Competitive Intelligence Analyst Lead

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About The Position

V2X is seeking a skilled, innovative, and energetic Competitive Intelligence Analyst Lead to drive data-driven insights and guide strategic decision-making as the company expands its global operations. The role develops and executes competitive intelligence strategies, gathers and analyzes market and competitor data, and delivers actionable insights to stakeholders across the organization. It oversees the collection, synthesis, and dissemination of intelligence to inform business growth, positioning, and innovation strategies, and establishes frameworks, processes, and tools for timely, accurate competitive analysis. The position translates complex data into clear narratives and recommendations for leadership, provides day-to-day direction to intelligence analysts, and collaborates with product, marketing, and business development teams. The successful candidate will lead competitive intelligence analysis and estimates, advise business leaders and internal customers on V2X’s competitive positioning, and develop independent, accurate, and defensible customer, competitor, and pricing assessments. The role also leads research resources, integrates competitive intelligence into V2X, and trains, develops, mentors, and supports assigned intelligence personnel. The position is directed and assigned by the Vice President of Competitive Intelligence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS).
Eight years of experience in competitive intelligence leadership, management, methods, and delivery.
Experience improving teams and organizational competitive position and ability to win.
Experience developing competitive intelligence estimates and providing business leadership decision support using incomplete information.
Experience analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating competitive intelligence estimates on unfamiliar topics, questions, and subjects.
Experience developing, delivering, and presenting unbiased analysis.
Experience with the Competitive Intelligence Cycle.
Experience managing complex competitive intelligence projects.
Experience analyzing complex competitive environments.
Experience leading primary- and secondary-source collection and analysis.
Experience independently analyzing, summarizing, and communicating customer requirements, including contract line items, statements of work, performance work statements, performance specifications, proposal instructions, evaluation methods and standards, and other solicitation supporting information.
Experience independently identifying, assessing, mitigating, and communicating gaps, risks, and opportunities in customer solicitation requirements.
Experience independently converting customer solicitation requirements into competitive assessment estimates.
Experience accurately identifying likely competitor approaches to customer requirements.
Experience accurately assessing likely customer-acceptable competitor bid approaches.
Experience independently converting competitor offer approaches into accurate competitor assessment estimates.
Experience supporting development of competitive solution architecture estimates.
Experience developing Competitive Assessments.
Experience in ad hoc and real-time individual and team analysis and strategy development.
Experience in US Federal market competitive assessment development and delivery.
United States citizenship.
Ability to obtain a US DOD security clearance.
Ability to work non-traditional hours as needed.
Ability to travel 10%.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in science, engineering, or a related field.
MBA.
Three years of experience in competitive intelligence leadership, management, methods, and delivery.
Proven track record of competitive assessment accuracy.
Experience supporting development of Top-Down or Bottom-Up Price to Win.
Experience in US Defense and US Civilian agency competitive assessment development and delivery.
Experience with US Federal or SLED market solicitation response, proposal development, estimating, pricing, business development, capture, sales, or marketing.
Experience with advanced competitive assessment analysis, methods, or tools.
Experience supporting development of market intelligence.
Experience supporting development, facilitation, or execution of Black Hat.
Experience in foreign defense and aerospace competitive solution architecture development.
Experience with Foreign Military Sales.
Experience with classified competitive intelligence solution architecture development.
Experience training competitive intelligence analysts.
Experience developing training for competitive intelligence analysts.
Competitive Intelligence Certification through a Graduate Certificate or Certified Coursework.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and deliver competitive intelligence analysis and estimates as directed and assigned by the Vice President of Competitive Intelligence.
Employ ethical competitive intelligence sources and methods.
Develop and deliver timely advice to business leadership, Competitive Intelligence Leads, and internal competitive intelligence customers on V2X’s competitive positioning.
Develop and deliver independent, accurate, confident, and defensible competitive intelligence estimates.
Develop and deliver customer assessment estimates.
Develop and deliver competitor assessment estimates.
Develop and deliver competitive pricing analysis.
Conduct independent research and analysis.
Lead and effectively employ research and analysis resources as assigned.
Ensure the effective integration of competitive intelligence into V2X.
Train, develop, mentor, and support assigned competitive intelligence personnel.
Meet or exceed individual performance targets and goals.
Meet or exceed competitive intelligence team service-level and performance targets.