at Motorola Solutions in ChicagoChicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety.It's the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.
As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.
At Motorola Solutions, we're ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.Department OverviewMotorola's Sales Strategy team is an evolving organization at the front line of aligning Products, Services, & Software programs with the needs of our customers & salespeople. Our team will foster collaboration across different business units to align the needs of the field with existing and new sales enablement services and support. Our purpose is to create resonance with our customers by offering strategies and solutions that address pain points and help simplify their daily work.Job Description
A Competitive Intelligence Analyst is responsible for understanding and analyzing competitors' strategies/tactics, solutions offered, product features, price points, and strengths/weaknesses.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Provide competitive intelligence support to different functional teams, focusing on public safety software and cybersecurity
Conduct in-depth research to identify Motorola Solutions' and competitors' strengths and weaknesses at corporate and product/service levels
Identify key market trends and competitive dynamics
Create easy-to-understand competitive intelligence reports, such as battle cards, beat sheets, pricing analysis, and deep dive on a specific competitor
Interact with sales, product teams, and the marketing organization to differentiate our value to customers worldwide
Support sales with specific projects and opportunities, such as providing bid pricing and competitive positioning recommendations
Contribute content to periodic competitive newsletters
Conduct win/loss analysis
Proactively identify key non-traditional threats and new market opportunities
Learn new technologies and markets quickly
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or Information Systems
Strong analytical skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation, presentation, and influence
Excellent project management skills, including project structuring and managing multiple work streams independently
Ability to focus on details as well as the bigger picture
Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting
Experience in a fast-paced team environment and comfortable in ambiguous and rapidly evolving situations
Ability to structure complex problems in simple, easy-to-understand ways
Existing experience in Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Sales, or Communications preferred
Existing knowledge of public safety software preferredBasic Requirements
Bachelor's degreeTravel RequirementsUnder 10%Relocation ProvidedNonePosition TypeNew GradReferral Payment PlanNo
Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:
Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits
401K with Company Match
9 Paid Holidays
GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
PaidParental & Family Leave
and more!
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to no discrimination because of race, color, creed, marital status, age, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
