Assistant Director Market Strategist

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

The team plays a crucial role in analyzing and monitoring key demand and competitive trends impacting Moody’s customers and prospects within the Corporate segment. Additionally, the team evaluates methods to enhance resource deployment and operational efficiency. The market strategist's findings and recommendations are instrumental for senior management in several strategic areas, including:

• Identify potential growth opportunities with existing customers or in new customer sub-segments and workflows
• Prioritise and deploy sales, service and marketing resources to improve profitability
• Support M&A and investment activities
• Educate the global salesforce
• Inform marketing messages and positioning

Key Responsibilities:

• Analytical Expertise and Market Insight: Bring analytical methods on market trends for the Corporate segment, sub-segments, workflows and regional nuances to support data driven decision making and identify opportunities, inform product and GTM strategy and drive customer acquisition, retention and expansion ("land and expand" strategy).
• Market Analysis and Trends: Provide insight to inform fact-based decision making on industry trends, emerging technologies, competitor landscape, market/customer needs, and product market gaps.
• Product Market Knowledge: Develop and maintain a deep understanding of our competitive landscape, Addressable Market for existing and new products, and success metrics for our footprint in the market.
• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with market strategy, product strategy, commercial enablement, sales, and marketing teams to align on initiatives and strategies that drive growth.
• Customer and Market Needs: Provide detailed input on customer and market needs related to data, models/analytics, and software to inform product development and strategy.
• Partnership and Acquisition Evaluation: Assess potential strategic partners and acquisition targets to broaden our market reach and enhance our offerings across various sub-segments and workflows.

Opportunities: This role provides the opportunity to influence Moody’s strategic direction, drive growth in the Corporates segment, and contribute to the company’s success through expert market analysis and strategic recommendations.

Qualifications:

• Holds an undergraduate degree in a business-related field; an MBA or other graduate degree is preferred.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in strategy, market analysis, or market research with a focus on data analytics.
• Hands on experience of data visualisation tools and research tools.
• Deep understanding of translating metrics and analysis into insights to inform data driven decision making for executive level audiences.
• Develops innovative business strategies and plans; reviews and fine-tunes those created by team members for optimal presentation.
• Synthesises ideas, analysis, and concepts into clear, impactful presentations for senior management.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, capable of identifying root causes and proposing innovative solutions.
• Cultivates strong working relationships with team members and key stakeholders.
• Effectively collaborates with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.
• Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail and manages multiple projects simultaneously with strong interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.