Work-Force
Overview: We are seeking a professional and insightful Senior Intelligence Analyst to join our team as an embedded analyst within a client’s newly established global intelligence function. In this pivotal role, you will help define the scope of the intelligence function and develop a suite of intelligence products to support the client’s business decision-makers. You will engage directly with internal and external stakeholders, including on-the-ground security teams, to interpret their requirements, provide support and consulting, and leverage Sibylline’s suite of intelligence analytical reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Intelligence Monitoring:
- Monitor open-source intelligence to assess geopolitical events and their potential impact on the client’s global workforce and business operations.
- Product Development:
- Design, deliver, and refine a range of intelligence products, including periodic reports and bespoke analysis, providing proactive and in-depth insights to internal stakeholders.
- Executive Briefing:
- Brief executives on key developments, trends, and content as needed.
- Requirements Refinement:
- Refine intelligence requirements by networking and supporting the growth of the intelligence function within the client company.
- Innovation:
- Implement the latest techniques, tools, and best practices to support a global intelligence function.
- Team Collaboration:
- Be an effective member of a small team focused on delivering lean, high-impact services.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage with local security, operations, and other client teams to collect on-the-ground intelligence, analyze and disseminate pertinent information to relevant stakeholders.
- Relationship Management:
- Establish and maintain professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Security Studies, Journalism, Business Management, or a related field.
- Approximately 4-6 years of relevant professional experience in corporate strategic intelligence.
- Deep interest and expertise in geopolitical issues, including global politics, physical security, criminal, governance, and information security issues.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to interpret geopolitical developments and assess their impact on business operations and reputation.
- Advanced open-source research and social media monitoring skills.
- Ability to rapidly evaluate and analyze large quantities of information.
- Analytical flair with the ability to provide rigorous and creative insight into complex situations.
- Strong writing skills, with native-level spoken and written English.
- Ability to produce high-quality intelligence products under tight deadlines and maintain long-term strategic assessments.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members across different time zones and work in a multicultural environment.
- Preferred:
- Advanced degree (Master’s or above) in a related field.
- Foreign language skills, particularly Spanish, French, and/or Portuguese.
- Professional network through OSAC, ISMA, AIRIP, or similar industry bodies.
- Cross-functional experience within a global security team, including threat monitoring, travel security, business continuity, and crisis management.
Additional Information:
- Work Schedule:
- Full-time with core working hours of 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.
- Travel:
- Occasional, fully reimbursed travel to the client’s office near Johannesburg may be required for candidates not based in Johannesburg or surrounding areas.