Principal Analyst, Data and AI Strategy and Governance

Forrester-posted 3 months ago
$141,000 - $229,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Cambridge, MA
1,001-5,000 employees
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Forrester Research is seeking a Principal Analyst to be a critical member of the research team writing for our data and AI body of work. This individual serves data, analytics, and AI leader and helps them achieve high performance — the ability to deliver great business results through data, AI, and analytics technology. It also guides vendors in defining the future of the market. The Principal Analyst is a business-centric data and AI leader whose work encompasses helping clients articulate, design, and execute on data and AI-strategy across the enterprise focused on and articulating AI value, prioritizing right use cases and building on Forrester’s AI governance and responsible AI practices research. The Principal Analyst has a strong understanding of data, AI, and business leaders’ concerns and helps them build and articulate a strong strategy across the enterprise to deliver on the AI promise and enterprise AI ambitions keeping in mind responsible, and explainable practices through solid AI governance.

  • Conduct primary research on the present and future of enterprise data and AI strategy encompassing principles, business investments and outcomes, governance, partners and talent, operating model, and execution.
  • Research the growth of AI governance to deliver ethical, explainable, responsible, and trusted AI across the organization.
  • Develop frameworks to prioritize use cases across different domains such as software development, customer support, and knowledge management and across industries like finance, government, and healthcare.
  • Analyze financial and cost optimization and ROI of AI initiatives.
  • Implement the delivery of AI with a product mindset treating data and AI as product.
  • Investigate the impact of agentic and emerging AI technologies, architectures, and protocols that will unleash an AI-first enterprise.
  • Create approximately eight to 12 high-quality, actionable, analytically deep, and fact-based research projects per year which include a mixture of written reports, tools, webinars, videos, blogs, podcasts, infographics, and other intellectual property.
  • Work alongside sales and marketing teams to promote visibility for this research.
  • Drive and lead key Forrester Wave™ and Landscape reports.
  • Consult with clients to apply Forrester’s research in the context of their specific business environment and help solve their problems through inquiry, guidance, and advisory and consulting engagements.
  • Present at Forrester-sponsored and industry-related events, as well as deliver client webinars.
  • Establish an industry presence as an influential speaker and thinker, build relationships with journalists who cover the sector, and participate in press inquiries as necessary.
  • Support business development and prospect conversations as arranged by Forrester’s account leadership teams.
  • Foster a style that drives a culture of cross-team collaboration, mentorship, integrity, and relentless and positive pursuits.
  • A strong academic record; a BA or BS degree as minimum; an MBA or MS in a related field is preferred.
  • At least 10 years of experience in data and AI as a leader (director level or above) of practitioners.
  • Alternatively, at least 10 years’ experience being a research analyst, product management lead, or consultant lead with project experience in the data and AI space.
  • Understand the data, analytics, and AI space, especially as it spirals rapidly into a new world of agentic, AGI, and super intelligence.
  • A demonstrated ability to serve as an advisor to senior management and C-level clients.
  • Superior client-facing communication, listening, critical thinking, and collaboration skills with researchers, subject matter experts, and client leaders.
  • Strong knowledge of the issues and challenges that data, AI, and technology executives and leaders face; expertise in the broad implications of current and emerging technology markets, economics, labor, and econometrics.
  • The ability to take complex, disparate ideas and distill them into simple, provocative concepts; a willingness to take a stand on outcomes with clients, vendors, press, and competition.
  • The ability to travel 30% of the time.
  • 401k
  • health insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • paid holidays
  • paid volunteer time
  • tuition reimbursement
  • professional development
  • flexible scheduling
  • employee stock purchase plan
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