Sr. Research Analyst, Competitive Intel
PayPal Inc.

Job Info

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At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

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Job Description Summary:
The Senior Research Analyst, Competitive Intelligence role sits within our Corporate Strategy Team and is responsible for leading and coordinating competitive intelligence efforts across the whole organization. They will serve the PayPal senior leadership team to ensure we stay abreast of key competitive developments in the ecosystem and develop insights over implications for our business.

Job Description:

This role will have visibility at the most senior levels of the company, reporting to the Director of Enterprise Strategy & Competitive Intelligence.Successful candidates will offer a strategic perspective, superior research skills, deep analytical capabilities, and a collaborative working style.Ability to confidently interact with and present to senior leaders will be key to the success of this role.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of key competitors' strategies and strategic actions, discern trends as well as near- and long-term implications for PayPal, and develop a point of view on potential courses of action
  
• Collaborate with different PayPal teams across Market Research, Product, Sales, Marketing, Analytics, and Investor Relations to bring together a cross-functional perspective on competitive actions and dynamics
  
• Work with senior leadership from Product and Sales teams to develop perspectives on impact to PayPal from key competitors' actions and range of competitive response options
  
• Coordinate deep-dive research on product experiences and go-to-market tactics that competitors are deploying
  
• Synthesize competitive insights and implications for executive consumption in a way that facilitates decision making
  
• Serve as the single point of aggregation for communicating all competition-related news to the PayPal senior leadership team
  
• Ensure an effective dissemination of competitive intelligence insights to all relevant stakeholders across the organization
  
• Periodically carry out a comprehensive competitive landscape review to facilitate discussion on PayPal strategy vis-à-vis competition
  
• Maintain a central repository of competitive intelligence materials produced across all of PayPal
  

Preferred Education, Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of relevant experience at sell-side equity research, top-tier management consulting, buy-side equity research, or corporate strategy
  
• MBA or relevant degree from world-class academic institution
  
• Superior analytic capabilities with strong insight and understanding of how a business operates
  
• Talent for simplifying complex ideas and communicating them in ways others can easily understand (both verbally and via email/PowerPoint)
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and deliver impact in a timely manner
  
• Adept project management skills to drive towards output creation in a cross functional setting
  
• Comfortable interacting with senior stakeholders across Product, Sales and Marketing. Ability to ask the right questions and push the thinking where required
  
• Experience in financial services / payment industry preferred
  

Candidate Opportunity

• Be at the forefront of important developments and trends shaping payments and FinTech industry
  
• High visibility to PayPal senior leadership across key functions
  
• Opportunity to present findings to senior leaders across the organization (SVPs and VPs)
  
• Learning through interactions with expert teams across Product, Sales, and Marketing
  
• Gain insight into leadership thought process on strategic responses to competitive actions
  

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:
PayPal

Travel Percent:
0

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is
$99300 to $216040

Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:
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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal's commitment to employees' health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

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