Embedded Geopolitical Intelligence Analyst

The successful candidate will serve as an embedded Geopolitical Intelligence Analyst, supporting a global intelligence function at a major software company headquartered in the United States. They will be part of a dedicated team focused on geopolitical and strategic risks, while supporting the broader intelligence function with tactical/security intelligence on an ad hoc basis. Working as part of a small but mighty team, the analyst will provide insights to various enterprise stakeholders on global geopolitical and security issues relevant to the company, helping to optimise business strategy and minimise the impact of events on people, assets, information, and reputation.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive, in-depth analysis of open-source intelligence to identify and assess potential threats and risks; map real-world events that could impact company personnel, operations, and business interests, including, but not limited to geopolitical developments, violent extremism and civil unrest.
• Coordinate and fulfil timely and relevant delivery of intelligence and due diligence assessments that influence decision making on strategy, security posture, policy, and public relations.
• Optimise company research, monitoring and enforcement tools, including AI and other innovative technologies.
• Brief stakeholders regularly and as needed on key news, trends, and content.
• Provide situational updates to senior management teams during incidents/crisis.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to collect and prioritise internal requirements.
• Partner and effectively communicate with team members and other departments to produce insights, develop analytics-driven solutions, and support intelligence gathering and risk analysis.
• Develop and manage internal and external relationships to support risk monitoring and response across markets, by working closely with private sector, governmental, academia counterparts and networks.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree strongly preferred, undergraduate degree required.
• Two to five years of relevant experience in intelligence, risk analysis or a related field.
• Solid grounding in geopolitical issues, with deep understanding of global systems, conflicts, and pressing international security & macroeconomic topics. Knowledge and understanding of key security, political, regulatory, operational, integrity and social risk issues globally.
• Knowledge of analytic tradecraft, and excellent English-language oral and written communication and presentation skills, including attention to detail to deliver polished products. Knowledge of other languages and prior experience writing for business audiences will be an asset.
• Ability to find, evaluate, and succinctly summarise and critically assess large volumes of information, filtering out non-relevant details or topics.
• Multidisciplinary skills outside traditional intelligence work preferred, with special preference for branding & communications, visualization, graphic design, or video editing abilities.
• Excellent organisational skills. Ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines while interacting with colleagues and stakeholders in sometimes challenging situations.
• Comfortable with teamwork and communication via distance/online collaboration. With a deeply collaborative mindset, able to work both independently and as part of a team as needed.
• A self-starter mindset, comfortable with stretching to tackle new projects with ambiguity, partially defined requirements, shifting priorities, and a demand for creative problem solving.
• Flexibility & a desire to be proactive at setting expectations, outlining project goals and managing time to meet these, and a willingness to lend a hand to team efforts as and when mutual support is needed.

Benefits

Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.