Principal Analyst/ Research Leader – Infrastructure, Cloud, Security & Governance

Background :

Avasant is a Los Angeles, California headquartered leading management consulting firm providing Strategic Sourcing, IT and Business Transformation and Global Strategy services to the global Fortune 1000. Since 2006, Avasant has negotiated over $250B in deals and operates in over 50 countries. The firm has been recognized as "World's Best Outsourcing Advisor" by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) for fourteen consecutive years. In 2020, we were also recognized as one of the top five industry analyst firms by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR). Learn more at https://avasant.com/

Avasant Research is an industry-leading voice and regularly publishes syndicated research reports and market points of view to help end-user organizations, technology services providers, and product vendors understand the rapidly changing technology and business landscape and make data-driven, informed decisions. Our industry analysts are regularly quoted in the media, including global publications. Our research is subscribed to and read by thousands of executives across end-user organizations, PE/investment companies, consulting firms, service providers, and product vendors. To see our portfolio of published research and to know more, please visit here .

Role Overview:

Enterprises are transforming at a never-seen-before pace and require significant enhancements to their IT environments to enable these business changes. Consequently, IT environments are becoming complex with hybrid and multi-cloud constructs, and the perpetual risk of cybersecurity threats. To help enterprises make educated decisions, we are expanding our coverage of the evolving IT infrastructure, cloud, security, and governance space significantly. This market-facing role is a part of this expansion, and includes elements of research agenda creation, research delivery, and market education.

Represent the firm and share point of view around the evolution of IT infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, governance and related domains in external conferences, boardroom presentations, industry events and public videos

Engage with senior leadership teams and CXOs of end user, service provider, tech product and platform companies to advise them around future roadmaps and strategies

Delivery ownership of a Research Product that includes an annual calendar of research artefacts (market reports, white papers and points of views). This includes significant writing to be done directly by the candidate

Conduct in-depth research by directly participating in briefings and in-person discussions with practice and business leaders (including CXOs) at end user, service provider, tech product and platform companies

Establish innovative research processes, methodologies and frameworks for structuring and analysing the data to develop impactful insights at a quality that is repeatable and is continually improved

Provide research and analytical support around intelligence covering macroeconomic, sectoral trends, competitor information, industry analysis, financial information, qualitative and quantitative information assessment

Assist with project management for a new business research product with exposure to the full product development cycle

MBA or equivalent from Tier 1 institutes. 6 -14 years of experience in research, strategy or consulting domains

Candidates with significant experience with Big 4 or other strategy consulting firms. Previous work with leading tech industry analyst firms will be an advantage

Strong aspiration to be known as a prominent voice with a significant impact on how enterprises apply technology to become future-ready

Excellent communication and presentation skills – both written and verbal (English)

Significant exposure and interest in emerging technologies, with an inherent curiosity to analyse how they will impact the world

Strong sense of ownership and adherence to quality and timelines

Exceptional quantitative and data interpretation skills

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones/ geographies

What Avasant Offers: Entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to lead and drive new initiatives to further personal and organizational goals

Global exposure and a chance to work with multi-national clients, including some of the industry leaders

Training and mentoring on the latest business and sector practices based on market requirements

Opportunity to work with and learn from an international team of industry specialists

Focused programs for career development, including funding of industry certifications and skill development programs

Dynamic and multicultural work environment