Director, Market Strategy & Competitive Intelligence

Zebra Technologies Corporation; Lincolnshire (IL); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Wellness programs

Learning & development

Hybrid work

Job summary

Zebra Technologies Corporation in Lincolnshire, IL seeks a Director of Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence to synthesize quantitative and qualitative insights for executive decision-making. You will partner with sales, marketing, and engineering to shape strategy and identify competitive dynamics.

The role requires leadership of a team, data visualization, and advanced analytics, with travel up to 25% and a hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 remote).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in relevant fields.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• 15 years of experience in market intelligence, strategy consulting, financial planning, quantitative data analysis, or similar fields.
• Prior work experience in B2B technology, communications industries, market research, investment banking, or econometrics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports sales and marketing teams on intelligence/industry research requests and analytics, competitive intelligence, market and customer segmentation and product development input requirements.
• Develops market evolution hypotheses and anticipates competitive dynamics, including identification of emerging threats and strategic adjacencies.
• Delivers actionable recommendations and forges relationships with business leaders to align content with strategy.
• Engages industry analysts to scope projects and build RFPs.
• Self-starter with bias for action and results orientation.
• Creates and analyzes market data using various methods (trending, visualization, statistical methods) to provide customer insight.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Advanced degree

Tools

SFDC

SPSS

SAS

Python

Power BI

Job description

Zebra Technologies Corporation in Lincolnshire, IL seeks a Director of Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence to synthesize quantitative and qualitative insights for executive decision-making. You will partner with sales, marketing, and engineering to shape strategy and identify competitive dynamics.

The role requires leadership of a team, data visualization, and advanced analytics, with travel up to 25% and a hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 remote).