Business / Market Intelligence Analyst (market researcher) at Input Output Hong Kong - "IOHK"

Input Output HK Limited (‘IOHK’) is an engineering company that builds cryptocurrencies and blockchains for academic institutions, government entities and corporations. IOHK is a decentralised company that fosters small, innovative and agile teams executing on ideas which have the potential to cause cascading disruption.



We are currently seeking a Business / Market Intelligence Analyst with international technology or software startup experience, as well as an understanding or interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The role is reporting directly into, and responsible for collating and communicating key market and competitive insights to the Marketing Director. As a part of the newly established global marketing team, the role will work with stakeholders including IOHK Executives, Product Development and Communication teams. The position will play a pivotal role keeping IOHK in touch with, but not limited to, competitive, regulatory, technological and legal trend dynamics on a global footing.



How We Work

 Remote Teamwork: Our firm has employees worldwide and collaboration is crucial.

 Communication with the Research Community: We keep in touch with researchers who are working to improve blockchain technology and we incorporate their work into the products that we build.

 Consistent Building and Testing: IOHK implements creative solutions with constant testing.



Key Responsibilities:

 Design, coordinate and execute both primary and secondary competitive / industry related market research activities, including proposals, data gathering, analysis, writing, reporting and presenting

 Recommend and introduce best practice tools, methodologies and processes to underpin and achieve credible intelligence insights across the blockchain / cryptocurrency segments.

 Apply qualitative and quantitative methods to convert data into actionable insights and meaningful recommendations.

 Support the development of databases and models for market assessments.

 Work independently to develop targeted market intelligence analyses relating to markets, competitors, legal, regulatory and blockchain technologies.

 Provide insights on competitor strategies, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and long range strategic plans.

 Understand and translate select market insights to support segmented marketing and communications initiatives.

 Review public materials for strategic changes taking place at key competitors and gather product competitive insight.

 Work with Product Marketing and Product Management to ensure insights are fed into ‘lifecycle roadmap development needs’ and ‘value propositions’ development.

 Become a trusted advisor on market implications, using data, industry knowledge and vision to help business leaders understand and act upon developments in the industry.

 Partner with senior leadership to ask and answer challenging questions that contribute to IOHK’s strategic decisions.





Requirements

 Bachelor’s degree in a related market research or intelligence discipline (e.g., statistics, economics, mathematics, marketing analytics) or significant relevant coursework.

 3-5 years’ experience in market analytics, BI, or related field.

 Some professional experience with data mining, segmentation, and/or predictive modeling.

 Ability to design and publish dashboards through report automation tools such as Tableau or Data Studio.



Key Competencies

The ideal candidate should

 have a passion for working with fast moving, complex technologies.

 have a highly analytical mind with an ability to identify patterns and trends.

 be able to communicate insights in a clear, succinct way.

 have strong writing and verbal communication skills.

 be highly organized, resourceful, solutions-oriented individual who is able to execute well in a fast-paced environment while working on multiple, concurrent projects.

 comfortably synthesize large amounts of qualitative information and present concise, easy-to-read findings to an executive audience.