Responsibilities
- Use the IDC AI Economic Model to assist clients in selecting, prioritizing, and forecasting the value of AI use case portfolios.
- Collaborate with the analyst community to build the model and to help them use the models in their own research.
- Work with AI leadership team and engineering to create an AI Economics interactive tool that are clients can use to manage their initiatives.
- Partner with our sourcing advisory team to incorporate ongoing price benchmarking into the models.
- Contribute to the production of both syndicated and custom research.
Requirements
- Five to ten years experience required.
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Practitioner experience working in a financial analysis and/or business transformation capacity implementing AI projects.
- First-hand experience building economic impact and/or financial models related to technology investment.
- Up-to-date knowledge of innovations in large language models and the AI industry more broadly.
- Knowledge of AI deployment models and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze survey data and normalize findings to support the building of analytic models.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to analyze, present, and articulate complex data sets.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the capacity to work both independently and within a team.
- Proven ability to read and evaluate financial reports to analyze key drivers that impact companies’ ability to differentiate and remain competitive.
- Ability to travel 25-30% for client meetings, industry events, and customer projects.
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Experience with AI platforms is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of the overall AI technology sector is preferred, along with the ability to analyze trends and provide actionable guidance to technology providers and buyers.
- Direct experience in this area is ideal.
Benefits
- 15 vacation days (prorated based on start date)
- 12 company-paid holidays
- 6 paid sick days (prorated based on start date; may vary by state)
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 2 floating holidays (prorated based on start date)
- 1 volunteer day
- 401(k) company match (IDC matches 3% on the first 6% of employee contributions)
- Company-paid short-term disability
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid parental leave
Work Arrangement
Hybrid — Boston, MA
