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Competitive Intelligence Manager

ThoughtSpot

ThoughtSpot

Administration
Mountain View, CA, USA
Posted on May 22, 2025

What's The Role?

We’re looking for a sharp, data-driven Competitive Intelligence Manager to help us stay ahead in the fast-evolving analytics and BI landscape. In this role, you’ll turn market signals into strategic insights, enabling our go-to-market teams with the intel they need to win—and influencing product and positioning with a deep understanding of our competitive terrain.

You’ll sit at the center of marketing, product, sales, and strategy—transforming research into competitive strategy and enablement.

The Ideal Is:

  • Is obsessed with knowing what the competition is doing—and why

  • Loves synthesizing large amounts of data into clear takeaways

  • Has a strong sense of market dynamics and product positioning

  • Thinks like a strategist and communicates like a storyteller

What You'll Do:

Competitive Intelligence & Market Research

  • Monitor and analyze key competitors (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.)

  • Track feature launches, messaging, product roadmap signals, pricing, and organizational shifts

  • Build and maintain competitor profiles and dashboards

Sales Enablement & Field Support

  • Develop battlecards, quick-reference guides, and competitive talking points

  • Support major sales deals with tailored competitive insight

  • Train field and marketing teams on how to position against key competitors

Strategic Analysis & Reporting

  • Provide insights to marketing, product, and leadership teams on market trends and competitive shifts

  • Help guide positioning, messaging, and roadmap based on competitive movements

  • Contribute to market assessments, SWOTs, and TAM/SAM analyses

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with product marketing, product management, sales engineering, and strategy teams to feed CI into broader GTM planning

  • Serve as the voice of the market during roadmap and strategy discussions

What You Bring:

  • 4–7 years of experience in B2B SaaS, ideally in analytics software or similar

  • Hands-on experience in a CI, market research, product marketing, or strategy role

  • Strong understanding of the modern data stack and competitive analytics landscape

  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills

  • Proven ability to simplify complexity and present clear takeaways

  • Comfort with ambiguity and a fast-moving, high-stakes environment

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

  • Experience with CI platforms like Crayon or Klue

  • Background in sales enablement, product marketing, or strategic GTM

  • Analytical background (BI tools, SQL, cloud data warehouses, etc.)

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

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What makes ThoughtSpot a great place to work?

ThoughtSpot is the experience layer of the modern data stack, leading the industry with our AI-powered analytics and natural language search. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives—this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Selfless Excellence and our drive for continuous improvement (2% done), ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.

ThoughtSpot for All

Building a diverse and inclusive team isn't just the right thing to do for our people, it's the right thing to do for our business. We know we can’t solve complex data problems with a single perspective. It takes many voices, experiences, and areas of expertise to deliver the innovative solutions our customers need. At ThoughtSpot, we continually celebrate the diverse communities that individuals cultivate to empower every Spotter to bring their whole authentic self to work. We’re committed to being real and continuously learning when it comes to equality, equity, and creating space for underrepresented groups to thrive. Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting 60%. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.