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About the Role

The Jewish Security Network (JSN) is seeking a Research Manager to lead its research function within the Integrated Security Operations Centre (ISOC). This role involves directing the research operating system, managing the Priority Intelligence Requirements cycle, overseeing investigations, assigning analyst workload, maintaining product quality, and ensuring research output supports operational awareness and decision-making. The Research Manager will collaborate with internal teams, partner organizations, and law enforcement stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Manage all elements of the research team, including team members, workflows, threat assessments, and other critical aspects.
Own and manage the Priority Intelligence Requirements cycle, including monthly review, translation into tasking, and alignment with organizational needs.
Open and close investigations, assign workload, and balance reactive demand against planned research production.
Support the production, review, and approval of outgoing products for analytic quality, confidence language, evidentiary standard, and dissemination suitability.
Maintain the production calendar for quarterly overviews, event assessments, strategic reports, and other recurring research products.
Coordinate daily prioritization based on SOC briefings, emerging threats, investigations, and partner inputs.
Supervise and mentor research personnel, including analysts, collection personnel, and data stewardship staff.
Ensure research outputs are coherent, defensible, timely, and aligned with operational requirements.
Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, partner organizations, and relevant counterparts.
Lead monthly calibration with the SOC to review escalation decisions, classification consistency, and information-sharing quality.
Ensure research practices comply with privacy, documentation, and data stewardship standards.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience leading intelligence, investigations, security research, risk, trust and safety, and/or OSINT-focused teams.
Minimum 3 years of management experience with a small team.
Strong analytical judgment and the ability to prioritize competing demands in a fast-moving threat environment.
Experience reviewing and quality-controlling investigative or intelligence products.
Familiarity with OSINT methods, online threat monitoring, structured research workflows, and evidence handling.
Excellent written communication skills and the ability to produce and approve clear operational reporting.
Strong people-management skills, including tasking, mentoring, coaching, and accountability.
Sound discretion and comfort handling sensitive information, personal information, and confidential operational material.
Ability to brief senior stakeholders, community leadership, and external partners clearly and credibly.
Successful applicants will be required to pass a police background check.
Must be permitted to work in Canada.

Skills

OSINT methods
Online threat monitoring
Structured research workflows
Evidence handling
Privacy
Records management
Data governance
Law enforcement referral standards
Threat assessment practices
Intelligence dissemination
Fluent in English (writing, reading, and speaking)

Location

On-site

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum 5 years of experience leading intelligence, investigations, security research, risk, trust and safety, and/or OSINT-focused teams
Minimum 3 years of management experience with a small team

Salary/Compensations

$120,000 - $130,000 per year

Benefits

Provided after successful completion of vacation

About the Company

Established in 2024, the Jewish Security Network (JSN) is an independent security agency dedicated to empowering the Jewish community to proactively safeguard itself.
Working in partnership with law enforcement and other security organizations, JSN promotes a culture of personal responsibility, vigilance, and preparedness.

Equal Opportunity

JSN is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization.
We adhere to barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
Should you require Code-protected accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.