Senior Analyst, Connected Life(wearable devices)

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We're now looking for a Senior Analyst, Connected Life to join our Consumer team. To be a lead contributor to our Connected Life research globally and in the Mainland China market, focusing on the latest consumer wearable devices such as AR/XR/VR glasses to our success in research quality, product development, marketing, sales, and thought leadership.

Working in conjunction with the Practice Leader for Connected Life, drive Omdia’s research in leading consumer technologies, interacting with vendors, channel and service providers and ecosystem players to deliver quantitative and qualitative research (market share, forecasts, opinion pieces, presentations, etc.) as part of the broader connected life service. Through research, and in collaboration with the sales and events teams, contribute to the product’s success by delivering timely, high-quality, accurate and insightful analysis.

Areas of Responsibility & Accountability

Building market-relevant data and quantitative insights – Use primary and secondary research to build credible base data; ensure sufficient coverage of market players; create estimates where company reporting is not available; utilize history; ensure consistency with related data/markets; Using primary and secondary research to generate market projections; using credible sources to support forecasts; logging all assumptions and working in a clear way; creating the story around market development/opportunities/risks. 

Qualitative action-driven insight and thought leadership – Produce written insights and press material that provides a solution perspective; Be opinionated and look for opportunities to comment on industry news; highly recognized within coverage areas.  Support building credibility and visibility of research via multiple platforms, such as social media, industry event and media inquiries.

Client-facing and relationship-building: able to produce and deliver frequent market presentations to key client stakeholders and support sales during the pre-sales process. Actively support the inquiry process.

Constantly expanding research network in the relevant areas, contacts and is able to support the gathering of in-depth proprietary research insights for data and qualitative insights. 

Research Scoping – keep research fresh by understanding customer needs/questions; enhancing the research each cycle and continually adding value to ensure we have clear USP; working with direct management to support research changes

Sales support – Partner with the sales team to generate new leads, progress existing leads, and support renewals; use scoping to continually evolve the research offering

Measures of Success​

•Customer feedback and market engagement

•Sales growth, renewal rate and new business/win backs

•Network expansion

•Industry recognized published and viewed content

•Presentation requests, organiser and audience feedback 

•Custom business wins and support

Knowledge & Skills ​

•Experience in consumer hardware technology domains, tracked record in research product development 

•Ability to informally call on senior contacts for updates etc.

•Comfortable hosting customer briefings and leading customer calls for a number of related research areas

•Data gathering and storytelling – advanced capabilities in data research methodology, data building, data manipulation

•Collaborative capabilities, knowing who to work with and where to seek support

•Ability to think outside the box in approaching problems to find innovative solutions

•Prioritising time for competing tasks

•Writing detailed, insightful and opinionated reports in a structured and concise way

Experience & Qualifications ​

•Solid industry knowledge of consumer technology market landscape

•Highly developed research skills

•Planning and executing outstanding written reports to capture key research highlights

•Established network of senior industry players

•Multitasking – ability to prioritise and delegate competing tasks effectively

•Advanced ability to find and piece together insight from multiple sources and to connect the dots

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Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: annual leave, birthday leave, volunteer days and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

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