Senior Analyst

We have an open position for a Senior Analyst to join our core team's research activities.

Qualifications
Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years working experience as an analyst or researcher at a handset manufacturer, network operator or industry analysis firm. We ‘re also looking for a deep understanding of mobile platforms and their evolution. If you have spent time following mobile software then you ‘ll know how complex and fast-moving this industry is.

Responsibilities
- Research new market sectors, interview vendors and write up major VisionMobile reports like Developer Economics.
- Form a core part of our research service team.
- Take key concepts from our Mobile Innovation Economics workshops, and develop into blog articles.
- Edit contributions to the blog (from 3rd parties or VisionMobile team).
- Present at major conferences on VisionMobile research topics.
- Get involved as a researcher in customer projects, from voice innovation to developer segmentation.
- Manage briefings with vendors on key events or around key reports.

Skills
- Good understanding of the mobile industry, having previously worked for a telco, OEM or analyst house.
- Good understanding of how software works, ideally having prior software development experience.
- Can quickly and eloquently turn ideas into words; and ability to craft attractive news headlines.
- Experienced in researching information online and having developed solid interviewing skills.
- Ability to break down a research project brief and develop a methodology emcompassing primary and secondary research.
- Comfortable working as part of a distributed team.
- Can work with a team to share, delegate or lead.
- Proactivity, self-discipline, determination, good finisher and attention to detail.
- Has led people or worked with people across geographies before.
- Has capacity for strategic thinking and connecting the dots.
- Ideally with a public voice (e.g. Twitter)

If you have a passion for mobile and for distilling market noise into market sense we ‘d like to meet you.

Availability
Full-time, working a TechHub-style office as part of the distributed team at VisionMobile. Location will be preferably in London, otherwise Europe. Travelling is once a month or less.

Contact
If VisionMobile sounds like a place you'd like to be for the next few years, send a short CV to jobs at visionmobile. Tell us a bit about yourself, why you want to join VisionMobile, and examples of your written work.