Market Intelligence Analyst

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Market Intelligence Manager to lead market intelligence efforts. This role involves analyzing market trends and competitor strategies to support business growth. Candidates should have over 10 years of professional experience, including a strong analytical background and excellent communication skills. The position offers a chance to influence global strategies in a dynamic environment with a commitment to diversity and employee well-being.

Benefits

Industry-leading benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for health and well-being

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of professional experience, including 5+ years in market research.
• A strategic mindset for identifying key insights.
• Experience in strategy consultancy or market research agency is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of market intelligence areas, leading the charge.
• Conduct market sizing and trend analysis across key sectors.
• Build detailed profiles of accounts to identify strategies and challenges.
• Analyse competitors' performance and strategies.
• Support global strategic initiatives like go-to-market planning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed insights.
• Present findings effectively to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Strong numerical and analytical skills

Excellent communication skills (English)

Ability to thrive in fast-changing environments

Job description

Global Marketing & Sales | Market Intelligence Manager

Are you passionate about turning data into strategic insight? This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a Market Intelligence Manager to join Hitachi's Global Marketing & Sales (GM&S) team, a high-profile corporate initiative at the very center of the Hitachi Group.

As a Market Intelligence Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our global strategy. You'll dive deep into market trends, competitor landscapes, customer needs to uncover opportunities that drive real business impact, and bring the voice of the marketplace into Hitachi to enable an agile, customer-centric growth organization.

About GM&S

Hitachi is transforming to ensure sustainable growth and profitability in digital and green sectors by establishing a customer-centric business model. Part of this transformation is setting up global account management to better understand customer needs and increase Hitachi's market share.

This transformation is led by GM&S, whose vision is to become our customers' preferred partner of choice for their most critical challenges by providing impactful, sustainable solutions, delivered by experts spanning the full breadth of Hitachi's portfolio.

What you'll do

• Take ownership of specific areas of market intelligence, whether it's sector insights or account profiling, you'll lead the charge.
• Conduct market sizing and trend analysis across key sectors; for example Mobility and Data Centers.
• Build detailed profiles of global and regional accounts, identifying their strategies, challenges, and where Hitachi can win.
• Analyse competitors' performance, strategies, and product pipelines to inform our positioning.
• Support global strategic initiatives such as go-to-market planning, M&A scoping, and economic/trade analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams from other Hitachi business units to embed insights into business strategies and foster customer-first thinking.
• Present your findings in compelling ways through presentations, workshops, and working sessions with senior stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with external research vendors, ensuring high standards and ethical research practices.
• Contribute to the evolution of our AI-powered insights tool.

What you'll bring

• At least 10 years of professional experience, including 5+ years in market research.
• A proven ability to thrive in complex, fast-changing environments.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills - you're comfortable working with unstructured data and extracting meaningful insights.
• A strategic mindset with a talent for identifying the "so what" behind the data.
• Excellent communication skills in English (Japanese is a plus).
• Experience in a strategy consultancy or market research agency is a bonus, but not essential.

About us

We're a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We're curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you're not just another employee; you're part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We're also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We're always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you'll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We're proud to say we're an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.