About the Role
The successful candidate will play a leading role in the management and delivery of complex corporate intelligence matters relating to the Former Soviet Union region, combining investigative expertise, project management, and client relationship skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage complex investigative engagements from scoping through to delivery, ensuring high standards and timely completion.
- Analyze information from diverse sources to produce accurate findings.
- Conduct human source inquiries across the Former Soviet Union, building the team’s regional network.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, including presenting findings via verbal briefings and presentations to senior stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for additional project work and contribute to client relationship growth.
- Develop S-RM’s research capabilities, knowledge base, and professional network across the Former Soviet Union region.
- Mentor and support analysts, sharing expertise and promoting high-quality investigative standards.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of investigative best practice.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in the Corporate Intelligence/Strategic Intelligence industry.
- Proven ability to read and research to a high standard in Russian.
- Experience leading complex engagements, including in-depth due diligence, high-stakes investigations, and market entry analyses, with a focus on Former Soviet Union/Central Eastern Europe jurisdictions.
- Deep understanding of political, economic, commercial, and legal dynamics across the Former Soviet Union region.
- Excellent open source research skills and confidence in conducting regional human source inquiries.
- Proven ability to effectively plan, staff, and manage Corporate Intelligence projects within budget and timelines.
- Accountability for the work of other team members, quality assurance, and client deliverables.
- Demonstrable experience in client communication and relationship building, including request scoping and project proposals.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including providing clear and constructive feedback.
- Experience in mentoring and managing junior colleagues, sharing best practice, and upholding quality standards.
- Permission to work in the UK.
Skills
- Russian language proficiency
- Foreign language proficiency (desirable)
- Investigative expertise
- Project management
- Client relationship management
- Information analysis
- Human source inquiries
- Open source research
- Client communication
- Team leadership
- Mentoring
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- 5+ years in Corporate Intelligence/Strategic Intelligence
Benefits
- 25-30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance with Vitality
- Virtual GP and Second Medical Opinion services
- Various gym discounts
- Dental insurance with BUPA
- Life insurance (4x annual salary)
- Pension scheme with company match
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Free access to Headspace mindfulness app
- Free mortgage support services
- Online discount hub
- Seasonal flu vaccination
- Eye tests and glasses reimbursement
- Formalised Recognition programme
- Flexible working hours
- Fertility treatment leave
- Season ticket loan (after probation)
- Cycle to work scheme (after probation)
- Maternity leave (26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay)
- Paternity leave (6 weeks full pay)
About the Company
- S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy.
- Since 2005, S-RM has helped companies, governments, and private individuals solve complex challenges.
- Committed to developing sharp, curious, enthusiastic people who think critically, solve problems, and achieve success.
- Invests in people's wellbeing, learning, and ideas.
Equal Opportunity
- Nurtures a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Dedicated to developing a workforce with a variety of talents, experiences, and perspectives.
