Sr Market Intelligence Research Analyst

Powering the world's payments ecosystem

ACI powers the payments ecosystem - globally, and you power ACI.

You'll innovate, collaborate, and grow - in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success.

ACIers - in all roles and levels - are truly your colleagues and many are your friends.

Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work.

You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments.

As a Senior Market Intelligence Research Analyst (remote), you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world's payments ecosystem!

Job purpose:

ACI Worldwide is seeking a strategic, analytically rigorous Senior Market Intelligence Research Analyst to build and scale a high-impact market intelligence global center-of-excellence.

This role leads market research initiatives as well as extracts market trends and competitive information to help identify, size and inform opportunities for growth, product strategy, positioning, go-to-market plans and sales engagement.

The ideal candidate combines payments domain experience, proven qualitative and quantitative research expertise with statistical fluency, data modelling and visualization that synthesizes intelligence into actionable recommendations.

This is a strategic intelligence role embedded within marketing that has direct visibility to senior leadership.

A typical day at ACI for a Senior Market Intelligence Research Analyst is:


* Responsible for identifying, monitoring and interpreting market trends and the competitive landscape leveraging external data sources, analyst relations content, internal enterprise wide -data platforms and ad hoc external data sources


* Produce and deliver executive-level insights and intelligence briefs on market trends, competitors, product launches, regulatory developments, partnership activity and M&A


* Manage and support key research initiatives internally and with external partners inclusive of customer surveys, strategic market opportunities, product specific initiatives and trigger events


* Support the Director of Analyst Relations and Market Intelligence with data-backed positioning, competitive benchmarking, and proof points


* Build relationships and partner across key stakeholders to sharpen differentiation and strengthen go-to-market strategies


* Support and deliver on ad hoc research requests from internal stakeholders


* Create and maintain recurring executive dashboards to senior leadership with clear, actionable recommendations


* Provide scenario modelling and statistical analysis to support investment and product prioritization decisions


* Manage a portfolio of external partners


* Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed to succeed in this role:


* Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Fin...