Strategic Market Intelligence Lead

Cb&I Llc.; Town Center (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CB&I seeks a Sr Business Strategy Specialist, Market Intelligence to oversee the company’s external view on customers, competitors, spending, technologies, and policy. The role is an Individual Contributor position reporting to the Sr Dir Strategy and Market Development, with frequent interaction across business units and government relations.

The ideal candidate will lead market analyses, maintain structured data on priority markets, and produce monthly leadership briefs that translate findings

Qualifications

• A degree in Economics, Data Analytics, Finance, Engineering or a related analytical field.
• 5 - 10 years of relevant experience in energy services research or strategy, including market intelligence, industry or equity research, strategy consulting, commercial analysis or a comparable analytical role.
• Demonstrated ability to assess customer investment cycles and competitive activity and translate research into leadership reports. Familiarity with storage, terminals, LNG, infrastructure or asset lifecycle services is preferred.
• Experience with market data sources and analysis tools, such as project and company databases, public filings, and data visualization software.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a structured database mapping customers, facilities, planned projects, investment timing, competitors and potential partners across priority markets.
• Record sources, update dates, and project status; reconcile conflicting information and maintain consistent definitions and data quality.
• Maintain consistent definitions, documented assumptions, and a defined refresh cadence to ensure the fact base remains current and usable by others.
• Assess market size, demand drivers, customer needs, technology shifts, and competitive conditions across priority markets, testing alignment with enterprise strategic priorities, and defining entry or expansion requirements.
• Evaluate geographic and sector opportunities against capability, local presence, customer access, partner and qualification requirements; recommend priorities for the Sr Dir's review.
• Flag opportunities early, before a process becomes competitive, and support the pipeline with the evidence needed to decide whether to pursue.
• Track customer capital expenditure plans, facility investments and project awards; identify emerging investments and projects early enough to inform commercial positioning.
• Monitor competitor backlog, capabilities, capacity, partnerships, and strategic moves; assess implications for CB&I's positioning, win-rates, and capability gaps with Commercial.
• Monitor policy, regulatory, and industry developments with government relations contacts; assess implications for market access, investment timing and customer demand, and flag material changes.
• Combine field intelligence with external research, reconcile conflicting views and challenge unsupported assumptions; incorporate findings into customer profiles, market assessments and the database.
• Produce a monthly leadership brief and market outlook, explaining implications for CB&I rather than simply reporting news. State what changed, why it matters, uncertainties and recommended areas for attention.
• Prepare first drafts of concise, executive-ready charts, written analyses, and presentations, clearly stating the

Skills

Analytical Judgment

Research Skills

Commercial Understanding

Communication Skills

Decision Making

Collaborative Approach

Integrity & Discretion

Cultural Leadership

Education

Economics, Data Analytics, Finance, Engineering or related analytical field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Research Databases

Job description

CB&I seeks a Sr Business Strategy Specialist, Market Intelligence to oversee the company’s external view on customers, competitors, spending, technologies, and policy. The role is an Individual Contributor position reporting to the Sr Dir Strategy and Market Development, with frequent interaction across business units and government relations.

The ideal candidate will lead market analyses, maintain structured data on priority markets, and produce monthly leadership briefs that translate findings