About IDC:  International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,100 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For 50 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company.

IDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, handicap, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, ancestry, national origin, age, genetic

IDC  is seeking a Senior Research Analyst for Digital Platform Software Pricing Data.

This position at IDC might be the perfect fit for you.  We’re building a team of analysts as a part of an exciting new venture at IDC. We are seeking an analyst with experience to collect, analyze, and interpret data on pricing strategies for software vendors. This position will be central to developing insights to help technology executives confidently and quickly determine the best vendor for their critical software investment decisions.

Why IDC?

IDG is a dynamic and innovative data, research, and services company at the forefront of guiding the global technology market ecosystem. Our mission is to help companies grow by putting technology insights into action, and empowering businesses to make better decisions and thrive in the digital-first age.   

IDC, the largest division of IDG, is the most respected global technology market research firm. Building upon terabytes of proprietary data, expert thought leadership, and existing digital products, IDC is creating new generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered business lines that serve its customers in fundamentally new ways. In this newly created team, you  will be exposed not only to expert tech strategy analysts, but also to product development teams going “from 0 to 1”.

Responsibilities

• Data discovery, identification and data collection around Software pricing data
• Data standardization - classification of unstructured text input into structured columns e.g. Product, Module, SKU
• Data wrangling from unstructured formats into structured format – and collaboration with Data Engineering teams doing that at scale
• Data analysis including Quality checks, extracting key findings, suggested Quality Remediation
• Definition and co-development of statistical “discount methodology” extrapolated from existing datasets
• Agile collaboration with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Solution Engineers, Product dev teams (information exchange, decision making)

Qualifications (Required)

• 5+ years experience as a Data Analyst, Market Analyst, Business Analyst or Data Scientist
• Strong understanding of IT and Software ecosystems and value chains
• Advanced Excel (e.g. pivot, flat file, vlookup, offset, match)
• Advanced Power Point creation skills
• Statistical skills esp. around distribution analysis, quartile analysis, forecasting
• Communication skills – Explaining issues, findings effectively
• Analytical skills – i.e. find and classify the important bits of data
• Attention to detail – doesn’t get tired to find issues
• Coachability and willingness to learn new systems and skills
• Open feedback mindset (disagree and commit, candor)
• Creative data problem-solving including ability to create synthetic data with low-levels of data input
• Ability to gain trust, negotiate and work with technical teams and business stakeholders

Qualifications (additional)

• Understanding of modern data architectures (SQL, data lake, cloud plaftorms)
• SQL coding (query, join)
• Python/R for Data modelling
• Experience with LLM Chat interface search and Web data analysis (e.g. Perplexity)
• Basic HTML editing or ability to use HTML no-code tools
• Previous experience in companies providing evaluation, benchmarking, vendor comparison solutions in software/cloud/IT space