Job Description
Job Title/Grade: Market Intelligence Analyst (Grade 7)
Senior Market Intelligence Analyst (Grade 8)
Associate Manager, Market Intelligence (Grade 9)
Department: Business Development
Reports to: Market Intelligence Manager II
As part of the USG Business Development department, the Market Intelligence team works closely with leadership within the USG business segment, including Solutions, and senior leadership of DAI to inform strategic decision-making—including insights into the market, customers and competitors. The team is responsible for strategic data and information, trend and scenario analysis, and other business analytics in support of strategic planning and execution for the USG business segment.
Function of the Position:
The Analyst role is a full-time professional position that works with senior management to support strategic planning activities by providing actionable recommendations based on assessments of markets and competitors, both existing and potential.
- Identify and collect appropriate customer, competitor, market, economic, financial and/or operational data.
- Perform financial, statistical, and qualitative data analysis of markets and competitors.
- Translate data into executable and effective market and intelligence reports.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Profiles the USG international development market and competitive environment, providing insights that support strategic decision-making and for use in internal presentations by senior leadership.
- Creates and updates comprehensive industry, competitor and customer models including, but not limited to, market share, growth projections and trends, and market forces.
- Performs thorough, systematic analysis of key industry trends; the general social economic and political environment; legal and regulatory issues; customers; current and potential competitors.
- Provides market and competitive insights through presentations and reports to the Executive Leadership Team and various internal management teams to allow effective strategic and tactical decision-making and implementation.
- Supplies the market and competitive intelligence component of strategic planning, and proactively makes recommendations to management concerning key intelligence items that require further consideration.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of data sources, evaluating their credibility and potential utility, and leverages them across the company where appropriate.
- Develops and maintains relationships with key internal customers to identify emerging needs and business challenges.
- Works with internal business customers to enhance their use of strategic analysis and market and competitor intelligence—in particular through use of the Portal—to ensure that appropriate communication channels are maintained. Collaborates internally to ensure intelligence is shared with appropriate groups and individuals.
- Maintains an in-depth knowledge of designated markets and trends through reading reports, market research, data manipulation and financial modeling and analysis.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Grade 7: Minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience and a bachelor’s degree; or 2 years of relevant professional experience and a master’s degree.
- Grade 8: Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience and a bachelor’s degree; or 3 years of relevant professional experience and a master’s degree.
- Grade 9: Minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience and a bachelor’s degree; or 5 years of relevant professional experience and a master’s degree.
- Solid understanding of the USG international development industry.
- Strong customer focus and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadline constraints.
- Ability to network effectively at all levels and influence without direct management oversight.
- Demonstrated strength in problem solving and analytics and capable of driving insight to action.
- Ability to articulate with strong presentation skills and to contribute to executive-level discourse; excellent written communication abilities.
- Able to operate within a team environment.
- High level of competence with Microsoft Office suite (in particular, advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills) is essential.
Supervisory Requirements: None
DAI is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.
About the Organization
DAI is an employee-owned global development company. For 40 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governments, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 60 countries. Our integrated development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines—crisis mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS and disease control, water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
