(Remote) Competitive Intelligence Analyst

eFinancial

$92K — $118K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Des Plaines, IL
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8+ years in competitive intelligence, market intelligence, or related fields.
  • Strong analytical skills, including market mapping and trend analysis.
  • Ability to structure ambiguity into clear actionable insights for senior leaders.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication for executive briefs and presentations.
  • Experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • High intellectual curiosity and structured thinking.
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and research tools; familiarity with BI tools preferred.
  • Knowledge of life insurance or financial services markets is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor competitor and market signals to identify shifts and opportunities.
  • Translate intelligence into executive-ready outputs using a structured framework.
  • Build and maintain a comprehensive CI toolkit for ongoing analysis.
  • Prioritize competitive intelligence work based on decision impact and feasibility.
  • Conduct deep dives into competitor activities and market dynamics.
  • Analyze market performance and identify drivers of successes and gaps.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate insights and stimulate action.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Employer-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
  • Accrual of PTO and sick time each pay period.
  • Performance-based annual bonus program.
Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
  • Continuously monitor competitor, product, underwriting, pricing, distribution, technology, and market signals to identify meaningful shifts, risks, and opportunities.
  • Translate raw intelligence into concise executive-ready outputs using the Insight 12 Implication 12 Action framework.
  • Build and maintain the core CI toolkit over time, beginning with a market watch summary, competitor moves log, source library, and focused competitor profiles, then expanding into scorecards, battlecards, dashboards, and quarterly executive reviews as the function matures.
  • Prioritize CI work based on decision impact, repeatability, and feasibility, ensuring the function produces fewer, sharper outputs rather than broad reporting that cannot be sustained.
  • Conduct ad hoc deep dives on competitor moves, new entrants, partner opportunities, pricing changes, underwriting shifts, and distribution dynamics.
  • Analyze where the company is winning or losing in the market and help identify the underlying drivers behind performance gaps.
  • Partner with Product, Underwriting, Distribution, Marketing, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to validate findings and convert insights into action.
  • Support quarterly executive competitive reviews, monthly market summaries, and rapid-response briefs for time-sensitive competitive developments.
  • Build and maintain the SharePoint-based CI intelligence hub, including competitor profiles, source library, market watch archive, decision briefs, and competitor moves log.
  • Use AI-enabled tools and workflow automation to accelerate signal gathering, summarize recurring sources, classify competitive moves, and improve consistency of outputs while maintaining human judgment and source validation.
Qualifications:
  • 5-8+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, market intelligence, strategy, product strategy, management consulting, corporate development, analytics, or a related field.
  • Strong analytical skills, including benchmarking, gap analysis, market mapping, trend analysis, and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative information.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguity, structure new problem spaces, and convert incomplete information into clear conclusions, practical implications, and recommended actions for senior decision-makers.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create concise, executive-ready briefs, presentations, and decision support materials.
  • Comfort working with cross-functional stakeholders and influencing action without direct authority.
  • High intellectual curiosity, structured thinking, attention to detail, and sound judgment about what matters most.
  • Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and research tools; experience with BI tools, dashboards, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, AI-enabled research, or workflow automation is preferred.
  • Familiarity with life insurance, financial services, distribution partnerships, underwriting, or regulated markets is strongly preferred; candidates with transferable experience in strategy, market intelligence, or competitive analysis in adjacent industries will also be considered.
Skills:
  • Competitive and market intelligence: ability to monitor competitors, market signals, product moves, underwriting shifts, distribution changes, technology developments, and emerging trends.
  • Strategic analysis and synthesis: ability to convert fragmented information into clear insights, implications, and recommended actions.
  • Executive communication: ability to produce concise, decision-ready briefs, summaries, presentations, and recommendations for senior leaders.
  • Structured problem solving: ability to define ambiguous problems, develop analytical frameworks, and prioritize the questions that matter most.
  • Research and source validation: ability to gather, assess, organize, and validate information from public, industry, internal, and partner sources.
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis: ability to perform benchmarking, gap analysis, market mapping, trend analysis, and basic business or financial analysis.
  • Knowledge management and content organization: ability to build and maintain a structured intelligence repository, source library, competitor profiles, moves log, and market watch archive.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: ability to partner with Product, Underwriting, Distribution, Marketing, Sales, and executive stakeholders to validate findings and drive action.
  • AI-enabled workflow leverage: ability to use Copilot, automation, and related tools to accelerate signal gathering, summarization, classification, and repeatable reporting while maintaining human judgment.
  • Business judgment and prioritization: ability to focus on the highest-impact questions, avoid over-reporting, and produce outputs that can be sustained by a lean team.
  • Insurance and financial services domain fluency: understanding of life insurance, underwriting, distribution partnerships, digital acquisition, or regulated financial services markets.
  • Tools and presentation skills: proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, research tools, and ideally BI or dashboard tools.
Compensation & Benefits:

We believe in taking care of our employees and their families. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and financial future. Here19s a look at what we provide:
  • Salary: $92k-$118k
  • Medical Insurance: Choose from a variety of plans to fit your healthcare needs.
  • Dental Insurance: Coverage for preventive, basic, and major dental services.
  • Employer-Paid Vision: Comprehensive eye care coverage at no cost to you.
  • Employer-Paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance: Peace of mind and additional protection.
  • Employer-Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance: Financial support in case of illness or injury.
  • 401(k) Plan: Save for your future with a company match to help you grow your retirement savings.
  • PTO and Sick Time accrue each pay period: Take time off when you need it
  • Annual Bonus Program: Performance-based bonus to reward your hard work.

Remote work is not available in the following States:

California, Colorado, Connecticut, and New York.

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