Market Intelligence Opportunity Analyst
IT
Houston, TX, USA
- Monitor capital spend announcements and project developments across Oil & Gas, LNG, refining, gas processing, pipelines, terminals, and petrochemical markets to identify emerging opportunities.
- Detect early-stage project signals through multiple intelligence sources, including operator activity, EPC engagement, and market announcements.
- Track project opportunities across their lifecycle, ensuring visibility into timing, scope, and investment trends.
- Qualify opportunities using defined criteria such as strategic fit, project maturity, solution relevance, and commercial attractiveness.
- Translate raw market intelligence into structured, actionable opportunity briefs ready for pursuit execution.
- Determine optimal timing and readiness for handoff to Project Pursuit Specialists to maximize win probability.
- Collaborate closely with Project Pursuit Specialists to refine qualification standards, data requirements, and opportunity readiness definitions.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date project tracking data, including operator and EPC alignment, geography, capital estimates, project stage, and relevant MSS scope.
- Develop structured market intelligence on EPCs and project ecosystems, including decision-making structures, execution hubs, and project award behaviors.
- Produce regular insight reports on regional investment trends, capital spending outlooks, and operator and EPC activity patterns.
- Translate data and insights into actionable recommendations that inform commercial strategy and opportunity prioritization.
- Partner with commercial teams, strategic marketing, and product management to improve targeting, segmentation, and pipeline quality.
You are a highly analytical thinker who turns complex market data into clear, actionable insights that drive business decisions. You are naturally curious and proactive in identifying emerging trends and opportunities, while applying strong commercial judgment to prioritize what matters most. You collaborate effectively across functions, communicate insights clearly, and take ownership for delivering high-quality outputs that support business growth. You are detail-oriented, organized, and capable of managing structured data while maintaining a strategic perspective.
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, economics, energy, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience in market intelligence, business research, strategic marketing, sales analytics, or capital project tracking
- Strong analytical and research skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights
- Understanding of capital project environments and lifecycle stages, including early project development and execution phases
- Experience working with structured data and tools such as Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to work collaboratively across commercial and functional teams while managing multiple priorities
- Experience in Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, or broader industrial markets
- Understanding of capital project lifecycle phases such as FEED, EPC, and execution
- Experience supporting project-driven sales or commercial organizations
- Familiarity with EPC and operator dynamics and global capital investment trends
- Experience building and maintaining structured databases or project tracking systems
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If you are a Market Intelligence professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact by shaping a high-quality project funnel that drives commercial success across Emerson Measurement Systems & Solutions (MSS). As part of the commercial ecosystem, you will perform high-volume, multi-source research throughout the workday to identify, qualify, and develop capital project opportunities across the Oil & Gas and adjacent industries, transforming market signals into actionable insights that enable successful pursuit execution. This role focuses on North America capital project activity and works closely with Project Pursuit Specialists to ensure alignment and effectiveness.