Senior AI Security Competitive Intelligence Analyst

CrowdStrike Inc.; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 145,000 - 220,000; Full time

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Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Sr. Competitive Intelligence Analyst III to support our Security for AI portfolio, partnering with Product, Sales, and cross-functional leaders to inform roadmap decisions and guide go-to-market strategy in a rapidly evolving competitive landscape focused on enterprise AI security.

This remote, individual-contributor role offers visibility and impact across global teams. You will analyze competitors’ approaches to AI protection, prompt handling, and agent security,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field (Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related discipline).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the cybersecurity market with a primary focus on Security for AI/ML, including demonstrated understanding of AI/LLM attack surfaces (e.g., prompt injection, model poisoning, training data leakage) and AI governance.
• Deep familiarity with the Security for AI competitive landscape, including major industry players, AI safety frameworks, and the evolving regulatory environment.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience (Ideal candidates will have experience in at least TWO of the following): sales engineer/pre-sales, competitive intelligence, solution architect, product management, technical marketing, and product marketing.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex technical concepts related to AI threats and security into field-actionable guidance and executive summaries.
• Superior communication skills including experience presenting to senior & executive level management.
• Excellent people and project management skills to manage initiatives and build rapport with cross-functional teams and third parties.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize and formulate guidance on the strategic importance of Security for AI, emphasizing how the protection of autonomous agents and the mitigation of prompt-based threats create a significant competitive advantage.
• Provide a field-actionable, in-depth and ever-evolving understanding of the Security for AI market, analyzing competitors' ability to deliver accelerated detection and autonomous remediation across the full AI lifecycle.
• Provide tailored deal support (competitive surgeries & guidance), and develop a deep rapport with the field.
• Work closely with the rest of the Competitive Intelligence team and technical stakeholders to serve as the primary liaison for Security for AI competition.
• Make recommendations on sales tactics and product strategy to enable CrowdStrike to win in the market.
• Be a self-starter with an ownership mentality. You will work autonomously in the development of project plans, requirements, timelines, content, and ongoing tracking/updates of the Security for AI competitive landscape.
• Conduct win/loss analysis, using both quantitative and qualitative data sources to determine why CrowdStrike wins and loses vs. the competition.

Skills

Competitive intelligence

AI/ML cybersecurity

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/DS/Cybersecurity

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Sr. Competitive Intelligence Analyst III to support our Security for AI portfolio, partnering with Product, Sales, and cross-functional leaders to inform roadmap decisions and guide go-to-market strategy in a rapidly evolving competitive landscape focused on enterprise AI security.

This remote, individual-contributor role offers visibility and impact across global teams. You will analyze competitors’ approaches to AI protection, prompt handling, and agent security,