Strategy & Market Insights Manager

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in San Francisco or Sunnyvale.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

This role is part of LinkedIn’s Corporate Development & Strategy team, which partners closely with cross-functional leaders to drive corporate and strategic initiatives, analyze market activity and competitive dynamics, and source, evaluate, execute and integrate M&A and strategic partnership opportunities. This specific role will focus on strategic initiatives and market activity versus any deal-related activity. We seek exceptional candidates who are highly motivated, have a track record of academic and professional success, are driven to succeed and have enthusiasm and passion for LinkedIn’s professional suite of products.

The responsibilities of this Manager include keeping a pulse on public and private markets and synthesizing insights to inform LinkedIn’s strategy and most important business decisions. The right candidate has proven skills in strategic thinking and understanding data, along with the curiosity and critical thinking needed to identify important takeaways that may not be reported in existing news or research. In addition, the Manager will work with key cross-functional partners  - leaders from Product, Engineering, Finance and our executive team - and must be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders. 

This role is an excellent opportunity to join a small team that influences long-term company-wide investment initiatives that impact hundreds of millions of professionals worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Follow and synthesize macro indicators, research (Wall St, 3rd party, etc.), and industry conversations to keep a pulse on key market trends and sentiment 
• Run point on the quarterly earnings review each quarter, which includes interfacing with Microsoft IR for input into public earnings, as well as crafting the internal narrative of business highlights each quarter for the CFO’s office
• Drive exec prep for external meetings with equity research analysts or key internal events
• Develop a deep understanding of LinkedIn’s market landscape and build relationships with key players in the industry (e.g., VCs, companies, founders, investment banks, etc.)
• Communicate effectively across all levels (within the team, to cross-functional partners, to leadership / executives)
• Build effective relationships with colleagues from across the organization

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of post-undergrad work experience that includes experience in one or combination of strategy consulting, equity research, public/private market investing, or related experience 
• Familiarity with financial statements, forecasting, and analysis
• Independently capable of seeking information, solving conceptual problems, corralling resources, and delivering results in challenging situations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to Consumer Internet and/or Software as a Service (SaaS) sectors
• Ability to formulate exec-level  insights around complex business problems and create structured quantitative and qualitative analyses
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills & executive presence: able to articulately present and debate recommendations with senior leadership
• Experience working with large data sets and using statistical analyses
• Desire to succeed in a demanding, innovative, and entrepreneurial environment
• High aptitude to learn quickly, assimilate to new teams and projects, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and work well under pressure with appropriate attention to detail
• Strong personal initiative, excellent judgment and sense of humor
   

Suggested Skills: 

• Strategic thinking
• Executive-level Communication
• Financial analysis
• Data analysis
• Microsoft Excel

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