Advisor, Competitive Intelligence – Inside-the-Data-Center Technologies
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JobgetherData center technology
Remote work opportunity for candidates based in Canada.Full-Time
SalaryCAD 96,300–153,800 per year for the Canadian location, depending on qualifications, experience, skills, and market conditions. Performance incentives: Eligibility for discretionary incentive bonuses, subject to applicable compensation policies.
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- Required Skills
- Project ManagementMarket Research
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Relevant professional experience in technical roles, Sales Engineering, business development, product management, product marketing, industry analysis, or competitive intelligence.
- Relevant experience within networking, optical communications, semiconductors, or data center infrastructure.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, including the ability to turn technical, market, and competitive information into actionable insights.
- Understanding of networking equipment supply chains, customer requirements, purchasing dynamics, and ecosystem dependencies.
- Knowledge of data center networking and connectivity technologies, including optical interconnects, pluggable optics, DSPs, switch silicon, semiconductor components, copper interconnects, and emerging optical architectures.
- Familiarity with AI infrastructure, hyperscalers, neocloud providers, and large-scale data center customer requirements.
- Ability to develop executive presentations, competitive battlecards, sales enablement resources, market assessments, or technology white papers.
- Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills, including managing multiple initiatives and tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt complex information to diverse audiences.
- Ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
- Practical experience using AI tools for research, analysis, and content development.
- Familiarity with major vendors and ecosystem participants in data center networking, cloud infrastructure, optical interconnects, and switching markets is an advantage.
- An MBA or equivalent business qualification is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead competitive intelligence activities covering inside-the-data-center technologies, market participants, product portfolios, strategies, and business implications.
- Monitor industry developments, competitor announcements, product launches, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, ecosystem changes, and go-to-market strategies.
- Analyze AI data center architectures and technologies, including high-speed networking, optical interconnects, AI fabrics, switching, and semiconductor technologies.
- Gather and synthesize intelligence from analyst reports, proprietary databases, market research, customer feedback, partner insights, and public sources.
- Provide strategic and tactical competitive intelligence to Sales, Sales Engineering, Marketing, Product Line Management, Strategy, the CTO organization, R&D, and executive leadership.
- Develop audience-specific insights that align product positioning and messaging with technical capabilities, customer needs, and business value propositions.
- Support product launches, strategic initiatives, and industry events with competitive assessments.
- Create executive briefings, presentations, sales enablement materials, competitive battlecards, technology analyses, and market intelligence reports.
- Translate complex technical and commercial information into concise recommendations for stakeholders.
- Use AI-powered tools to improve research, analysis, and content development while maintaining quality, relevance, and accuracy.
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