Competitive Intelligence - Intern [gn] Germany

Our Vision is to be the most trusted, flexible and easy to use Data Platform.  Actian is transforming industries by empowering companies to accelerate application modernization and simplify the Cloud journey.  Our customers use the Actian Data Platform to unify their siloed data, explore and securely exchange data to run a variety of analytic workloads that provide real time business insights at a fraction of the cost.  We have 24 of the Fortune 100 companies using Actian technology in some of the most mission critical applications that impact your daily life. 

Actian, an HCL Software company,  is looking for a Competitive Intelligence Intern. The intern will be trained by and work with the Director of Competitive Intelligence, based in the Austin, Texas, USA office. Allowances will be made for different time-zones.

• The general data vendor market environment, including trends
• The Competitive Intelligence Lifecycle, from data gathering to analysis including SWOT
• Competitive Intelligence dissemination: Presenting competitive intelligence findings in different formats

• Create and maintain competitive collateral, including battlecards, (add other specific example), and other documents
• Update battlecards based on research into Actian's competitors
• Support requests for intelligence from various Actian stakeholders including participation in special research projects

• Education either completed or in progress related to the Software or IT related fields, but Economics and similar fields also welcome
• Strong research abilities
• Analytical mindset
• Inquiring mind
• Strong desire to learn more about the data market (databases, data warehousing, data integrations, etc.)
• Experience with data tools useful but not required

• Must be actively enrolled in a college degree program

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.