Strategic Market Planning & Intelligence Director

RXinsider LTD.; Lincolnshire (IL); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Zebra Technologies is seeking an experienced Director of Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence to lead data-driven strategy across sales, marketing, and engineering. You will embed prioritization analytics into planning, informing senior leadership and scalable programs for competitive advantage.

You will guide market research, forecast models, and industry analyses while mentoring teams to deliver insights that shape strategic decisions and actions across the company.

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, or similar fields required. Prior work in B2B technology or related areas preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports sales and marketing teams on intelligence/industry research requests and analytics, competitive intelligence, market and customer segmentation and product input.
• Develops market evolution hypotheses and anticipates competitive dynamics and adjacencies.
• Delivers actionable recommendations and builds strong relationships with business leaders to align content with strategy.

Skills

Market intelligence

Competitive analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or other relevant fields required. Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SFDC (Salesforce)

R

Python

Job description

Zebra Technologies is seeking an experienced Director of Market Planning and Competitive Intelligence to lead data-driven strategy across sales, marketing, and engineering. You will embed prioritization analytics into planning, informing senior leadership and scalable programs for competitive advantage.

You will guide market research, forecast models, and industry analyses while mentoring teams to deliver insights that shape strategic decisions and actions across the company.