Consulting Director, Hardware/Datacenters

IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For more than 44 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com.

IDC's U.S. Consulting practice is responsible for developing and conducting market research, and consulting assignments, primarily focused on IT vendors.

The Consulting Director will help develop and drive IDC's consulting practice with server and IT infrastructure vendors. This will involve developing proposals and managing custom projects from beginning through completion. The Consulting Director will partner with IDC analysts, sales and other IDC groups to develop and manage market research and consulting projects with server companies like HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Dell and others.

The individual will need to have strong client facing skills and a keen business sense to identify and write proposals in a way that meets clients needs. The individual will also be responsible for ensuring that the research is delivered on time, cost effectively, and with a high degree of quality. This requires the Director to have strong project management skills. The Director will also be responsible for gathering primary and secondary information to support the projects.

The individual should have 8-10 years of professional experience with a focus on client development, solution creation with senior level executives, project management and execution, analysis and writing abilities along with strong public presentation skills. The individual should have experience selling large consulting projects and advising senior level vendor clients. Experience working in an entrepreneurial environment and knowledge of the IT industry is highly desirable.

Experience in consulting and/or with a market advisory firm is preferred. Additionally, the following skills and attributes are desired:

· Strong business development skills
· Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and modeling of market segmentation
· Strong project management skills with a constant eye on detail
· Ability to provide action able advice to executive level management
· Strong writing skills
· Strong collaboration skills
· Strong presentation skills
· Comfort working in a fast-paced, ever changing environment
· Creative problem solving

A bachelor's degree is required and a master's degree is preferred. This position is based in IDC's Framingham,MA office with approximately 10% travel.

IDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, handicap, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy-related conditions, or political beliefs.