Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Senior Analyst/Analyst, Serving Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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The Boston Globe has ranked Forrester Research as one of the "Top 100 Places to Work," and, in 2012, for the 15th consecutive year, Forrester was ranked in its "Best of Massachusetts Businesses." Forrester has research centers and sales offices in more than 25 cities internationally, spanning six continents. Forrester works with professionals in 17 key roles within IT, marketing and strategy, and tech industry at major companies providing proprietary research, consumer insight, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programs. 
 
Global business leaders worldwide rely on Forrester for comprehensive, independent analysis that aligns with their organizations' initiatives, guides their decisions, and increases their business impact to make them more successful every day. As part of our global sales team, you'll work with some of the world's top technology companies and thought-leading analysts to plan an agenda based on our clients' top objectives and challenges — including cloud computing; business process management; and the integration of social media, mobile, and other emerging technologies. 
 
Job Title: Senior Analyst/Analyst, Serving Infrastructure & Operations Professionals, Focusing On Data Center Services And Operations, Server And Storage Platforms, Virtualization, And IT Service Management
 
Location: New Delhi
 
Job description:
 
Senior Analysts/Analysts conduct innovative research and deliver advice through written reports, consulting, client inquiries, and speeches. As a part of Forrester’s infrastructure and operations (I&O) research team in Asia Pacific, this Senior Analyst/Analyst serves professionals who are responsible for the success of their firm’s I&O strategies across the region.
 
The successful candidate writes to, presents to, and advises Infrastructure & Operations Professionals and other IT and business decision-makers about Forrester’s research into IT operations. This includes help with people, process, and technology advice for data center transformation and private cloud enablement, server and storage platform selection, virtualization strategies, and broader IT service management strategies. Moreover, the candidate is expected to advise senior I&O leaders on a series of IT operations and service management trends, such as how to help extend asset management to virtual infrastructure, how to implement self-service portals as part of a service desk strategy, and how to integrate service desk with outsourced and cloud computing environments.
 
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 the issues.
 
Responsibilities:
 
Senior Analysts/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 Infrastructure & Operations Professionals.
Conduct research into key aspects of the responsibilities of Infrastructure & Operations Professionals, including IT operations skill sets, organizational trends, and IT service management architecture and operations strategies.
Help define the future of the I&O 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) quantify the return on investment for new business technology investments.
Create forward-thinking content for all of our I&O clients in a variety of formats, such as traditional Forrester documents, social media streams like blogging, interactive tools, and    templates.
Collaborate with the Forrester Leadership Boards Infrastructure & Operations Council team to contribute to the design and facilitation of member meetings and conference calls with the membership.
Write eight short research documents/blog posts per year on I&O 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 Infrastructure & Operations 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 infrastructure and operations; candidates typically have formulated strategy and implemented programs.
A strong record of academic achievement: B.A. or B.S. minimum, MBA or M.S. preferred.
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 Infrastructure & Operations Professionals operate; and a creative view of markets, technologies, and attitudes combined with a fascination with the future. 
Superior listening, critical thinking, and writing skills, as well as memorable presentation skills. Senior Analysts/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.
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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