Associate VP – Field Service Delivery
Cennox
Vice President of Technical Competitive Intelligence
Input Output (IOHK)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteJob Level
Lead
Tech Stack
Web3
About the role
- You will provide strategic insights, market and technology intelligence to shape the group's long-term strategy.
- Owning and signing off on IOG’s competitive-intelligence strategy and outputs, delivering decision-ready insights that enable informed build-versus-buy, partnership, and market-entry choices.
- Bringing advanced strategic and systems thinking with strong business and commercial acumen, you will ensure that competitive intelligence is tightly integrated with corporate strategy and directly influences product, engineering, and venture creation.
- By continuously evaluating competitors, emerging protocols, and disruptive technologies and leveraging advanced analytics and AI-driven intelligence techniques - the VP shapes IOG’s understanding of key market movement and technology inflection points.
- Externally, you will be a thought leader, through speaking engagements, white papers, and participation in global industry forums, strengthening the company’s reputation and ecosystem influence.
- Internally, you will drive shared planning cycles and close collaboration with the VP of Engineering and the VP of Applied Research & Creative Engineering (ARC) to ensure market insights flow seamlessly into research, prototyping, and engineering standards.
Requirements
- Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in competitive intelligence, technology strategy, or technical research, with significant time spent in Web3 or adjacent deep-tech sectors.
- Advanced degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (e.g., computer science, engineering, economics, or related field), or equivalent deep industry expertise;
- Familiarity with AI/ML techniques and their application to market and technology intelligence.
- Extensive senior leadership experience with a proven record of success in building, scaling, and leading high-performing teams.
- Strong track record of driving strategic impact and influencing major corporate decisions at C-suite or Executive-Committee level.
- Strong background in market and technology evaluation, with demonstrated ability to convert complex findings into strategic recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate technology protocols and ecosystems and to convert complex findings into clear strategic recommendations.
- Strategic and systems thinking – Sees the broader ecosystem beyond immediate issues; anticipates market and technology shifts; connects diverse signals to shape long-term competitive strategies.
- Business and commercial acumen – Understands market economics, venture dynamics, and investment trade-offs to advise on strategic options.
- Advanced analysis and synthesis – Seeks and evaluates reliable, timely information from a wide range of sources; integrates complex technical and market data into clear, actionable insights; considers the applicability and limitations of information to make objective interpretations.
- Decisive judgement and risk management – Evaluates proposals using multiple criteria; weighs advantages and disadvantages; identifies the potential impact of decisions and offers contingency plans; takes calculated risks aligned with organisational strategy.
- Executive communication and influence – Communicates clearly and concisely with C-suite, board and research leaders; conveys complex technical and market insights in compelling narratives that drive action.
- Cross-functional leadership and collaboration – Builds strong partnerships with research, product, engineering and other senior functions; aligns intelligence with research priorities and organisational goals; manages complex stakeholder relationships.
- Innovation and foresight – Identifies disruptive trends early and translates them into opportunities for product direction, partnerships and technology bets.
- Organisational leadership – Builds and leads a high-performing intelligence organisation; mentors senior professionals; fosters analytical rigour and curiosity.
- Adaptability and resilience – Operates effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments; recalibrates strategy quickly as new intelligence emerges; maintains focus under pressure.
- Ethical and evidence-based decision making – Ensures competitive assessments and recommendations are objective, data-driven and aligned with organisational values and risk appetite.
Benefits
- Remote work
- Laptop reimbursement
- New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Competitive PTO
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
competitive intelligencetechnology strategytechnical researchAI/ML techniquesmarket evaluationtechnology evaluationadvanced analysisrisk managementstrategic recommendationssystems thinking
Soft skills
business acumenexecutive communicationcross-functional leadershipinnovationorganisational leadershipadaptabilityresiliencedecisive judgementcollaborationinfluence
Certifications
advanced degree in technical disciplineadvanced degree in business discipline
