Senior Research Analyst - IT Sector

Role Description:
 
- Undertake custom research projects as defined by various stakeholders - Sales/Marketing/Senior Mgmt/Technology heads and others as required.

- Research, analyze and monitor technology/financial/economic trends.

- Develop and recommend the strategy to meet organization objectives.

- Track competitive landscape by analyzing competitor products/services/strategies.

- Ability to write research reports by analyzing data from various sources.

- Interact with industry analysts and internal stakeholders to collaborate and work on sales/marketing campaigns.

- Utilize internal subject matter expertise to develop sales and marketing collateral including white papers, presentations and webinars. Work with internal SMEs to deep dive into different domains, esp financial services

- Work with the team to drive and create impactful research/thought leadership content

- Drive and own B2B primary research projects for internal stakeholders

Qualifications - 

- Candidates with around 8-10 years with a research house or a strategy/research function of a global IT/Tech firm.

- Prior experience in the IT/Tech sector is desirable.

- Experience with sales/inside sales in IT services is an advantage.

- Ability to own, interpret and analyze various research reports, scientific and technical journals and financial reports.

- Experience in market segmentation, market sizing and basic financial analysis.

- Exceptional written and oral communication.

- Experience in primary research and statistical skills is a bonus.

- Experience in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration, esp. with internal sales and marketing teams

- Should have developed content/stories and be comfortable with the entire process of content creation: idea generation, topic selection, commissioning of articles, proof reading, editing and delivering of content