Gartner - Senior Market Research Specialist - Technology Research

About the role:

You would be part of a newly formed Centre of Excellence (CoE) that works with globally recognized experts to support and contribute to Gartners vendor and product evaluation research (like its Magic Quadrant). The CoE will also identify and introduce process innovation and best practices for the research it performs, and will help develop new research methods, including continuing efforts to increase the use of data and algorithms in research. We are looking for an energetic and dynamic individual who is eager to learn about new technologies and has a proven track record in data collection, interpretation, visualization, and analysis. As a Sr. Market Research Specialist, your role would be to track, review and analyze structured and unstructured data gathered through various sources and deliver high quality research analysis to support the creation of Gartner must-have vendor and product evaluation research.

What you will do:

- Liaise with internal associates and subject matter experts (Gartner Analysts) in relation to support and contribute to the creation of vendor/product evaluation research such as Gartner Magic Quadrant

- Conduct secondary research on technology markets, IT products and services and providers using both systematic and intuitive secondary research techniques

- Compare/benchmark different IT products, vendors and collate relevant information from multiple sources by understanding online help, user guides, manuals, white papers, design/product specifications, project plan etc.

- Write high quality, clear, actionable, vendor and product evaluation advisory content.

- Build knowledge of Gartner subscribed databases and internal sources (e.g. Gartner Peer Insights, Primary Research Market surveys, etc.), and leverage them to build the data story.

- Structure and execute on project management and performance improvement initiatives to continuously drive process efficiency.

- Identify opportunities for standardization and automation to optimize time, improve data collection and delivery processes.

- Provide high quality and timely research peer review. Provide mentorship and support team members on research skills and methodologies.

- Provide support to ad-hoc project teams to achieve shared objectives

- Build subject matter expertise in a specific market over a period.

What you will need:

- Bachelors/Post Graduation in any specialization from leading Tier I & II B-schools

- Management graduates preferably with 4-6 years of experience in Technology and or Research and Technology Industry experience.