AI Market and Competitive Intelligence Analyst

Autodesk, Inc; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is hiring for a senior competitive intelligence professional in Cambridge to build automated systems, monitor AI-driven market shifts, and synthesize insights for executives.

You’ll work with business, product, and engineering teams to map markets, size opportunities, and test assumptions against what is buildable, bringing structure to ambiguous questions and delivering clear, actionable outputs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, market research, business intelligence, strategy, consulting, product management, software or data engineering.
• Ability to translate fragmented information into a defensible point of view.
• Strong data storytelling and presentation skills for senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated systems that produce intelligence, including source monitoring and refresh cadences.
• Track AI market shifts, competitors, startups, funding, products, partnerships, and regulatory changes.
• Collaborate with business, product, engineering to map markets, size opportunities, and test commercial assumptions.
• Synthesize information into exec-ready briefs, market maps, and point-of-view documents.
• Lead projects, manage timelines, and ensure final deliverables meet expectations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data storytelling

Project leadership

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, economics, data science, computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Job ID26WD101765Job Requisition ID #26WD101765Autodesk is shaping the future of the design and make industries by helping our customers navigate a rapidly evolving AI-driven landscape. Supporting our Autodesk AI initiatives, you will help us understand how AI and new business models are reshaping the competitive landscape across Manufacturing, AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations), and Media and Entertainment.This is an individual contributor role on a team with deep business, industry, and technical experience. A successful candidate builds with AI by default, not as a tool added on top.The way competitive intelligence gets done is changing faster than most business functions can adapt. We’re hiring for that gap. You will spend as much time building the systems that produce our intelligence as you will producing it.ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain the automated systems that produce our intelligence, including source monitoring and refresh cadencesFind the parts of our process that shouldn’t be manual anymore and fix them without waiting for permissionTrack how AI is changing our markets, following competitors, startups, funding, product releases, partnerships, research, talent movement, and regulatory shiftsWork directly with business functions, product management, engineering, and technical benchmarking to define target markets, map competitive landscapes, size opportunities, identify gaps, and test market and commercial assumptions against what is actually buildableSynthesize qualitative and quantitative information into clear points of view, challenging assumptions, reconciling conflicting perspectives, and connecting findings to broader implications for AutodeskYou have a working sense of what is hard and what is easy to build with AI right now, and you can form a reasonable hypothesis about how a competitor pulled something offTake the lead on coordinating research and intelligence projects as needed, bringing structure to ambiguous questions, facilitating discussions, managing contributors and timelines, keeping teams on track, and ensuring conclusions are captured in clear final deliverablesProduce recurring competitive intelligence and fast-turn analysis for leaders, translating complex market and technical developments into concise, executive-ready briefs, presentations, and market maps, including for C-suiteKeep the competitive picture available to teams on demandBring us tools, methods, and ideas before we know to ask. Push when you think we’re doing something the slow wayOccasional travel to industry events and internal meetingsMinimum QualificationsYou’ve built workflows, agents, or pipelines that run without you. Bring one to the interview and walk us through the choices you madeStrong analytical judgment and the ability to turn incomplete or fragmented information into a defensible point of viewYou start things. The work you’re proudest of is probably something nobody assigned you5+ years of experience in one or more of the following, or a combination: competitive intelligence, market research, business intelligence, strategy, consulting, product management, software or data engineeringKnow where automated output needs a human check, and build that check into the systemAbility to lead projects or significant workstreams involving multiple stakeholders and deadlinesData storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to make complex information clear to senior stakeholdersAbility to collaborate on analytical work, including contributing to projects led by others and bringing different perspectives into a coherent outputBachelor’s degree in business, economics, data science, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experiencePreferred QualificationsDemonstrated interest in physical AI across Autodesk industries: Manufacturing, AECO, or Media and EntertainmentYou can read a competitor’s model release or data position and say what it means for their roadmap and their cost structureExperience with customer discovery, market validation, go-to-market analysis, or business case developmentExperience with Python, SQL, or similar, at the level of getting something working rather than shipping production codeFamiliarity with incumbent market data sources such as PitchBook, CB Insights, Crunchbase, or similar platformsExperience with Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytical toolsMBA or equivalent business experienceLearn MoreAbout AutodeskWelcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!Salary transparencySalary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.BelongingWe take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belongingIn-Person Onboarding and Identity VerificationThis role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.