Posted: 3/19/2010
Title: Competitive Intelligence Analyst
Location: New York, NY
Summary: The Market & Competitive Intelligence Analyst will provide strategic competitive and market research advisory services to the CFO and Finance Executive Leadership team. This position will prioritize key competitors and market trends/requirements and conduct in-depth analysis resulting in summary reports and action recommendations. Responsibilities: · Research and define market requirements for specific target market/segments; evaluate and conduct gap analysis of current product offerings to help design appropriate strategy. · Utilize a variety of resources to conduct research. Acquire and organize market information from secondary sources, 10Ks, 10Qs, Analyst Calls, Bloomberg, etc. · Through in-depth primary and secondary research, develop company profiles on key competitors detailing financial, strategic, tactical, marketing/sales strategies as well as provide product/function/technical review of their offerings to include sell against strategies. · Evaluate current and potential (future) competitor strategies using forecasting and projection techniques to form recommendations for organizational leadership. Recommendations may relate to product development/functionality, market segmentation, and or sales strategy. · Identify and manage outside research firms and consultants to assist with primary research efforts. · Review industry vendors and evaluate for potential alliance/merger/acquisition fit. · Participate in corporate strategic planning and direction by providing data, presentations, and recommendations regarding market trends, customer needs, and market opportunities. · Establish meaningful communication channels with other departments, including Portfolio Management, Global Client Group, BlackRock Solutions, and iShares. · Develop formative solutions to highly complex business problems. · Understand the impact of problems/solutions and their relevancy across multiple business units or within a division. · Organize and conduct focus groups, internal and external advisory panels and other critical meetings that will inform product strategy.
Source: CI Radar
Topics: Competitive Intelligence, Competitor Research, Market Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence Firms