Market Insights Analyst - Cybersecurity

The application window is expected to close on 07/18/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

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How many opportunities do you get to help drive strategy for a 50 Billion Dollar Business? Cisco's Market Insights team is responsible for maintaining and evolving the company's single source of truth on current and future market opportunities, and Cisco's position in the market. As the lead Market Insights analyst for Cybersecurity markets, you'll be responsible for leading our evolving market size/Cisco opportunity and share analyses. You will work with the head of Market Insights, other analysts on the team and senior executives across the company to help optimize business decisions and strategy.

Your Impact

• In this critical role you will work with colleagues and Senior executives across Cisco, and evaluate internal and external data to build and maintain Cisco's view on the how market trends, Cisco opportunities and position related to Cybersecurity are evolving
• Provide business analysis to highlight potential growth areas and opportunities, risks and imperatives
• Work directly with Senior Executives to optimize investment and other business decisions based on market opportunity and threats

Minimum Qualifications:

• Technical/market understanding and experience working in and/or analyzing Cybersecurity markets.
• Analytical skills to leverage market knowledge to build and drive evolving market definitions, forecasts and market share analyses
• Collaborative skills to lead and work with virtual teams across engineering, sales, finance, marketing and corporate development
• Business understanding to relate market analysis to key business decisions/questions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer 10+ years' experience in the Cybersecurity space: Firewall, XDR, Secure Access, SIEM etc.
• Experience/Familiarity working in/with Market & Competitive Intelligence and/or financial analysis - at an analyst firm or for major vendor
• MBA and/or Finance experience preferred
• Understanding of Cisco competitors in Cybersecurity and ideally the broader Enterprise IT Infrastructure market.
• Strong writing, presentation and communication skills to advise Cisco leaders up to CEO level
• Strong time management and project planning skills
• Experience using AI tools for research and analytics

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