Product Analyst - IBM

Introduction Apptio's products empower business leaders to drive optimal financial performance across their organizations. More than 60 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises trust Apptio to manage spend across the entire IT portfolio and beyond, so that they can focus on delivering innovation. Apptio automatically ingests and intelligently structures vast amounts of enterprise and technology-specific spend and operational data and enables users across disciplines to report, analyze, plan, and govern their investments collaboratively, efficiently, and with confidence. Your Role and Responsibilities Apptio is looking for a Lead Product Analyst with a passion for transforming data and information into meaningful and actionable insights to influence key product and business decisions. You should be an excellent communicator and simplifier, a strong team player, and a self-starter with a bias for action. Above all, you should be analytical and excel at working with large data sets, resourceful at gathering information, and attuned to market insights to answer key business questions. About Us: We are a passionate and customer-first product and engineering organization who collaborate each day to create and deliver value to our customers. We operate transparently, with accountability, and strive to get better constantly. Want to be a part of a team like this? Join us and contribute to accelerating growth for Apptio. What we want you to do: * Design, analyze, and maintain reports and dashboards for the business including but not limited to customer acquisition and expansion, cost and margin, and product engagement * Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Customer Success, and other functions to ensure all members of the Apptio team have timely and accurate understanding of how our products are being used and how they can be improved. * Analyze and simplify large complex data sets to influence the operating model of Apptio through timely and insightful data. * Analyze market opportunities, trends, and existing customer whitespace for new and existing products. * Analyze ongoing business performance of product portfolio, draw meaningful and impactful business analytics, identify opportunities for improvement in order to drive a greater impact for customers. * Gain a deep understanding of our competitive marketplace through intensive research across costing, planning, and cloud optimization * Be scrappy and resourceful to gather and collect data and insights that will help us make more informed product investment decisions * Support product roadmap, pricing and packaging decisions with data-driven analysis and insights * Understand strategic product and business performance initiatives and translate them into data requirements Required Technical and Professional Expertise + 5 or more years of relevant experience in product/data analytics, consulting, or similar capacity. + Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SQL experience, Salesforce, and business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau) Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise + Demonstrated capacity and passion for analytics and reporting with a strong technical aptitude. + Self-starter capable of driving clarity in ambiguity + Results-driven with a bias for action with excellent verbal/written communication skills + Ability to collaborate effectively with key stakeholders across departments + Strong project and time management and organization skills + Capable of familiarizing and mastering new data sets quickly About Business UnitIBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business. Your Life @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better. Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do. Are you ready to be an IBMer? About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world. Location StatementIBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to: - Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being - Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs - Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law - Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals - Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship. Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. 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