About SS&C Technologies
SS&C is a global provider of investment, financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.
Job Description
SS&C Blue Prism
SS&C Blue Prism allows organizations to deliver transformational business value via our intelligent automation platform. We make products with one aim in mind - to improve experiences for people. By connecting people and digital workers you can use the right resource, every time, for the best customer and business outcomes. We supply enterprise-wide software that not only provides full control and governance, but also allows businesses to react fast to continuous change.
Exceed customer expectations, stay competitive, accelerate growth.
Responsibilities:
* Ongoing Analyst Engagement: Work with Product Marketing, Product Management, Coms and other relevant teams to regularly engage tier 1 analysts and protect our position with them:
* Build, nurture and maintain relationships with tier 1 analysts, being the main point of contact for all communication, questions, updates, etc.
* Develop and rollout an engagement and communication schedule with tier 1 analysts, including briefings, enquiries, newsletters, and other events.
* Draft compelling, differentiated updates to analysts throughout the year, keeping them informed on the product strategy, latest releases, market progress, differentiation, customer successes and other relevant information.
* Project manage the plan end-to-end and be accountable for regular, informative, relevant updates.
* Analyst Report Submissions: Work collaboratively with Product Management, Marketing, Competitive Intelligence, Customer Success, Sales Operations, Partner Strategy, and others, to support the annual report submissions, including but not limited to, Gartner MQ / Critical Capabilities, and IDC Marketscapes.
* Project manage the initiative end-to-end and be accountable for a timely, holistic and differentiated submission.
* Complete the analyst questionnaires / RFP-type requests / business updates with differentiated and validated responses for each report.
* Review, validate, and edit proposed write-ups and positioning from analysts, including countering incorrect information or contentious claims.
* Partner with demand generation to design and launch campaigns that create measurable leads and impact brand awareness.
* Strategic Planning: As part of a broader team including Competitive Intelligence, Customer Insights and Product Management, provide input into the strategic planning process.
* Perform ‘so-what’ / ‘need to know’ analysis on the insights gathered to improve our position and inform product development, marketing and sales strategies.
* Prepare an Exec-level, quarterly ‘state of the nation’ update which includes actionable insights and proposals for executive consideration.
* Enablement and Updates: Work with Sales Enablement, Product Management and Partner Management to ensure market / analyst insights are regularly communicated.
* Consolidate and summarise market insights, trends and highlights gathered during analyst briefings, enquiries, and recent analysts’ reports.
* Create sales collateral and enablement to help our field sell to our strengths, overcome our weaknesses, and compete against competitors.
* Share updates regularly, including a quarterly market update which brings together market, customer, and competitor insights.
Experience and Education:
Experience:
* Minimum 5+ years of experience in Analyst Relations
* Minimum 5+ years of experience in the automation technology space
* Ideally experience in Product Marketing, PR and / or corporate coms
Skills:
* Extensive project management and organisational experience
* Familiarity with analyst research methodologies and evaluation criteria
* Extensive skills in messaging, positioning and writing is essential
Education:
* Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or IT
* MBA or Masters a plus
EEO Statement / Non-agency Disclosure
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, to enable us to bring a diversity of perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
Background Checks
All offers of employment at SS&C are subject to background verification checks, including 5-year employment history, proof of eligibility to work in hiring location, proof of address, credit check and criminal record check (where permitted by local law). The accuracy of all information you submit as part of your application is vital and may be used as part of the background checking process should you be successful.