Role Purpose Working in conjunction with the Research Manager for Middle East & Africa Markets to drive Omdia\xe2\x80\x99s Middle East and North African Markets research coverage coordinating data collection with researchers, managing forecasts and writing reports on key countries and local service providers in the region. Through research, and in collaboration with the sales and events teams, contribute to the product\xe2\x80\x99s success by delivering timely, high-quality, accurate and insightful analysis. Areas of Responsibility & Accountability Scoping \xe2\x80\x93 Using customer centric feedback to direct scope changes; keeping the research fresh by understanding customer needs; enhancing the research each cycle and continually adding value to ensure we have clear USP Primary research \xe2\x80\x93 leading interviews with key industry contacts across a spectrum of company types; conversational interview style developed; attending trade shows; F2F visits to support relationship development with leading industry figures; creating a detailed log of interactions and feedback Secondary research \xe2\x80\x93 using a range of secondary sources to support primary research including \xe2\x80\x93 the internet, trade journals, in-house research, trade associations, public reports, financial releases, company press releases Building base data \xe2\x80\x93 Using primary and secondary research to build credible base data; ensuring sufficient and continually improving coverage of market players; creating estimates where company reporting not available; utilising history; ensuring consistency with related data/markets; logging all assumptions and working in a clear way; identifying time saving work arounds Forecasting \xe2\x80\x93 Using primary and secondary research to generate market projections; using credible sources to support forecasts; logging all assumptions and working in a clear way; creating the story around market development/opportunities/risks; develop forecast scenarios Writing \xe2\x80\x93 Providing qualitative analysis to support and justify data with a focus on change and development; understand and communicate the \xe2\x80\x9cso what?\xe2\x80\x9d; use a text plan and outline structure to support concise output; discuss the impact of technology and key market trends; include guidance and opinion on risks and opportunities Thought leadership \xe2\x80\x93 Produce written insights and press material to support specific research/market outputs; be opinionated and look for opportunities to comment on industry news Sales support \xe2\x80\x93 Partner with the sales team to generate new leads, progress existing leads, and support renewals; use scoping to continually evolve the research offering Event support \xe2\x80\x93 Partner with the events team to further Omdia\xe2\x80\x99s position in the space, to build a platform for showcasing our research, and to develop new research propositions based on intelligence gathered at events