Lead Analyst, Asia Pacific

Department: Technology

Team: GSMA Intelligence

Location: Shanghai/Beijing

Position type: Fixed Term Contract until December 2025

About the Team

GSMA Intelligence is the definitive source of global mobile operator data, analysis, and forecasts, and publisher of authoritative industry reports and research. We provide the most accurate and complete set of industry metrics, comprising tens of millions of individual data points, updated daily. GSMA Intelligence is relied on by leading operators, vendors, regulators, financial institutions, and third-party industry players, to support strategic decision-making and long-term investment planning.

Furthermore, our data and insights are frequently cited by the media, academia, and NGOs. The GSMA Intelligence team is largely based in London and Delhi but is currently expanding with new roles in other locations to build out its regional capabilities and deepen on-the-ground insights.

What the hiring manager says

This an exceptional opportunity for an experienced industry professional to join our team of analysts and experts in a brand new role, designed to provide fresh insights to our existing industry-leading regional products. The successful candidate will shape our research outputs and stakeholder engagement in Asia Pacific, closely collaborating with the GSMA regional team and GSMA Intelligence colleagues.

They will also help to expand our portfolio of reports across a range of industry topics and support our flagship global reports and industry data forecasts with valuable local perspectives. This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to craft this new role and at the same time build their public profile in the wider telecoms industry and help grow GSMA Intelligence’s external reputation and influence.

Kenechi Okeleke, Senior Director

About the Role

As a Lead Analyst for Asia Pacific, you will be GSMA Intelligence’s expert and first point of contact for insights across a range of topics in the region, including operator strategy and performance, 4G/5G deployments and 2G/3G sunsets, AI and other emerging technologies, satellites and fixed telecoms networks, digital content and services, climate and sustainability, digital policy and regulations, and the socio-economic impact of mobile technologies.

You will track key developments across the entire digital ecosystem in your region and work closely with the regional team, key ecosystem players, and GSMA Intelligence colleagues to derive insights and articulate their implications for the telecoms industry. These insights will be disseminated through thought-leading reports (long-form and short-form), presentations, and other formats with internal and external stakeholders. You will also maintain existing relationships and develop new ones with industry players, including mobile operators, vendors, international organisations and regulators, and leverage analyst briefings, one-to-one meetings, and industry events, to draw insights and identify opportunities for collaboration.

You will actively engage with the GSMA regional team and other GSMA departments based in the region and elsewhere to understand their advocacy priorities and propose suitable research products to support their activities, aligning with overarching GSMA Intelligence goals. This will involve identifying potential consulting projects for GSMA Intelligence and developing proposals and work plans for their delivery.

You will collaborate with key members of the wider GSMA Intelligence team, including the Data Forecasting, External Consulting, and Sales teams, to drive synergies and teamwork. Much of this collaboration will happen remotely with colleagues based in London, Delhi, and other locations. As such, some flexibility may be required to accommodate multiple time zones.

About You

You will have extensive experience working as a consultant or analyst in a recognised consultancy, a strategy or research department of a digital ecosystem player, international organisation, think tank, or a government agency.

You will have demonstrable knowledge of telecoms industry dynamics and will be familiar with major trends shaping the global digital ecosystem, including technology evolution and customer behaviour.

You will also have a solid understanding of the telecoms business, technology, and policy landscapes in Asia Pacific and can analyse the impact of various developments on the mobile and broader telecoms sector.

You will have fluent and compelling written and oral communications skills in English, and the ability to deliver insights independently.

You will be a confident communicator, able to discuss research insights with internal colleagues and present same to external stakeholders at industry events and other forums.

As this is a generalist role, you will be willing to develop expertise across multiple topics in the telecoms industry.

You will have strong qualitative and quantitative research skills, as well as a proven track record in developing high-quality written output.

You will have a proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with industry players to gather insights through briefings and meetings.

You will enjoy working within a team environment and be able to build networks with key individuals to support your role but also possess the self-discipline to work independently to meet targets.

You will have excellent cultural awareness and the capability to work with globally dispersed teams.

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What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

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Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

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Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.