Pilot44 Labs 
About the company: 

Pilot44 is a global business with offices in San Francisco, Europe and now Asia Pacific (located in Singapore). Our new Singapore office best suits a candidate committed to rolling up his or her sleeves to help us grow. We are a passionate group of accomplished startup entrepreneurs, technologists and marketers that utilize agile, startup-based methodologies to help large brands accelerate digital innovation and build new business ventures.

We are not a typical digital advertising, media or creative agency. Our focus is on helping our clients discover, pilot and employ emerging technologies and business models as a means of solving core business challenges and creating new growth ventures. From drones that count inventory to machine learning for customer retention (and everything in between), our unique methodology and approach is changing the way that big companies innovate. We are growing rapidly and looking for all-star-caliber players to help grow our team. 
 
Our goal is to help our clients accelerate and scale innovation by enabling marketing leadership and brand managers to more effectively track technology & consumer trends, tap into the global start-up ecosystem, and gain hands-on experience “test driving” new solutions. We also provide specialized expertise and resources to complement our clients’ innovation teams and to offload cumbersome tasks across the innovation lifecycle (i.e., solution scouting, supplier certification, product configuration and testing, piloting, deployment analysis, etc.). Our services draw from the Pilot44 Innovation Network, Pilot44 Solution Labs and the Pilot44 Team & Innovation Lifecycle Methodology

Job Description and Requirements:  

The Research Analyst will design, build and grow our research group. Research areas focus primarily on digital marketing practices, consumer behaviors and related emerging technologies, with a focus on helping brands to solve real problems and leverage new opportunities through the use of new technologies. As an early employee of Pilot44 APAC, you will be a partner in shaping the strategy and culture of the Company, as well as the overall success of our clients. At the same time, you must be able to put your head down, dig deep and create a strategic map of all things innovation.  Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Research
Conduct primary research into the emerging marketing technologies & practices that are driving consumer behavior and engagement models.
Build and maintain a comprehensive “map” of the start-up landscape and help identify the most relevant and innovative solutions.
Understand complex and varied information; work to synthesize information into simple and clear market/industry insights.
Ensure all derived insights and strategic recommendations directly address documented client business objectives.
Design and manage our publication and social presence.
Create and maintain an online innovation network that brings together experts, entrepreneurs and start-ups into a common resource.
Client Services and Success
Help to develop proposals for client engagement based on each client’s specific needs.
Where applicable, support Pilot44 account managers and product specialists to formulate research-centric solutions to client initiatives.
Work with start-up solution providers to understand and simplify their value proposition and solution offering, in accordance with the Pilot44 methodology.
Company Development
Contribute to a positive and sustainable company culture.
Maintain the highest level of integrity and always have your colleague’s back.

Desired Skills & Experience

While experience is important, a drive and desire to succeed is essential. Key experience and skills required for this position include:
Prior work experience of 2 to 4 years minimum MUST include consultative business problem solving, digital marketing or software technology exposure (ideally technical product management) as well as market research and analysis.
Experience in insights generation and analysis. Able to clearly translate insights and data into easily digestible presentations.  
Passion for corporate innovation and a keen ability to understand how technology and innovation can disrupt or present opportunities to large corporates.
A clear understanding of business principles and strong client relationship skills.
Social media, market research experience, web commerce and ad tech experience a strong plus.
Ability to find, parse and synthesize large amounts of information into simplified summaries and value propositions.
Strong desire to drive research and build a knowledge network as a primary job responsibility.
Strong technical aptitude with experience evaluating and/or deploying complex solutions.
Experience in managing software development or deployment projects a plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Working knowledge of research, presentation and collaboration tools required.
Fluent in English; Fluency in Mandarin (and other languages) a plus.
BA/BS degree, Master’s or higher a plus.

Job Type

Full Time

Salary

Competitive

Status

Closed

Closing Date

Dec 28 2018