Product Analyst

Ready to Start Your Career at the Forefront of Automotive Innovation?

SBD Automotive is a global automotive research and consulting firm, supporting manufacturers, suppliers, and technology companies with strategy, insight, and execution across connected, electric, autonomous, and software-defined vehicles.

As an Analyst, you will support the delivery of high-quality Product Insights through structured research, analysis, clear communication, and reliable execution. You will work as part of project teams to turn information and data into insight that helps clients make better decisions.

This is an early-career role within the product team, combining analytical problem solving, research, project delivery, and developing client exposure. You will work closely with Product Owners, Senior Product Owners, and Managers while building your consulting capability, industry knowledge, and understanding of SBD’s services.

A Day in the Life

Your day will focus primarily on research, analysis, project delivery, and developing your analysis skills.

You might start the day researching an automotive technology or market development, analysing data, or preparing slides and other project outputs. Later, you could join a project team discussion, support a client meeting or interview, or work with a more senior consultant to refine an analysis ahead of a client milestone.

You may spend part of the day collaborating with colleagues in another region, learning about a new automotive domain, contributing to an internal knowledge-sharing activity, or acting on feedback from your project lead.

No two days are identical, but the focus remains the same: producing accurate, high-quality work, contributing positively to project teams, and continuously developing your consulting and industry capability.

Your Key Responsibilities Include:

Client Delivery

• Deliver high-quality research, analysis, and written outputs that support project objectives.
• Manage assigned tasks reliably, ensuring accuracy, attention to detail, and timely delivery.
• Contribute to client deliverables including presentations, models, datasets, and reports under guidance from senior team members.
• Apply structured thinking and problem-solving to assigned project tasks.
• Maintain strong delivery discipline and consistently meet SBD’s quality standards.

Client Relationships and Value Creation

• Build positive working relationships with clients, project stakeholders, and third parties.
• Develop an understanding of each client’s business, priorities, and project objectives.
• Engage directly with clients where appropriate, including joining meetings, supporting interviews, and contributing to discussions professionally.
• Listen to and value client perspectives when completing project work.
• Understand how your work contributes to the wider project outcome and value delivered to the client.

Research, Analysis and Consulting Capability

• Conduct structured desk research and gather information from relevant and credible sources.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative information to identify relevant findings and insights.
• Communicate findings clearly through well-structured written outputs, presentations, and verbal updates.
• Develop core consulting skills including problem structuring, analysis, synthesis, and storytelling.
• Use AI and other productivity tools appropriately to improve quality and efficiency while maintaining professional judgement and SBD standards.

Domain Expertise and Knowledge Development

• Actively develop knowledge of the automotive and technology landscape and the markets in which SBD operates.
• Build an understanding of SBD’s services, capabilities, and how we support our clients.
• Develop knowledge within relevant automotive and mobility domains through proactive learning.
• Learn from Domain Experts, project colleagues, and SBD’s knowledge resources.
• Actively participate in relevant Centres of Excellence and knowledge-sharing activities to build domain expertise, internal networks, and SBD’s collective insight.

Professional Contribution

• Champion SBD’s brand, purpose, values, and professional standards.
• Take ownership of personal development and actively seek, give, receive, and act on timely feedback.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues across project teams, Business Units, and regions.
• Demonstrate strong operational discipline including time management, timesheet completion, project planning, appropriate use of project commercial tools, and maintaining project outputs in agreed systems.
• Manage time proactively across client delivery, learning, relationship-building, and internal contribution in line with business priorities.
• Develop an understanding of how individual project performance, client outcomes, and personal contribution support SBD’s wider business performance.
• Identify risks or issues within your own work and escalate them appropriately.

About you

You are an analytical and curious early-career professional who enjoys understanding complex problems and turning information into clear, useful insight. You are interested in the automotive, mobility, or technology sectors and want to build a career in consulting while working directly on real client challenges.

You bring:

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous, research, analytical, or project experience.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
• The ability to organise your workload, manage priorities, and deliver to deadlines.
• Confidence working with data, research, presentations, and written information.
• A collaborative approach and willingness to learn from colleagues and feedback.
• A proactive approach to learning, development, and continuous improvement.

Ideally you also have:

• A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline such as engineering, business, economics, data, technology, or a related field.
• Experience in evaluating user experience of vehicle systems
• An interest in automotive, mobility, digital technology, or related industries.
• Exposure to tools used for data analysis, research, or presentation development.
• Experience working in an international, academic, client-facing, or team-based environment.
  

Why SBD Automotive

At SBD Automotive, you will work with leading automotive and technology clients on some of the industry’s most important challenges.

We offer:

A clear progression path within consulting.

Exposure to cutting-edge mobility technologies and strategies.

Hands-on experience working on real client projects from an early stage in your career.

A collaborative, international team environment.

Opportunities to build automotive domain expertise alongside experienced specialists.

Competitive salary and benefits.

Interested?

If you are ready to start or accelerate your consulting career and want to work on complex challenges shaping the future of mobility, we would like to hear from you.

Apply now to join SBD Automotive and work with some of the world’s leading automotive and technology organisations.