Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.
In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.
How Big Can You Think?
Yahoo! Communications and Community (C&C) products are core to the Company’s long-term success. You will be part of a team is responsible for delivering world-class Mail, Messenger, Photo, and Community services to tens of millions of users across the globe. In this role, you will serve as a key consultant to various disciplines (Marketing, Business Ops/Development, Product, Sales, PR, and others). You will become a respected subject matter expert on marketplace trends and opportunities for Yahoo! This is a high visibility, cross-functional role with multiple opportunities to interact with senior executives at Yahoo!
Responsibilities
• Become the definitive ‘source of truth’ and go-to person for C&C execs and overall BU on global competition
• Maintain internal-only competitor blog; publish monthly forward-looking competitive impact reports to C&C execs that highlight opportunities for Yahoo!
• Compile and interpret competitive and industry data from third party sources like comScore and eMarketer. You are the type of person who can find the data nuggets that will move the needle
• Acquire actionable information on industry / competition from participation in conferences, presentations to sales teams, conversations with contacts at other companies
• Be a great athlete: take on different strategic projects as needed by C&C execs and functional leads
Qualifications
• Passion, intellectual curiosity, and deep knowledge of Communications and Community industry landscape. Ideal candidate has ability to learn and adapt quickly in this ever-changing industry
• Demonstrated ability to apply independent, critical thinking to quantitative, qualitative, and strategic information in order to develop meaningful market insights and recommendations to C&C execs
• Outstanding communication skills: candidate can articulate the outcome of research and findings in both written and oral communications to C&C execs and functional leads alike
• Market research star or star-in-making; candidate can find nuggets of wisdom that will move the needle from industry blogs, investor relations reports, and from his/her creativity, persistence, agility
• Candidate works hard, works efficiently with minimal supervision, and has strong prioritization skills
• Excellent sense of humor and positive attitude is a big plus
• BA/BS required, MBA a plus but not required. 4-6 years of consumer Internet experience is also a big plus but not required. Candidates who have previously demonstrated a knowledge of and passion for the industry and are hungry to make an impact will be considered
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.
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