Research Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee the datacenter sector and industry, encompassing facilities, equipment, services, and key datacenter facility owners/operators.

• Monitor datacenter-related metrics using quantitative modeling, including facility buildouts, floor space, racks, power, cooling, IT infrastructure, and environmental metrics.

• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud services analysts to synchronize datacenter infrastructure and services datasets with associated datasets.

• Generate written and social media content on datacenter developments, news events, and vendors, including structured reports, blogs, and social media updates.

• Present at events, lead webinars, and participate in vendor and end-user events as a subject matter expert.

• Interact with clients and assist in IDC’s technology intelligence research.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (STEM degree is advantageous, but not mandatory).

• 5–10 years of pertinent work experience, including a background in the IT and/or datacenter industry.

• Knowledge of operating and market dynamics within the datacenter facilities industry.

• Understanding of datacenter facilities, including buildouts, operations, cooling, power, racks, floor buildouts, and physical security.

• Familiarity with datacenter services, including hosting, colocation, and wholesale datacenter leasing.

• Strong awareness of IT infrastructure within datacenters, encompassing compute, storage, and networking.

• Excellent quantitative skills.

• Fundamental quantitative and qualitative (narrative) technical skills.

• Strong narrative, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in client engagement.

• Self-motivated, adaptable, proactive, and capable of problem-solving.

• Proximity to an international airport is required.

• Willingness to travel 35–50% of the time.

• Unrestricted ability to travel to the US for meetings and vendor events.

• Must hold a US Visa and/or be a Canadian citizen.

• Employment eligibility verification is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• 15 vacation days per year (increases with tenure; carryover allowed).

• 10 paid sick days annually.

• 1 week of paid new parenting leave.

• Flexible work arrangements (remote, part-time, flexible hours).

• Health, dental, vision, and paramedical coverage for you and your family.

• Annual healthcare spending account.

• Employee Assistance Program for counseling and support.

• Best Doctors medical second opinions.

• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance.

• Retirement savings plan with company match (up to 4% of salary).

• $75/month technology allowance for home office or phone expenses.

• Company-paid cell phone plan.

• Variable compensation included in total annual compensation.