Western Digital

Senior Analyst, Competitive Intelligence – Consumer

Western Digital

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Milpitas • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $126,244 - $178,848 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Monitor and analyze key competitors across the storage and consumer technology landscape, delivering both quantitative and qualitative insights.
  • Map top competitor products against Sandisk’s portfolio by category, region, and good-better-best framework.
  • Track and update competitor market share trends with clarity and consistency; in collaboration with Sandisk Corporate Market Intelligence and Consumer Data Analytics team.
  • Build and maintain detailed ‘tear-down’ decks per key competitor – highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and market positioning.
  • Conduct continuous competitive pricing analyses across our Sandisk Consumer product portfolio; identifying position gaps, value opportunities, and cross-regional/channel pricing dynamics to influence our overall pricing strategy.
  • Share insights and recommendations with senior stakeholders (sales, product, marketing, finance, strategy) to guide investment and competitive actions.
  • Track macro trends (i.e., consumer spending shifts, regulatory changes per region, geographic opportunities) that impact the consumer storage industry.
  • Conduct market sizing analyses to evaluate entry into new categories or geographies based on competitor activity and/or macro shifts.
  • Present findings in clear and compelling formats, such as well-structured presentations, fostering collaboration among teams, facilitating meaningful discussions, and motivating actionable decision-making.
  • Establish credibility as the in-house expert on Sandisk’s competitive landscape.

Requirements

  • BA/BS degree in business, economics, strategy, or related field
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in competitive intelligence, market analysis, or strategy consulting
  • Proven success in analyzing market share, competitor positioning, and macro/consumer trends
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills; proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and BI tools for data analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to craft compelling reports and executive-ready presentations
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills; able to distill complex data into actionable insights for senior leadership
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a track record of managing multiple priorities.
Benefits
  • paid vacation time
  • paid sick leave
  • medical/dental/vision insurance
  • life, accident and disability insurance
  • tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • employee assistance program
  • other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
  • tuition reimbursement
  • transit
  • the Applause Program
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
competitive intelligencemarket analysisstrategy consultingquantitative researchqualitative researchdata analysismarket share analysispricing analysismarket sizing
Soft skills
communicationstorytellingorganizational skillsdetail-orientedcollaborationpresentation skillsinsight generationstakeholder engagementdecision-making