Analyst Relations Specialist

Ensono

4d•$95,000 - $120,000•Remote

About The Position

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation. We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose. HONESTY, RELIABILITY, COLLABORATION, CURIOSITY, PASSION About the role and what you'll be doing: We are looking for an Analyst Relations Specialist to join our growing corporate communications team. In this role, you’ll help shape Ensono’s reputation and visibility with leading industry analyst firms such as Gartner, IDC, and Forrester. You will manage day-to-day analyst interactions, drive awareness of Ensono’s offerings and strategy, and ensure alignment between analyst insights and our sales and marketing efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field or equivalent experience
3-5 years in marketing, communications, product marketing, product management or corporate strategy roles in enterprise technology and/or service providers.
Communication skills:
Executive-level communications to ensure a focused and valuable interaction with clear next steps.
Active listening to validate existing hypotheses, uncover new insights and probe for additional information.
Ability to distill complex topics into actionable feedback.
Clear, compelling and articulate written and verbal communications.
Creative skills:
Ability to innovate on existing best practices and make recommendations for improvement.
Curiosity and drive to explore how things are done in other functions such as product marketing, competitive intelligence and ability to adapt best practices to AR.
Openness to experimenting with new approaches, testing hypotheses and establishing processes to accelerate impact of the AR function.
Business and technical acumen skills:
Ability to understand and articulate the organization’s technology offering and place in the ecosystem.
Ability to deliver business cases and points of validation.

Nice To Haves

Experience in analyst relations is preferred but not a must have.
Public relations experience would be a plus, need to tell a story

Responsibilities

Responsible for inbound and outbound analyst requests
Respond quickly to company-wide requests, providing useful information in a timely manner for all requests while staying within analyst firms’ policies
Build and maintain strong working relationships with influential analysts covering Ensono
Summarize relevant analyst reports for global sales and marketing teams
Respond to requests for research from sales and marketing
Work with public relations agency to identify analysts to speak with reporters, be quoted in press releases and support pitches.
Develop outbound communication to analysts about Ensono including sharing Ensono news, managing analyst tours and briefing analysts about Ensono’s future/strategy.
Handling inbound analyst requests in a timely and effective manner including surveys, inquiries, and requests to speak with customers.
Working with internal Ensono constituents including marketing, sales and executives to seek analysts’ input on roadmap, strategy, pricing etc.
Working with global Ensono marketing team to use analysts strategically to support marketing efforts including speaking opportunities, report sponsorship for lead generation and webinar participation.
Writing and developing briefing docs, messaging docs, analyst tours, trade shows and events. The role will work with firms such as Gartner Group, IDC and Forrester Research.
Track and measure the effectiveness of analyst relations activities.

Benefits

Unlimited Paid Days Off
Three health plan options
401k with company match
Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
Paid childbearing and paternal leave
Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
Sabbatical leave
Wellness program
Flexible work schedule