Strategy Market Intelligence Research

Overview

Lead market intelligence research for the Strategy and M&A organization, owning assigned sectors or competitor sets to keep the team ahead of market developments, and help establish a new global Market Intelligence function.

What you'll do

• Track competitor and customer announcements, earnings calls, investor events, and press releases across data centers and other strategic sectors.
• Monitor technology, regulatory, and policy trends.
• Distinguish marketing claims from developments with material impact.
• Translate intelligence into inferred implications, such as how a competitor announcement should change a market model or share estimate.
• Produce market models and qualitative briefing packs, and distribute findings to Strategy, M&A, and business stakeholders, including product managers and account teams.
• Design and maintain a searchable repository of reports and interview transcripts, run with AI assistance.
• Partner with the Analytics lead to keep market models and the exhibits and reports library current with new intelligence.
• Serve as the team's expert on external research platforms, including expert networks and syndicated research, covering their coverage, strengths, limitations, and efficient use.
• Apply AI tools to expand research coverage and improve the timeliness and accuracy of outputs.
• Deliver ad hoc research on short timelines for M&A screening, diligence, and strategy initiatives.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience, including 5+ years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or its research or knowledge center.
• Track record of delivering executive-quality research on aggressive timelines.
• Experience designing and running expert interview programs.
• Experience standing up continuous market sensing programs, including ongoing re-prioritization of competitors, customers, technologies, and industry trends.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of strategic intelligence topics with proven judgment in identifying meaningful market signals.
• Proficiency with Alpha Sense or comparable research platforms.
• Strong Excel skills and an understanding of market sizing methods.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to synthesize complex information into concise executive messages.

Nice to have

• MBA or master's degree.
• Exposure to industrial, building technology, HVAC, or B2B equipment markets.
• Experience supporting M&A screening or commercial due diligence.
• Hands-on experience applying generative AI tools to research workflows.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations using PowerPoint and Think-Cell, including advanced charting and storytelling techniques.

Details

• Location: Delhi, India.