Competitive Intelligence Specialist

We are seeking a Business & Competitive Intelligence Professional to support the development of future business, programs, and science and technology investments by evaluating opportunities related to current and future partners and sponsors, assessing markets and research environments, anticipating changes, providing reliable and actionable analyses, and making strategic inputs to assist leadership.

Responsibilities include:

• Develops analyses and presents research results on markets, customers, sponsors and comparative trends
• Works with leadership to identify gaps and define potential opportunities based on emerging trends and the environmental landscape
• Develops and provides accurate and timely intelligence on R&D environments including key trends and strategic drivers; future directions; and other organizations’ R&D strategies, funding profiles, and partnering activities
• Informs management decisions by providing updates and early alerting on new trends and critical developments affecting the R&D environment
• Supports the licensing process by contributing to external opportunity identification and evaluation
• Conducts comparative analyses and market research to support business development and tech transfer activities

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Research, Economics, National Security or relevant discipline plus two or more years of experience; or Master's degree in Business or relevant discipline; or equivalent combination of education and experience (10 years total equivalent work experience).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the demonstrated ability to work with organizational leadership, and deliver recommendations that lead to action.
• Experience with Business Intelligence concepts, including data analysis.
• Experience with qualitative (e.g. interviewing) and quantitative (e.g. statistical packages) research methods.
• The positions require work at government facilities and the applicant must be a U.S. Citizen capable of acquiring a government security clearance (Q).

• Relevant certifications, e.g. Strategic & Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Certification
• Experience with market research for deployment of intellectualproperty assets
• Ability to formulate, analyze, and produce visualizations from complex data sets
• Subject matter expertise in the theory and application of Competitive Intelligence practices
• Marketing experience in a high-tech environment
• Policy and budget analysis experience