Manager, Market Intelligence & Industry Research [SK-17494]

Skill; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefit contributions

401(k) retirement plans with match

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Aquent seeks a visionary leader to build and spearhead the firm’s market research and industry intelligence capabilities. You will identify attractive industries and evaluate opportunities across sectors, delivering data-driven recommendations that fuel strategic growth decisions.

You will develop TAM/SAM/SOM models, track competitors, and translate trends into actionable insights for senior leadership. This role shapes the firm’s future trajectory.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in market intelligence, industry research, corporate strategy, competitive intelligence, research advisory, or consulting.
• Proven experience in building industry reports, market models, competitive landscapes, and executive-level research deliverables.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, presentation, and synthesis skills.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Analyze industries and sub-industries across target markets and AI supply chain.
• Develop segmentation frameworks for sectors like manufacturing, financial services, power, energy, engineering, construction, and professional services.
• Assess attractiveness, growth rates, margin potential, and complexity to inform priorities.
• Identify pain points and transformation themes related to incentives, AI adoption, outsourcing and consulting.

Skills

Market intelligence

Industry research

Corporate strategy

Competitive intelligence

Executive-level research

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Aquent is seeking exceptional talent to partner with a leading advisory firm dedicated to empowering businesses with strategic insights and innovative solutions. This firm is on a mission to help clients navigate complex market landscapes, identify growth opportunities, and optimize their operations through expert guidance. Joining this team means your contributions will directly shape the strategic direction and success of a dynamic organization, driving significant impact across diverse industries.

We are searching for a visionary leader to build and spearhead the firm’s market research and industry intelligence capabilities. This is a pivotal and newly created role where your expertise will be instrumental in identifying attractive industries and subsegments, rigorously evaluating market opportunities, conducting in-depth competitive analysis, and delivering data-driven recommendations that directly fuel strategic growth decisions. Your analytical prowess and research leadership will serve as the fundamental pillar upon which go-to-market strategies are built, making a tangible and profound impact on the firm’s future trajectory.

What You Will Do

• Analyze industries and sub-industries across target markets, including those within the AI supply chain.
• Develop comprehensive segmentation frameworks for critical sectors such as manufacturing, financial services, power, alternative energy, engineering, construction, and professional services firms.
• Assess industry attractiveness, growth rates, market structure, margin potential, and operational complexity to inform strategic priorities.
• Identify key industry pain points and transformation themes relevant to government incentives, rebate programs, AI adoption, managed services, outsourcing, and consulting.
• Develop Total Addressable Market (TAM), Serviceable Available Market (SAM), and Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM) models for priority markets.
• Estimate addressable customer counts, revenue potential, technology spend, and serviceable opportunity by segment.
• Build dynamic opportunity scorecards that rank sectors based on growth potential, urgency, strategic fit, competitive intensity, and revenue potential.
• Track and analyze consulting firms, managed service providers, AI service providers, outsourcing firms, and specialty competitors.
• Analyze competitor offerings, positioning, pricing models, partnerships, acquisitions, and market moves.
• Develop comprehensive competitor profiles and executive summaries to inform leadership and commercial teams.
• Monitor critical trends such as AI adoption, workforce dynamics, outsourcing demand, regulatory developments, technology spending, and industry disruption.
• Identify emerging themes that may create new market opportunities or pose potential risks.
• Translate complex trend data into actionable implications for senior leadership decision-making.
• Produce quarterly market outlook reports and detailed industry opportunity assessments.
• Prepare executive briefings, board-ready summaries, and strategic research memos.
• Present findings to senior leadership and recommend areas for deeper analysis or strategic investment.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in market intelligence, industry research, corporate strategy, competitive intelligence, research advisory, or consulting.
• Proven experience in building industry reports, market models, competitive landscapes, and executive-level research deliverables.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, presentation, and synthesis skills.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience with B2B services, professional services, technology services, managed services, outsourcing, or AI-enabled services.
• MBA or advanced degree.

About Skill

Skill connects the best professional, IT, engineering, financial and administrative talent with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to benefits such as health benefit contributions, retirement plans with match and flexible spending accounts.

Skill is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.