Global Research & Insights Leader — Lead Global Analysts

Avasant; Texas; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entrepreneurial environment

International exposure

Mentoring and training

Global team collaboration

Career development funding

Diverse multicultural environment

Leadership opportunities

Job summary

Avasant is a Los Angeles-based firm seeking a Global Research & Insights Leader in Dallas or another US location. The role combines market-facing work with leading a distributed research team to produce high-quality benchmarks, reports, and insights for clients and sales teams.

The candidate will drive publishing, analyst relations, and research operations while maintaining independence and rigorous standards across multiple regions and time zones, including the US and India.

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of experience in technology research, industry analysis, benchmarking, or research-led consulting
• Hands-on experience producing and publishing research, ideally on technology or IT and business services providers
• Experience leading people or leading projects with several contributors.
• Strong people skills: you build trust easily with analysts, consultants and salespeople
• Clear, confident writing and presenting
• Well organized, able to run several projects at once and hit deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills – written and verbal, in English.

Responsibilities

• Participate at provider analyst events to understand capabilities of providers
• Speak at Avasant events and others on topics that Avasant publishes
• Join client and prospect calls as a research expert when needed
• Turn research into material Sales can use: briefs, talking points, slides and FAQs
• Train sales colleagues in each region on what our research says and why it matters to buyers
• Own the publishing process from draft to release: editing, review, fact-checking and sign-off
• Work with Marketing to distribute research through our website, newsletters, social media and events
• Contribute your own analysis and writing to our reports and news coverage
• Give consultants fast access to research, benchmarks and market data for proposals and client work
• Set up a simple way for consultants to request research support, and make sure requests are met on time
• Capture what we learn on engagements, where permitted, to make future research sharper
• Lead and coach a global team of analysts across US and India time zones
• Set clear goals, give regular feedback and help team members develop
• Keep our research independent and objective, separate from commercial relationships
• Run the research calendar: planning, timelines, resourcing and tracking delivery of reports for Radarview™ and other formats
• Propose topics and priorities for the research agenda, agreed with leadership
• Keep our methodology, provider evaluation criteria and quality checks consistent, and improve them over time
• Ensure frictionless provider briefings, surveys and data collection
• Manage research tools and data, including sensible use of AI to speed up research work

Skills

Leadership experience

Writing & presenting

Communication

English proficiency

Job description

Avasant is a Los Angeles-based firm seeking a Global Research & Insights Leader in Dallas or another US location. The role combines market-facing work with leading a distributed research team to produce high-quality benchmarks, reports, and insights for clients and sales teams.

The candidate will drive publishing, analyst relations, and research operations while maintaining independence and rigorous standards across multiple regions and time zones, including the US and India.