What are the responsibilities and job description for the Analyst Relations Manager position at ThoughtSpot?
The Role
At ThoughtSpot, we’re on a mission to empower organizations through AI-powered, search-driven analytics. As Analyst Relations Manager, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how leading industry analysts perceive our strategy, innovation, and market leadership. Reporting to the VP of Global Communications, you’ll drive our analyst engagement strategy—building strong relationships, coordinating key interactions, and ensuring analysts understand and advocate for our vision.
At ThoughtSpot, we’re on a mission to empower organizations through AI-powered, search-driven analytics. As Analyst Relations Manager, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how leading industry analysts perceive our strategy, innovation, and market leadership. Reporting to the VP of Global Communications, you’ll drive our analyst engagement strategy—building strong relationships, coordinating key interactions, and ensuring analysts understand and advocate for our vision.
This role is ideal for a communications professional who combines deep understanding of enterprise technology with the ability to translate complex innovations into clear, credible, and compelling narratives for analyst audiences.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead analyst relations strategy: Partner with product marketing, product, and leadership teams to develop and execute a proactive AR strategy that supports ThoughtSpot’s positioning and business goals.
- Manage key analyst relationships: Build and strengthen relationships with top firms (e.g., Gartner, Forrester) and boutique analysts (ISG, Constellation, Nucleus) across AI, analytics, and enterprise SaaS.
- Drive analyst engagement: Coordinate briefings, inquiries, and strategy sessions to ensure analysts are up to date on ThoughtSpot’s vision, roadmap, and customer success stories.
- Influence analyst evaluations: Manage submissions and presentations for key reports such as Gartner Magic Quadrant, Forrester Waves, IDC Market Guides, and ISG Buyers Guides. ensuring alignment and excellence in messaging.
- Provide insights to leadership: Track and analyze analyst feedback, market trends, and competitive intelligence to inform go-to-market and product strategies.
- Develop materials & messaging: Create compelling analyst-facing content—decks, briefing documents, positioning summaries, and competitive differentiators.
- Measure impact: Assess and report on the influence of AR activities on brand perception, market awareness, and inclusion in analyst evaluations
What You Bring:
- 6–8 years of experience in Analyst Relations, communications, or product marketing within B2B SaaS, analytics, or enterprise technology.
- Strong understanding of the analyst landscape, including methodologies, report cycles, and relationship management best practices.
- Proven track record influencing analyst opinions and improving company positioning in key reports.
- Excellent storytelling skills—able to distill technical or complex product concepts into concise, compelling narratives.
- Collaborative mindset: Skilled at partnering across product, marketing, and executive teams to align messaging and priorities.
- Exceptional organization and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple projects and relationships simultaneously.
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, business, or a related field.
In New York, the estimated annual salary range for this role is $95k – $125k per year.
In California, the estimated annual salary range for this role is $85k - $120k per year.
In Illinois, the estimated annual salary range for this role is $75k - $115k per year.
Actual compensation may vary and will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, and location of the selected candidate.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits.
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What makes ThoughtSpot a great place to work?
ThoughtSpot is the experience layer of the modern data stack, leading the industry with our AI-powered analytics and natural language search. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives—this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Selfless Excellence and our drive for continuous improvement (2% done), ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.
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Building a diverse and inclusive team isn't just the right thing to do for our people, it's the right thing to do for our business. We know we can’t solve complex data problems with a single perspective. It takes many voices, experiences, and areas of expertise to deliver the innovative solutions our customers need. At ThoughtSpot, we continually celebrate the diverse communities that individuals cultivate to empower every Spotter to bring their whole authentic self to work. We’re committed to being real and continuously learning when it comes to equality, equity, and creating space for underrepresented groups to thrive. Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting 60%. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.
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