providing Strategic Sourcing, IT and Business Transformation and Global Strategy services to the global Fortune 1000. Since 2006, Avasant has negotiated over $250B in deals and operates in over 50 countries. The firm has been recognized as "World's Best Outsourcing Advisor" by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) for ten consecutive years.

Role Overview:

Avasant's Research practice provides industry-leading insights to technology buyers and providers as they navigate the rapidly changing digital landscape. We develop deep market reports, including our flagship RadarView assessment reports, thought leadership papers, and insight articles to offer advice to industry stakeholders. We are ranked as a Top 5 analyst firm globally (link) by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR).

To know more about us and to see our portfolio of published research, please visit here. Enterprise Solutions such as ERP and CRM systems have become the de facto backbone of the IT environments of all modern organizations. The solutions themselves, and the services around them, are in the midst of great change driven by cloudification, consolidation, automation and emerging tech integration. To help enterprises make educated decisions, we are expanding our coverage of the evolving Enterprise Solutions space significantly. This market-facing role is a part of this expansion, and includes elements of research agenda creation, research delivery, and market education.

Responsibilities:

- Represent the firm and share point of view around the evolution of the Enterprise Solutions and related domains in external conferences, boardroom presentations, industry events and public videos

- Engage with senior leadership teams and CXOs of service provider, tech product and platform companies in the digital technologies space to advise them around future roadmaps and strategies

- Delivery ownership of a Research Product that includes an annual calendar of research artefacts (market reports, white papers, and points of views). This includes significant writing to be done directly by the candidate

- Conduct in-depth research by directly participating in briefings and in-person discussions with practice and business leaders (including CXOs) at service provider, tech product and platform companies

- Establish innovative research processes, methodologies and frameworks for structuring and analysing the data to develop impactful insights at a quality that is repeatable and is continually improved

- Exceptional project management while leading a lean and diversified team.

- Contribution to the overall strategic direction of the research practice

- Engage with industry ecosystem comprising of technology service providers, technology firms, research consumers and others directly

Essential Qualifications:

- MBA or equivalent degree from Tier 1 institutes. 6-9 years of experience in research, strategy, or consulting domains

- Candidates with significant experience with Big 4 or other strategy consulting firms.

- Previous work with leading tech industry analyst firms or IT service providers will be beneficial

- Strong aspiration to be known as an independent and respected industry voice in the technology space

- Excellent communication and presentation skills - both written and verbal (English)

- Significant exposure and interest in emerging technologies, with an inherent curiosity to analyse how they will impact the world

- Strong sense of ownership and adherence to quality and timelines

- Exceptional quantitative and data interpretation skills

Preferred Experience:

- Working on industry analysis, growth strategy, competitive benchmarking, and digital strategies

- Working on multiple strategy consulting and due diligence projects across domains/industries

- Got-to-market strategy for technology leaders, especially in the Cloud space

- Prioritizing top players & their respective key applications based on attractiveness & strategic alignment, especially in the Cloud space

What Avasant Offers:

- Competitive salaries based on education and experience

- International exposure and a chance to work with global clients including some of the largest multinationals

- Training and mentoring on latest business and sector practices based on market requirements

- Opportunity to work with and learn from an international team of industry specialists

- Performance based Bonuses and Increments

- Promotions and opportunity to move across service lines

- Full/Partial funding of industry certifications and skill development programs

- Dynamic and multicultural work environment

- Leadership opportunities

- Communication and connectivity reimbursements