Technology Research Analyst

Turn your experience in talent acquisition technology or staffing into research that helps industry leaders make better decisions.

SIA is seeking a Technology Research Analyst to investigate the technologies, business models, and market developments reshaping staffing and workforce solutions. You will produce insightful research, analyze survey findings and market data, engage with technology providers and industry executives, and present your conclusions through reports, conferences, webinars, and client conversations.

• Produce independent and collaborative research.
• Research and write clear, evidence-based reports that help executives understand market developments, evaluate opportunities, and make strategic decisions.
• Develop survey-based insights.
• Analyze data and communicate findings visually.
• Monitor technology developments, conduct vendor briefings and product demonstrations, and exchange market observations with staffing executives, technology providers, and other industry participants.
• Support SIA’s clients and prospective clients.
• Respond to research inquiries, discuss findings, gather feedback, and help clients apply SIA’s insights to their businesses.
• Present research to executive audiences.
• Speak at SIA conferences, webinars, and client briefings. Develop compelling presentations and contribute to relevant conference programming, with opportunities to moderate discussions.

• Experience in staffing, talent acquisition, or workforce solutions is highly desirable, ideally gained at a technology provider or in a technology-focused role within a staffing firm. Familiarity with recruitment platforms, front- and back-office staffing software, AI-enabled solutions, and other workforce technologies would be valuable.
• Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the ability to organize, validate, analyze, and interpret data.
• Ability to work independently on market sizing, survey interpretation, and basic statistical analysis, clearly explaining methods, assumptions, and limitations.
• Excellent business writing, including demonstrated ability to produce clear, concise, well-structured analysis for business decision-makers. Effective data visualization, including ability to select appropriate charts and tables and produce polished, accurate visuals that strengthen a report’s analysis and narrative.
• Executive communication and relationship skills, including comfort presenting to senior business audiences, asking substantive questions, and discussing findings with clients and technology providers.
• Research judgment, curiosity, and ownership, including ability to evaluate sources critically, distinguish evidence from assertions, and develop objective conclusions. You are comfortable learning new subjects, incorporating feedback, collaborating across time zones, and managing projects and deadlines with increasing independence.
• Experience designing and managing surveys or producing published industry research.
• Advanced statistical analysis, company financial analysis, or experience with visualization tools.
• Familiarity with Python for data analysis and automation or Plotly and Dash for creating visualizations and interactive research tools.
• Practical AI capability, including demonstrated use of AI tools and AI-assisted or agent-based workflows to improve the quality, speed, or consistency of your work.

You will have established credibility with SIA clients, technology providers, and colleagues through the quality of your insights and interactions.

You will be independently delivering major research reports while contributing effectively to collaborative projects and survey-based research.

You will have introduced repeatable applications of AI that improve…