Circana
Retail & Pricing Analytics · Market Research
Has an LEITruth index ASponsors visas
75Open roles22 posted in 30 days
$132kMedian advertised pay$104k – $190k−16% vs market
45 daysTime to fillmedian of 70 closed rolesmarket: 38 days
A 85/100Truth index
Lately:29 news stories in 90 daysFollow changes →
Facts
as of Nov 14, 2026Circana is a market research and consumer data company headquartered in Chicago that provides point-of-sale, consumer panel and retail analytics, together with software tools that help manufacturers and retailers measure demand and plan growth. It was formed by the 2022 merger of IRI and The NPD Group, whose history goes back to 1966, and serves thousands of companies across consumer goods, retail, foodservice, technology and other industries worldwide. Circana hires data and insights analysts, retail account managers, product management directors, data engineering architects, tax analysts, item coding team leads and interns.
It is hiring: 75 open roles, 22 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 16% below the market estimate for the same roles.
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- Founded
- 1966
- Employees
- 1001-5000estimated range
- Open roles
- 75 in 19 citiesAlion job postings
- Official records
- Wikidata Q117011698LEI EDII6K36O3QDF1OX7157
- Website
- circana.com
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 75 open roles at Circana. Circana is headquartered in Chicago, United States. It was founded in 1966. The median pay stated in its open roles is $159k, across 31 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: A
85/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices
Hiring
All open roles →Hiring steadily, with new roles every week.
Analytics is the largest family, 17 of open roles.
22Posted in 30 days29% of open roles are fresh
73%Remote roles55 of 75
18Roles in AI25% of open roles
19Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
20 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 55.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Alion signals0-100
Demand99
Pay49
Your chance65
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 21This week
Open roles a week: 1 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
A
85 / 100Circana scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 60% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 45 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale60%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 77%Master's Degree 19%High School Diploma 5%
Experience asked: 5.8 years on average, in 55 postings. 43 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Contract type
Internship 3Part-Time 2
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Pays 16% below the market estimate for the same roles.
$132kMedianmarket estimate $188k
$104k – $190kTypical rangeUSD a year
$250kHighest paying rolePrincipal Software Engineer, C++ Distributed Systems| Hybrid: Chicago, IL
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $188k
$0$75k$150k$225k$300k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Visa
Full chapter →Named in the work visa registers of United States, United Kingdom.
55 ▲ 22%H-1B filings in 12 months
7Green card filings
$115kMedian offered salary
Who they sponsor
8 more occupations and the salary for eachVisa pass · 90 credits In the register as Circana, LLC, Chicago, IL (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 29, 2026
A-ratedSponsor licence
Skilled WorkerVisa route
5Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Circana (UK) Ltd, Bracknell
Other sponsors in the same field
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UK Home Office · checked Nov 13, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 19 cities in 10 countries.
19Cities
10Countries
ChicagoBusiest site
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| Site | Type | Open roles | Hires most for | Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago United States | Headquarters | 10 | AI/ML, Backend, Leadership | 60% |
| Bengaluru India | Engineering / R&D | 7 | Backend, AI/ML | 100% |
| Düsseldorf Germany | Regional office | 7 | Early Careers, Backend, HR | 14% |
| Cape Town South Africa | Corporate office | 6 | Analytics, Management, Administrative | 33% |
| Metamorfosi Greece | Regional office | 6 | Analytics, Leadership, Finance | 67% |
| New York United States | Regional office | 6 | AI/ML, Sales, Product | 50% |
| Courbevoie France | Regional office | 6 | Frontend, Marketing, Early Careers | 33% |
| London United Kingdom | Sales office | 3 | Sales, Product | 0% |
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Tech stack
Full chapter →Technologies named in job postings at Circana over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
141Technologies in use
88Postings analysed
83/100Stack modernityAI adopter
LanguagesPython 35%SQL 30%C++ 10%Java 7%
Frameworks & librariesCUDA 7%MPI 7%ROCm 7%LangChain 5%
Cloud & platformsAzure 20%Power BI 11%AWS 10%Tableau 10%
AI & MLClaude 7%LLM 7%ChatGPT 3%
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Full Circana tech stack141 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Milestones
Oct 7
First role in Netherlands Product Management Director (SaaS / DaaS / Data Analytics)
Sep 25
First role in New Zealand Client Migration Project Manager
Sep 21
First role in France STAGIAIRE ASSISTANTE DATA & MARKETING (6 mois)
Sep 21
First role in Spain Client Sales & Insights Intern, Foodservice
Sep 15
First role in Taiwan Gateway sales manager
Sep 2
Aug 27
First executive search VP, Product - Commerce and Retail Media| Chicago, IL or NYC, NY
Jul 27
First role in South Africa Item Coding Analyst
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press
Newsroom
top 0.01%Web presenceof 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Sep 252026
Blog
Monitoring macroeconomic impacts on volume, price, and other aspects of the U.S. CPG industry.
Sep 252026
Blog
How Value, Control, and Convenience Are Reshaping Consumer Behavior - and What the Industry Must Do Next
Sep 242026
Blog
Holiday 2026 media planning is the work of deciding how early to spend, which channels to fund, and how to measure a season that no longer starts at Thanksgiving. This on-demand…
Sep 242026
Blog
Eating at home, replacement demand, and everyday convenience are fueling home-product growth, with the market expected to exceed $45.6 billion by 2028
Sep 232026
News · markets.businessinsider.com
Chicago, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Circana, LLC, a leader in turning consumer data into growth, today released its How Advertisers Shou...
Sep 222026
Blog
Circana data shows consumers delaying back-to-school purchases and spending later into the season as they carefully balance budgets, value, and brand preferences.
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once