Director of Market Strategy & Competitive Intelligence

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Annual incentive

Well-being day

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Zebra Technologies is seeking a Director of Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence to synthesize quantitative and qualitative insights for senior leadership. This role collaborates with sales, marketing, and engineering to inform strategic decisions and identify competitive dynamics.

A senior leader is needed to embed prioritization analysis across planning processes. The ideal candidate will lead research initiatives, manage analysts, and build robust market forecasts while engaging with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or other relevant fields required. Advanced degree preferred
• 15 years of experience in market intelligence, strategy consulting, financial planning, quantitative data analysis, or similar fields required
• Experience in B2B technology, communications industries, market research, investment banking, or econometrics preferred
• Excellent leadership, organization, interpersonal, collaboration and project management skills

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
• Delivers actionable recommendations and forges strong relationships with business leaders to align content with strategy
• Engages industry analysts to scope research, build RFPs and inform decision making
• Creates, maintains, and analyzes market data using trending, visualization, and statistical methods

Job description

Zebra Technologies is seeking a Director of Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence to synthesize quantitative and qualitative insights for senior leadership. This role collaborates with sales, marketing, and engineering to inform strategic decisions and identify competitive dynamics.

A senior leader is needed to embed prioritization analysis across planning processes. The ideal candidate will lead research initiatives, manage analysts, and build robust market forecasts while engaging with