Principal Analyst (Physical AI Semiconductors, IOT, Market Intelligence, Forecast/ Market Sizing models)

Remote - India · Remote
Full-time
Listed Nov 11, 2026

Skills

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Project Management
Recruiting
Supply Chain

Job description

About This Role :

Analysts create must-have insights for our clients through published research and client interactions. As part of Gartner’s Emerging Market Dynamics Group, you will equip leaders in the semiconductor memory industry with indispensable insights, advice, and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities and build the successful organizations of tomorrow. You will meet with clients, whether by phone or videoconference and in every interaction, you will help clients overcome their challenges and perform better.

You will own the quantitative and market-intelligence view of AI Processing Semiconductors and AI Data Centre Semiconductors and translate demand into chip revenue forecasts and competitive implications.

What You’ll Do

•Develop and maintain market share and market forecasts for AI processing semiconductors and the AI Data Centre semiconductor forecast.

•Track leading-edge chip releases and adoption from companies such as NVIDIA, Broadcom, Marvell, MediaTek and AMD.

•Maintain market intelligence on start-up semiconductor companies and OEM foundry direct contracts.

•Analyse how AI accelerators, custom ASICs, CPUs, GPUs, and other high-performance processors translate into revenue growth opportunities.

•Monitor customer/supplier relationships, capacity commitments, geographic expansion, and semiconductor localization strategies.

•Maintain quarterly trackers, forecasts, supplier databases, and scenario models.

•Collaborate with analysts covering AI accelerators, GPU, ASIC, interconnect, and AI infrastructure economics.

•Actively participate in appropriate Gartner global research communities for formal and informal knowledge-sharing sessions.

What You Will Need :

Educational Qualifications

•BE/BTech from Grade A engineering colleges with specialization in Electronics, Semiconductors, or Software Engineering.

•Graduate MBA in Marketing or Operations from leading A and B-schools is desirable.

Work Experience

•5 years of experience in the semiconductor or semiconductor related industry or research.

Domain Knowledge / Business Acumen

•Experience building quantitative market models and forecasts.

•Strong knowledge of the semiconductor supply chain.

•Familiarity with Intel, TSMC, Broadcom, AMD, MediaTek and Marvell

•A basic understanding of foundry economics, yield, utilization, node migration, and customer allocation.

•Strong ability to connect Data Centre chip demand with competitive, and financial implications.

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

•Ability to challenge prevailing industry assumptions using evidence and quantitative analysis.

•Awareness of major issues across the IT, technology, semiconductor, and electronics industries affecting hardware technologies, with an eagerness to learn more.

MS Office Tools

•Ability to design, develop, and maintain large Excel models for market share analysis and forecasting.

•Strong working knowledge of other MS Office tools, including Word and PowerPoint, for writing and presenting analysis.

Project Management Skills

•Ability to manage time, keep projects on schedule, resolve issues, and deliver all client deliverables in a timely manner.

Communication Skills

•Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex market data into clear implications.

•Written: Strong writing ability is mandatory. Writing efforts will require stating/staking positions, justifying those positions with facts, and providing actionable analysis and recommendations.

•Oral: Ability to converse by telephone, face-to-face, and on stage, with the ability to explain complex concepts concisely.

Problem Solving

•Strong analytical skills and the ability to think creatively, independently, and efficiently to diagnose and contextualize issues.

•Demonstrated critical-thinking and problem-solving capabilities, including working on estimation problems and providing insightful and original analysis.

Interpersonal Skills

•Ability to communicate, engage, and develop cordial professional relationships with analysts, key initiative leaders, team managers, and clients, with a compelling and enthusiastic attitude that drives clients to action and guides them to success.

•Strong client presence and ability to relate to a variety of company and personality types is a must.

•Ability to represent Gartner research, methodologies, and strategies at multiple levels, including Board, C-Level, Business Unit, and Operational.

•Ability to engage with multiple client organization types, including End User Clients, Investors, Technology and Service Providers, Resellers, and Channel Partners.

•Ability to organize effectively, drive for results, collaborate productively, and coach and develop colleagues where required.

•Ability to provide constructive feedback to peers and remain receptive to feedback from others.

•Complete ownership mindset, professional maturity, intellectual curiosity, ability to embrace change and act with integrity, and willingness to follow internal processes and policies, including HR, IT, and Finance.

Core Quantitative Coverage

You are capable of modelling and forecasting:

Semiconductor Chip Demand (esp. Microprocessor, GPU, AI Accelerator, Networking, ASIC)

•AI Processing Semiconductor Chip Units and Revenue

•AI Processing Semiconductor node migration

•AI processing customer demand by chip type/ electronic equipment type

•AI processing chip foundry implications

•Constrained versus available capacity

•ODM, IDM, OEM to foundry direct mix

Research Boundaries

This role owns the chip demand and quantitative view of Data Centre semiconductors.

It does not own:

•Overall foundry revenues and utilization

•Chip design issues, Semiconductor manufacturing capacity

•Advanced packaging technology, providers and revenue

•End-to-end AI infrastructure strategy

•Wafer Fab Equipment

However, the analyst must quantify how these adjacent markets translate into Datacenter Semiconductor Demand revenues.

Who You Are

To thrive in this role, it helps if you are obsessed with your topic! Gartner analysts are correctly viewed as THE experts. This means that:

•You know your technologies, markets, vendors, trends, management practices, etc. well and are able to see both ‘ the forest and the trees’ .

•You are an excellent collaborator with the ability to quickly build rapport and gain client trust.

•You are a confident presenter with a high level of executive presence. Prior experience with speaking engagements is a plus.

•You are an analytical thinker with the ability to process information quickly and make actionable recommendations.

•You are willing to challenge conventional norms and views.

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Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

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We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

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