Control Risks is working with a key client, a multinational software company, to identify and embed an experienced Intelligence Analyst as part of a global programme. This role can be based in either Gurgaon or Mumbai (or potentially elsewhere in India) and will suit a mid-career intelligence professional with circa 4-5 years of experience.
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 personnel, operations, and business interests, including, but not limited to geopolitical developments, violent extremism and civil unrest.
- Coordinate and fulfill timely and relevant delivery of intelligence and due diligence assessments that influence decision making on security posture, policy and public relations.
- Optimize company research, monitoring and enforcement tools including leveraging AI and other innovative technologies.
- Brief executives 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 prioritize internal requirements.
- Develop and manage internal and external relationship to support risk monitoring and response, by working closely with private sector, governmental, academia counterparts and networks.
Requirements
- An early-to-mid career intelligence professional with solid grounding in analytic tradecraft, writing for government or business audiences, and briefing and presentation skills.
- A solid grounding in geopolitical issues, with deep understanding of global systems, conflicts, and pressing international security & macroeconomic topics.
- An independent, self-starter mindset, comfortable with stretching to tackle new projects with partially defined requirements and a demand for creative problem solving.
- A deeply collaborative working style that is comfortable with teamwork and communication via distance/online collaboration.
- 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.
- Affinity with leading intelligence and research tools and ability to drive adoption of emerging tooling and technology (including AI).
