Principal Analyst – Technology Resilience
Location
District Of Columbia + 4 moreAll locations: District Of Columbia | Illinois | Massachusetts | Pennsylvania | Virginia
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$141K - $229K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Analyst – Technology Resilience
Forrester
• Lead our technology and data resilience coverage, working across Forrester research teams, including the technology executive, technology strategy, and executive partner teams to develop a complete research portfolio that drives customer delight and revenue. • Develop a deep understanding of what Forrester clients require to be successful as technology executives and leaders. • Conduct primary research (interviews, surveys, briefings) into: 1) practices and trends across various technology resilience domains (technology, platforms, practices, and key partners) and 2) how resilience leaders deliver services to internal clients. • Use this research to help clients navigate resilience challenges by providing insights on the future of work, cost optimization, investment prioritization, and long-term technology strategy. • Conduct deep analysis of modern technology resilience across major platform domains including cloud platforms, mission critical SaaS, enterprise applications, AI systems, etc. • Create high-quality, actionable, analytically deep and fact-based research content throughout the year; i.e., write ~12 highly reports + create additional IP (tools, webinars, videos, etc.) per year. • Build visibility for his/her research and contribute to Forrester client communities and beyond. • Drive and lead key Forrester Waves and Landscape research in resilience and storage related domains. • 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 and deliver client webinars. • Establish an industry presence as an influential speaker and thinker; build relationships with journalists who cover the sector; and participate in vendor briefings and field press inquiries as necessary. • Support business development and prospect conversations as arranged by Forrester’s account leadership teams. • Fosters a leadership style that drives a culture of cross-team collaboration, mentorship, integrity and relentless, and positive pursuits.
Job Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in a mix of roles as a director-level and above practitioner, consultant, or research analyst in technology.
- 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.
- Solid technical experience across major enterprise platforms, e.g., cloud, storage, resilience, backup, infrastructure, security.
- Deep understanding of the following concepts and industry best practices: site reliability engineering (SRE), National Incident Management System (NIMS), the National Response Framework (NRF), availability zones, ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, blameless retrospectives, CAST, fault injection, proactive and continuous testing, business impact analysis, immutability, and tabletop exercises.
- Ability to understand modern resilience concepts and the skill sets of SREs and senior resilience leaders.
- Ability to take complex, disparate ideas and distill them into simple, provocative concepts; willingness to take a stand on outcomes with clients, vendors, press, and competition.
- A strong record of academic achievement.
- Superior analytical, writing, editing, and presentation skills.
- The ability to travel 30% of the time or more.
Benefits
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