Market Intelligence Manager

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Tewkesbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Market Intelligence Manager to drive strategic insights and analysis in a fast-paced environment. You'll be responsible for market trend analysis, competitor insights, and enhancing the company's market approach. Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in the field, exceptional analytical capabilities, and strong communication skills. This role offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to the company's growth strategy.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of professional experience, including 5+ years in market research.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills - comfortable with unstructured data.
• Excellent communication skills in English (Japanese is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of market intelligence areas and lead analysis.
• Conduct market sizing and trend analysis across key sectors.
• Build detailed profiles of global and regional accounts.

Skills

Market research expertise

Numerical and analytical skills

Strategic mindset

Excellent communication skills in English

Job description

Overview

Description

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 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 be doing

• Take ownership of specific areas of market intelligence, whether it’s segment insights or account profiling, you’ll lead the charge.
• Conduct market sizing and trend analysis across key sectors like 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 strategic initiatives such as go-to-market planning, M&A scoping, and economic/trade analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed insights into business strategies and foster customer-first thinking.
• Present 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 to the team

• 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.
• Experience with annual planning processes.
• 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 Hitachi

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has supported the development of society and the improvement of people’s lives. Hitachi Group employees worldwide exemplify outstanding teamwork that transcends geographical regions and business fields. We share the Hitachi group identity and put it into practice worldwide.

With a mission to deliver the best experience to employees and customers, you will be joining a global team setting the standard for excellence and innovation in Marketing and Sales (M&S).

In pursuit of sustainable growth and profitability in the digital and green sectors, the Global Marketing & Sales transformation team, established in 2022, seeks to position Hitachi as a trusted partner for its customers.

Our values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha – Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

If you’re motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi drive social innovation, we’d love to hear from you.