Deputy Head of Research and Analysis, ExTrac
£70-90k
We combine human expertise, curated data, and domain-specific AI to enable faster decision-making
Open for applications
We combine human expertise, curated data, and domain-specific AI to enable faster decision-making
21-100 employees
Open for applications
£70-90k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower our customers to make faster, better-informed decisions about the risks and opportunities emerging from world events.
Role
Who you are
- We’re seeking a highly organised Deputy Head of Research and Analysis to ensure the smooth daily running of our editorial workflow. This role is ideal for a detail-orientated editor, journalist, or research analyst with a proven interest in geopolitics, who excels at coordinating production schedules, maintaining editorial standards, and ensuring outputs are delivered on time
- Strong editorial or production management experience in the context of journalism, research, or intelligence analysis
- Excellent organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to keep multiple workflows running smoothly
- Attention to detail, with a proven ability to uphold quality and consistency in written outputs
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Experience supporting or deputising for a team leader in a fast-paced and rapid-growth environment
What the job involves
- Oversee the daily flow of editorial work, ensuring research products move smoothly from draft to final delivery.
- Coordinate workloads across the research team to maintain consistent output and meet deadlines
- Track progress on deliverables, flagging and resolving bottlenecks promptly
- Work to style guides, templates, and formatting standards to ensure uniformity across outputs
- Perform final checks on research products to ensure factual accuracy, clarity, and adherence to editorial standards
- Support researchers with targeted feedback to strengthen clarity and presentation
- Ensure all outputs meet client-ready presentation standards before delivery
- Step in to provide day-to-day team direction in the absence of the Head of Research and Analysis
- Facilitate clear communication between team members, ensuring priorities are understood and workloads balanced
- Help maintain a collaborative and supportive working environment
- Keep abreast of current geopolitical and security developments to ensure outputs remain timely and relevant
- Support the integration of data-driven methods into day-to-day production where applicable
Application process
- Interview with Head of Research and Analysis
- Written and editing test
- Interview with Chief Research Officer
- Call with other senior members of the research and analysis team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Traditional intelligence gathering often struggles to keep pace with the evolving nature of threats. Siloed approaches focus solely on physical or online risks and miss the complex interplay between the two, leaving organisations vulnerable.
ExTrac offers a comprehensive approach, with its system bridging the physical and online divide, providing real-time insights into a broad range of threats, including terrorism, violent extremism, disinformation, and crime. Its Co-Analyst tool allows even non-experts to obtain valuable insights and make faster, more informed decisions.
The company's innovative technology and focus on user-friendliness positions it to empower a wide range of organisations to proactively manage risk. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, ExTrac is poised for continued growth, with a wealth of opportunity on its horizon.
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Employee endorsements
Meaningful work
"We are driven by an inspiring mission to support customers engaged in real-world security and threat management on a daily basis. ExTrac is leading..."
Company benefits
- Flexible working: work where you work best, with the opportunity to spend two days a week working with the team in person
- The opportunity to develop and take on new challenges and responsibilities as we grow as a company
- An annual individual learning and development budget of £500
- Access to our central London office space
- Generous benefits package, including private healthcare and 33 days of annual leave
Company values
- Creativity & Design | We blend technology and human understanding to create solutions that are both powerful and intuitive.
- Innovation & Excellence | We don’t follow the crowd – we pursue excellence and push boundaries at every turn.
- Products That Are Loved | We build with purpose, obsess over the details, and take pride in everything we create.
- No Egos | We push hard, own our mistakes, and succeed together.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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