Principal Analyst/ Research Leader – Infrastructure, Cloud, Security & Governance

Avasant; Bengaluru, New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entrepreneurial environment

Global exposure with multinational clients

Training and mentoring programs

Job summary

Avasant, headquartered in Los Angeles, is looking for a skilled professional to join their team in Bengaluru, India. The role is focused on expanding coverage of evolving IT infrastructure, cloud, and cybersecurity domains. Responsibilities include research agenda creation and delivery, as well as representing Avasant at industry events.

Candidates should possess an MBA from a Tier 1 institute and have substantial experience in research or consulting, ideally with previous exposure to leading tech industry analyst firms.

Qualifications

• 6-14 years of experience in research, strategy or consulting domains.
• Experience with Big 4 or other strategy consulting firms is advantageous.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Represent the firm at external conferences and industry events.
• Engage with senior leadership teams and advise on future strategies.
• Own delivery of a Research Product including market reports and papers.

Skills

Research

Strategy

Communication

Quantitative Analysis

Emerging Technologies

Education

MBA or equivalent from Tier 1 institutes

Job description

Background

Avasant is a Los Angeles, California headquartered leading management consulting firm providing Strategic Sourcing, IT and Business Transformation and Global Strategy services to the global Fortune 1000. Since 2006, Avasant has negotiated over $250B in deals and operates in over 50 countries. The firm has been recognized as "World's Best Outsourcing Advisor" by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) for fourteen consecutive years. In 2020, we were also recognized as one of the top five industry analyst firms by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR). Learn more at https://avasant.com/

Avasant Research is an industry-leading voice and regularly publishes syndicated research reports and market points of view to help end-user organizations, technology services providers, and product vendors understand the rapidly changing technology and business landscape and make data-driven, informed decisions. Our industry analysts are regularly quoted in the media, including global publications. Our research is subscribed to and read by thousands of executives across end-user organizations, PE/investment companies, consulting firms, service providers, and product vendors. To see our portfolio of published research and to know more, please visit here.

Role Overview

Enterprises are transforming at a never-seen-before pace and require significant enhancements to their IT environments to enable these business changes. Consequently, IT environments are becoming complex with hybrid and multi-cloud constructs, and the perpetual risk of cybersecurity threats. To help enterprises make educated decisions, we are expanding our coverage of the evolving IT infrastructure, cloud, security, and governance space significantly. This market-facing role is a part of this expansion, and includes elements of research agenda creation, research delivery, and market education.

Responsibilities

• Represent the firm and share point of view around the evolution of IT infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, governance and related domains in external conferences, boardroom presentations, industry events and public videos.
• Engage with senior leadership teams and CXOs of end user, service provider, tech product and platform companies to advise them around future roadmaps and strategies.
• Delivery ownership of a Research Product that includes an annual calendar of research artefacts (market reports, white papers and points of views). This includes significant writing directly by the candidate.
• Conduct in-depth research by directly participating in briefings and in-person discussions with practice and business leaders (including CXOs) at end user, service provider, tech product and platform companies.
• Establish innovative research processes, methodologies and frameworks for structuring and analysing the data to develop impactful insights at a quality that is repeatable and is continually improved.
• Provide research and analytical support around intelligence covering macroeconomic, sectoral trends, competitor information, industry analysis, financial information, qualitative and quantitative information assessment.
• Assist with project management for a new business research product with exposure to the full product development cycle.

Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent from Tier 1 institutes. 6‑14 years of experience in research, strategy or consulting domains.
• Candidates with significant experience with Big 4 or other strategy consulting firms. Previous work with leading tech industry analyst firms will be an advantage.
• Strong aspiration to be known as a prominent voice with a significant impact on how enterprises apply technology to become future-ready.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – both written and verbal (English).
• Significant exposure and interest in emerging technologies, with an inherent curiosity to analyse how they will impact the world.
• Strong sense of ownership and adherence to quality and timelines.
• Exceptional quantitative and data interpretation skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced environment across multiple time zones/geographies.

What Avasant Offers

• Entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to lead and drive new initiatives to further personal and organizational goals.
• Global exposure and a chance to work with multi‑national clients, including some of the industry leaders.
• Training and mentoring on the latest business and sector practices based on market requirements.
• Opportunity to work with and learn from an international team of industry specialists.
• Focused programs for career development, including funding of industry certifications and skill development programs.
• Dynamic and multicultural work environment.