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Job Title: Senior Analyst, Serving Security & Risk Professionals
Location: New Delhi
Description:
Senior Analysts conduct innovative research and deliver advice through written reports, consulting, client inquiries, and speeches. As a part of Forrester’s security and risk research team, this Senior Analyst serves professionals who are responsible for the success of their firms’ strategies for and execution of security, risk, governance, and compliance architecture and operations.
The successful candidate writes to, presents to, and advises Security & Risk Professionals about Forrester’s research into the most critical trends and issues shaping this critical business technology domain. Candidates need a strong understanding of the business and technology issues facing these executives today and an appetite for conducting and writing research to stay abreast of those issues.
Responsibilities:
Senior Analysts work as part of a small high-performance team and collaborate with others in all aspects of the job. They are expected to:
• Develop a deep understanding of what Forrester clients require to be successful as Security & Risk Professionals.
• Conduct research into key aspects of the responsibilities of Security & Risk Professionals.
• Help define the future of the security and risk landscape by painting an accurate, forward-looking view and predicting the effect of new technologies and strategies. They also help clients identify which technologies matter and the steps to take today to drive economic value.
• Write four long research documents per year that convey new ideas in a rich business context. These reports typically: 1) introduce new thinking about successful business and technology strategies and best and next practices; 2) present strategic organization and technology implementation plans; 3) compare new technologies or services and their potential to help clients solve their business challenges (e.g., via a Forrester Wave™); or 4) size emerging business opportunities (e.g., market sizing/forecast).
• Write four short research documents per year on security and risk technologies, industry events, and/or competitive market dynamics.
• Consult with clients to apply Forrester’s research in the context of their specific business environment and help solve their problems through inquiry and advisory.
• Present at Forrester-sponsored and industry-related events and deliver client webinars.
• Establish an industry presence as an influential speaker and thinker; build relationships with senior Security & Risk Professionals, as well as with the technology vendors that serve them and the journalists who cover the sector; and participate in vendor briefings and field press inquiries as necessary.
• Embrace social tools as part of the core job.
Requirements:
Forrester is looking for people who are inspired and inspiring. Our product is our intellectual capital, so we welcome and reward intellectual excellence, curiosity, and sophisticated thinking and look for:
Proven experience in security and risk; candidates typically have a formulated strategy and implemented programs.
• A strong record of academic achievement: B.A. or B.S. minimum, MBA or M.S. preferred.
• A deep intellectual curiosity about the effect of technology on the business landscape; solid business instincts and a practical understanding of what makes companies tick and how Security & Risk Professionals operate; a creative view of markets, technologies, and attitudes combined with a fascination with the future.
• Superior listening and critical thinking, as well as memorable presentation skills. Senior Analysts are expected to take complex, disparate ideas and distill them into simple, provocative concepts — and be willing to take a stand on vendors and outcomes.
• Outstanding English writing skills; an ability to write in a very clear, succinct, and analytical style is a must.
• The ability to travel 30% to 50% of the time.
Forrester Research is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination, including sexual harassment.
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