Company: TRAC Research is a market research and analyst company that specializes in application optimization and security technologies. The company's area of coverage includes a full spectrum of technologies for securing and optimizing enterprise application and websites hosted inside traditional datacenters or through cloud infrastructures. TRAC's unique interactive research reporting formats are designed to enable IT user organizations to access customized findings and recommendations relevant to their specific use cases of IT security, delivery, and optimization.

Summary: Searching for a Research Analyst that has expertise and passion in the following areas:

• Application Optimization
• WAN Optimization and Bandwidth Management
• Web Acceleration and Application Delivery
• Web Security and Web Application Firewalls
• DDoS Mitigation
• Enterprise Security

This position will provide qualified candidates an opportunity to become thought leaders in this market, influence market dynamics and use TRAC's unique research methodology to help end-user organizations select solutions that are the best fit for their specific requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Publish ~15 research reports per year
• Publish in-depth assessments of technology vendors in this space using TRAC's unique methodology
• Design end-user surveys to capture key dynamics in the market
• Publish articles about key market events
• Conduct briefings and advisory sessions with vendor clients
• Conduct interviews with users of IT performance management technologies
• Analyze information collected to provide actionable insight and recommendation to the market
• Work closely with sales team to generate new revenue and grow existing end-user, enterprise and service provider client relationships
• Work with TRAC's publication partners to provide quotes and excerpts from research relevant to their audience

Requirements:

• In-depth knowledge about product offerings and competitive differentiators of technology vendors covered
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• 5+ year's experience in market research, publishing, competitive intelligence, product marketing or management, IT operations and management, or pre-sales engineering
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Proven business leader
• High energy; ability to thrive in fast-paced environment
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines without compromising quality
• Proven track record in maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction
• Experience in public speaking and strong presentation skills
• Bachelor Degree required; Master degree preferred

Location: Stoneham, MA

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