SparkCognition catalyzes sustainable growth for our clients throughout the world with proven artificial intelligence (AI) systems, award-winning machine learning technology, and a multinational team of AI thought leaders. Our clients are trusted with advancing lives, infrastructure, sustainability, and financial systems across the globe. They partner with SparkCognition to understand their industry's most pressing challenges, analyze complex data, empower decision-making, and transform human and industrial productivity with scalable AI solutions to solve the problems that matter most. With our leading-edge artificial intelligence products and solutions, our clients can adapt to a rapidly changing digital landscape, accelerate their business strategies, and reduce environmental impact creating a better, smarter, and more sustainable world.
SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS), a fully wholly owned subsidiary of SparkCognition, Inc., is a U.S. company based in Austin, TX. At SGS, we are helping customers across various services and agencies deploy AI in support of their mission to fuse together a wide set of data, adapt models in real-time, define and predict normal patterns of life, spot anomalies to anticipate decisions, and increase the speed and quality of decisions.
As a Strategy Manager you will lead the development of go-to-market plans for SGS including the development of market assessments, competitive intelligence, business case and scenario modeling. This position requires strong communication among functions and leadership and direct engagement with the Sales and Business Development team and customers. A background in consulting or government focused strategy roles is a strong benefit. Your efforts will be a key part of growing SGS and building the future of the defense industry.
If you were working for us today, you would be:

• Support decisions and action through data-driven analysis of market, competitor, and customer information.
• Deploy advanced financial modeling to support forecasting of business targets and business case development.
• Develop competitive assessment of key industry players to understand differentiation strategy, benchmarking of technology and current state of industry, and external analysis and awareness.
• Lead the development and integration of analyses related to defense and national security industry and key market strategies tied to the verticals that SGS is pursuing.
• Perform trade-off analysis, support proposals of strategic options and recommendations for decision-making.
• Assess / Identify market trends that will shape the deployment of AI in the defense and national security markets and outline key steps to act on those trends.
• Identification of unique business models that may enable adoption and expansion within the government and national security market.
• Support M&A efforts through developing and cultivating relationships with industry players and analysis of targets and pipeline.

It would be great if you had:

• 2-5 years' experience in a strategy / financial analyst role
• Experience working in the Defense and National Security Market
• Strong financial acumen and Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to work well within a team setting and virtual
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills, independent problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
• Able to manage multiple projects with varying priorities and deadlines
• Must be a US Citizen and can obtain a US Security Clearance when needed

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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