Chief Analyst

Informa

Chief Analyst at Informa TechTarget developing insights into the global data center market. Leading comprehensive research coverage, forecasts, and delivering insights for technology buyers and sellers.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver insightful research
Alongside the Data Center team, contribute to and create high quality research in the form of reports, trackers, forecasts, and presentations
Develop and test hypotheses that challenge existing beliefs within a market to provide unique insight
Use all the tools and knowledge at your disposal to produce analysis that goes beyond the descriptive to give Omdia the edge over its competition
Market high-level industry expertise
Use your expertise and experience to define and expand an area of research
Market that expertise at a senior level within our clients and prospects
Provide a timely response to market events and offer up-to-date opinions founded on broad-based experience
Build and maintain client relationships
Over time, and as your career progresses at Omdia and Informa TechTarget, maintain and extend your network of client relationships
Become a trusted advisor to these clients
Ensure effective client management
Build and manage ongoing relationships with clients
Represent Omdia and Informa TechTarget, demonstrating your expertise in Data Centers, as well as taking a broad view the technology ecosystem and its delivery of business outcomes
Support sales, marketing, product management, and PR teams
Participate in client-facing meetings with the sales team and add credibility to Omdia and Informa TechTarget relationships
Expand strategic planning involvement
Offer insight to our planning meetings
Work closely with the Practice Leader and Research Directors to drive the direction and strategy of the team
Through the understanding of client needs based on senior-level relationships, develop a customer-based point of view for new products and advisory services

Requirements

What you’ll need

Over 10 years of professional experience
Experience in the data center ecosystem, either as an industry analyst or in the wider ecosystem
Solid technical understanding and insight into the data center ecosystem, and the ability to quickly form credible, distinctive, compelling, and original opinions on how aspects of these will evolve, and why
Quantitative research, with the ability to build, maintain, and enhance market forecasts and trackers, and present complex concepts and trends from data in a compelling manner
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex ideas
Strong verbal communication and presentation skills, including a personable manner and the confidence to present to, engage with, and influence executives at the highest levels of the industry
The ability to build and enhance a profile with industry contacts and opinion formers
A network of existing industry contacts would be highly favorable
The ability to quickly and coherently identify and communicate critical issues impacting the commercial performance of Omdia’s vendor clients across the data center ecosystem
Experience of working with sales and marketing teams to identify and successfully capitalize on business development opportunities
A proven track record of managing a workload to ensure deadlines are met and client expectations are exceeded
Ability to travel domestically and internationally
Cultural awareness, as the role involves working with global clients and within a global virtual team environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Great community : a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active colleague groups and networks promoting a positive, supportive, and collaborative work environment
Broader impact : take up to four days per year to volunteer with a philanthropic organization
Career opportunity : the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
Time out : Open Vacation, plus 10 national holidays, and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
Competitive benefits, including a 401k match, health, vision and dental insurance, parental leave and an ESPP offering company shares at a minimum 15% discount
Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, free access to a wellness app and more
Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programs
As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

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Hard Skills & Tools

quantitative researchmarket forecastsdata analysishypothesis developmentreport writingpresentation skillsdata center ecosystem insightcomplex concept synthesisstrategic planningclient management

Soft Skills

written communicationverbal communicationpresentation skillsrelationship buildinginfluencing executivesnetworkingcultural awarenessclient advisoryworkload managementtimely response