Analyst Relations Specialist

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose.

HONESTY, RELIABILITY, COLLABORATION, CURIOSITY, PASSION

About the role and what you'll be doing: 

We are looking for an Analyst Relations Specialist to join our growing corporate communications team. In this role, you’ll help shape Ensono’s reputation and visibility with leading industry analyst firms such as Gartner, IDC, and Forrester. You will manage day-to-day analyst interactions, drive awareness of Ensono’s offerings and strategy, and ensure alignment between analyst insights and our sales and marketing efforts. 

Key Responsibilities  

• Responsible for inbound and outbound analyst requests  
• Respond quickly to company-wide requests, providing useful information in a timely manner for all requests while staying within analyst firms’ policies  
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with influential analysts covering Ensono  
• Summarize relevant analyst reports for global sales and marketing teams  
• Respond to requests for research from sales and marketing  
• Work with public relations agency to identify analysts to speak with reporters, be quoted in press releases and support pitches.  
• Develop outbound communication to analysts about Ensono including sharing Ensono news, managing analyst tours and briefing analysts about Ensono’s future/strategy.  
• Handling inbound analyst requests in a timely and effective manner including surveys, inquiries, and requests to speak with customers.  
• Working with internal Ensono constituents including marketing, sales and executives to seek analysts’ input on roadmap, strategy, pricing etc.  
• Working with global Ensono marketing team to use analysts strategically to support marketing efforts including speaking opportunities, report sponsorship for lead generation and webinar participation.  
• Writing and developing briefing docs, messaging docs, analyst tours, trade shows and events. The role will work with firms such as Gartner Group, IDC and Forrester Research.  
• Track and measure the effectiveness of analyst relations activities. 

We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply. 

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field or equivalent experience  
• 3-5 years in marketing, communications, product marketing, product management or corporate strategy roles in enterprise technology and/or service providers. 
• Experience in analyst relations is preferred but not a must have.  
• Public relations experience would be a plus, need to tell a story

Skills

• Communication skills:

• Executive-level communications to ensure a focused and valuable interaction with clear next steps. 
• Active listening to validate existing hypotheses, uncover new insights and probe for additional information. 
• Ability to distill complex topics into actionable feedback. 
• Clear, compelling and articulate written and verbal communications. 

• Creative skills: 
• Ability to innovate on existing best practices and make recommendations for improvement.  
• Curiosity and drive to explore how things are done in other functions such as product marketing, competitive intelligence and ability to adapt best practices to AR.  
• Openness to experimenting with new approaches, testing hypotheses and establishing processes to accelerate impact of the AR function. 
• Business and technical acumen skills: 
• Ability to understand and articulate the organization’s technology offering and place in the ecosystem. 
• Ability to deliver business cases and points of validation. 

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it. 

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
• Paid childbearing and paternal leave
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Sabbatical leave
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $95,000 - $120,000 to annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website.

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