Overview Role purpose: • Support the Hyderabad-based R&D ICC Technical Market Analysis team. • Deliver accurate, relevant, and timely research outputs for global R&D stakeholders. • Strengthen the overall Technical & Market Analysis capability through coordination with in-market R&D teams. Core scope: • Scientific and technical research • Competitive and market intelligence • Commercial and product research • New idea feasibility assessment • Claim Research Coverage: Global geography and all product categories Responsibilities • Define research-project objectives and select the most appropriate methodology to address them. • Conduct market analysis to understand category trends, market dynamics, and emerging opportunities. • Identify consumer needs through consumer, product, desk-research, and testing activities. • Respond to global research requests and ad hoc inquiries with relevant evidence and analysis. • Compile intelligence on competitors’ products, strategies, channels, sales, marketing, R&D, and distribution methods. • Benchmark R&D capabilities against global and local organizations across: • CPG/FMCG • Food and beverage • Health and nutrition • Life sciences • Review scientific evidence, including patents, scientific literature, and clinical trials. • Connect scientific findings with market and business trends to help define the technical direction of functional areas. • Analyze and synthesize data to identify meaningful insights rather than only reporting information. • Develop evidence-based recommendations arising from research findings. • Conduct feasibility assessments for new ideas and innovation opportunities that can advance R&D priorities. • Produce clear reports supported by appropriate graphs, data visualization, and explanatory narrative. • Present complex findings in a concise, structured, and storytelling-led format for executive leadership. • Ensure every request is properly processed, documented, tracked, and delivered within agreed SLAs. • Coordinate daily with in-market R&D teams to: • Understand requirements • Deliver research outputs • Incorporate feedback • Provide updates • Collaborate weekly with the wider Market Analysis capability team on project status, idea generation, and best practices. • Build and leverage working relationships with other ICC Technical Market Analysis teams in Hyderabad. • Identify opportunities to improve research processes, efficiency, consistency, and service delivery. • Identify employee upskilling needs and recommend capability-development actions to the Market Analysis Team Lead. • Champion new market-analysis initiatives and continuous-improvement opportunities. • Manage multiple projects and competing priorities while maintaining quality and turnaround expectations. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required in one of the following or a related discipline: • Chemical Engineering • Food Technology • Pharmaceutical Sciences • Other science-based field Master’s degree is preferred, such as: • MBA • MLS/MLIS • Master’s degree in another relevant science field