Chief Analyst

Company Description

Do you want to develop your career and make an impact in the fast-growth, fast-moving B2B technology space?

At Informa Tech Target, you'll collaborate and grow alongside some of the industry's most respected experts. You'll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You'll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue.

We're a vibrant community of world-class practitioners—over 2000 colleagues strong—with offices in 19 locations around the world. We're traded on Nasdaq and part of Informa PLC, a global leader in business-to-business events, digital services and academic research.

About Informa Tech Target

Informa Tech Target (Nasdaq: TTGT) informs, influences and connects the world's technology buyers and sellers, accelerating growth from R&D to ROI.

With an unparalleled reach of over 220 highly targeted technology-specific websites and more than 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa Tech Target has a unique understanding of and insight into technology markets.

Underpinned by those audiences and their data, we offer expert-led, data-driven and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients. We provide our customers with:

• Trusted information that shapes the industry and informs investment
• Intelligence and advice that guides and influences strategy
• Advertising that grows reputation and establishes thought leadership
• Custom content that engages and prompts action
• Intent and demand generation that more precisely targets and converts

Our organization is committed to sustainability, diversity, well-being and ethical working practices.

Position:
Chief Analyst, Data Center

Omdia (part of Informa Tech Target) is seeking an experienced Chief Analyst with deep expertise in data center technologies, infrastructure and market dynamics to deliver actionable insights to our global client base.

The successful candidate will lead comprehensive research coverage of the global data center market, including infrastructure, hardware, software and emerging technologies. They will contribute to, develop and maintain authoritative market forecasts, sizing models and competitive landscape analyses, and identify and analyze key trends shaping the data center industry, such as hyperscale deployments, edge computing, sustainability initiatives and AI infrastructure requirements.

The role also involves presenting research at industry conferences, client briefings, webinars and providing expert commentary to media and industry publications. Strategic consulting and advisory services for clients are another key part of the role, providing insight on data center investment decisions, technology roadmaps and market opportunities.

• Deliver insightful research
  : contribute to and create high quality research in reports, trackers, forecasts and presentations. Develop and test hypotheses to challenge existing beliefs and provide unique insight.
• Market high-level industry expertise
  : use expertise to define and expand research area, market expertise at senior level within clients and prospects, respond to market events and offer up-to-date opinions.
• Build and maintain client relationships
  : maintain and extend your network of client relationships, becoming a trusted advisor.
• Ensure effective client management
  : build and manage ongoing relationships, represent Omdia and Informa Tech Target, support sales, marketing, product management and PR teams, participate in client-facing meetings.
• Expand strategic planning involvement
  : offer insight to planning meetings, work with Practice Leader and Research Directors to drive direction and strategy, develop customer-based POV for new products and advisory services.

• Over 10 years of professional experience in the data center ecosystem, either as an industry analyst or within the wider ecosystem.
• Solid technical understanding and insight into the data center ecosystem.
• Quantitative research expertise, building, maintaining and enhancing market forecasts and trackers.
• Excellent written communication…