R&D Digital Platforms Associate Analyst

Role purpose:

• Support the Hyderabad-based RD ICC Technical Market Analysis team.
• Deliver accurate, relevant, and timely research outputs for global RD stakeholders.
• Strengthen the overall Technical Market Analysis capability through coordination with in-market RD 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

• 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, RD, and distribution methods.
• Benchmark RD 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 RD 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 RD 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.