Competitive Intelligence Analyst

Competitive Intelligence Analyst Cooley is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Analyst to join the Data Delivery team. Position summary: Cooley Innovation embraces a culture of customer service excellence and all members of the department are expected to move this agenda forward. To that end, the Competitive Intelligence (CI) Analyst is expected to recognize that the Cooley Innovation department is a service organization first and foremost and will be evaluated on this requirement equal in importance to the technical or operational responsibilities outlined later in this document. The Competitive Intelligence (CI) team is a global team. Under the management of the Senior Competitive Intelligence Manager, the Competitive Intelligence Analyst will work productively with all members of the global CI team within the Data Delivery department to support the delivery of the global CI service. The analyst will formulate, develop and communicate insightful and actionable intelligence to support strategic decision making to drive business development, profitability, growth, client retention and other business opportunities. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Position responsibilities: Conduct in-depth, tailored research and analysis of companies, industries, technologies, markets and competitors; communicate insightful and actionable intelligence to support strategic decision making to drive business development, profitability, growth, client retention and other business opportunities Retrieve accurate and relevant data using a wide array of data sources, and utilize sophisticated reporting tools including visualization tools to present and highlight trends and patterns Create and report weekly/monthly financing deal data specific to different industries and/or geographies as part of our suite of proactive business development work products Monitor vast amount of news and litigation filings to provide practice group leaders with actionable intelligence Keep abreast of news and events related to firm clients/industries/verticals/competitors; proactively distil and distribute intelligence when appropriate Contribute to the development of advanced current awareness services relating to clients, targets, industries, competitors and other topics for business development and market visibility opportunities Develop market data visualization utilizing visualization tools Take part in the development of the mission and vision for the CI team, formulating processes and developing best practices Participate in the promotion, development and maturing of the CI function to all relevant practice groups, leadership and selected support departments including Marketing and Business Development Take part in Innovation projects implementing products and services where CI is a component or CI skills are relevant Take part in Innovation projects implementing products and services where business/matter data is component or data s