Market Research Analyst

Opportunity Overview

Our client is seeking a Market Research Analyst to join their Market Intelligence team. This role combines advanced automation with analytical expertise to deliver reliable, decision-ready intelligence that directly informs product strategy, go-to-market initiatives, and executive decision-making.

You will operate within the client's AI-enabled research stack, continuously improving workflows, validating outputs, and translating market signals into actionable insights. Your work will shape how the client builds, positions, and sells its platforms in a competitive and evolving market.

Key Responsibilities

• Run and enhance AI-enabled research workflows: Operate and improve research agents across sourcing, extraction, synthesis, and brief generation.
• Automate research intake: Build pipelines to ingest analyst reports, earnings calls, regulatory filings, and other market sources, highlighting key changes and implications.
• Validate AI-generated research: Ensure accuracy, grounding, and citation integrity by testing outputs against trusted primary sources.
• Monitor competitors and market activity: Track competitor positioning, product launches, partnerships, acquisitions, and go-to-market strategies.
• Develop strategic account intelligence: Create automated first-pass profiles of target institutions, refining insights for priority pursuits.
• Translate trends into business implications: Deliver clear briefs on industry, regulatory, and technology signals for product, marketing, sales, and executive teams.
• Support go-to-market initiatives: Provide market sizing, segmentation, buyer insights, and competitive positioning for launches and campaigns.
• Build reusable research capabilities: Develop scalable automations, templates, and tools for marketing and intelligence workflows.
• Identify automation opportunities: Propose practical improvements to streamline repetitive research processes.
• Create executive-ready presentations: Transform complex research into clear narratives and recommendations for diverse stakeholders.
• Facilitate decision-making: Lead working sessions to help stakeholders interpret evidence and navigate ambiguity.

Qualifications & Skills

Must-Haves

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Marketing, Business, Economics, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in market research, competitive intelligence, strategy consulting, or related analytical roles.
• Background in Big Four firms, strategy consulting, analyst organizations, or technology companies preferred.

Core Skills

• Strong understanding of competitive intelligence and market research practices (market sizing, battlecards, win/loss analysis, analyst monitoring).
• Hands-on experience building AI-driven research workflows, agentic processes, or no-code AI agents.
• Familiarity with AI-native development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) for prototyping automations.
• Ability to synthesize complex reports accurately and efficiently.
• Strong research judgment with a focus on source credibility and validation of AI outputs.
• Excellent communication skills—able to translate findings for technical, commercial, and executive audiences.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Builder mindset with a focus on scalable, repeatable systems.
• Ability to quickly adapt to evolving AI technologies.

Nice-to-Haves

• MBA or postgraduate qualification.
• Experience in banking, financial services, or enterprise technology.
• Familiarity with banking technology, enterprise software, AI governance, or modernization platforms.
• Experience working with analyst research (Gartner, Forrester, Celent, IDC).
• Background in developing account intelligence for enterprise sales teams.
• Knowledge of APIs, workflow automation platforms, data extraction tools, or retrieval-augmented generation systems.
• Experience presenting research to senior leadership.