Analyst - Business Research & Insights

Job Description

As part of Business Value Engineering team, the “Analyst - Business Research & Insights” will create high quality Industry reports to support marketing initiatives of VMware across industry verticals. They will also be responsible for intellectual property (IP) within the team by creating various artifacts for building pipeline. The reports will be consumed Globally by VMware teams. The candidate will be expected to work out of VMware office location in Bangalore.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality deliverables such as Industry Point of View documents and Industry Sectoral overviews that ultimately support value selling initiatives within VMware
• Receive and clarify assigned request; prepare preliminary scope by organizing scoping calls with Industry Marketing Directors. Negotiate and approve scope, milestones and timelines;
• Decide the research methodology, sources and type of data to be collected;
• Use structured communication basics such as pyramid principle to create detailed decks with key messages;Generate insight and conclusion
• Maintain and update a database of industry drivers and KPIs; create new benchmark models for specificindustries using these KPIs
• Maintain and update internal tools and repository on a continuous basis

Requirements

• Experience in secondary Research with exposure to sales enablement and value selling
• Multiple industry vertical knowledge, preferably in Healthcare, Financial Services or Telecom
• Knowledge of IT landscape, cloud & virtualization technologies and their impact
• Knowledge of financial analysis, research techniques & sources such as blogs, Ovum, Discover.org,Hoovers, Gartner, Forrester etc
• Experience in Analytical tools and MS Excel. Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and delivery aesthetics

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