Director of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence

Cambridge Aerospace; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private medical and dental cover

Cycle to work scheme

Lunchtime catering on site

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace invites a Director of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence to lead the intelligence and analytical capability supporting strategic decisions across the business. You will combine market analysis, competitive intelligence and forward-looking assessments to identify opportunities and guide long-term strategy.

You will develop forecasting models, executive reporting and decision-support tools, while building an analytics team and coordinating with existing intelligence functions

Qualifications

• Significant experience in strategic intelligence, market analytics or corporate strategy.
• Strong forecasting, market sizing and decision-support skills.
• Ability to interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data for actionable recommendations.
• Experience leading analytics teams and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic intelligence activities assessing defence trends and geopolitics.
• Develop market and competitor intelligence on spending and programmes.
• Oversee quantitative analysis including TAM/SAM/SOM and country attractiveness.
• Develop forecasting models, dashboards and decision-support frameworks.
• Produce intelligence briefings and executive forecasts.
• Build and manage the analytics team coordinating with existing functions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical judgment

Communicating complex findings

Tools

Python

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Director of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence

Overview

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Director, Strategic Analytics & Intelligence to lead the intelligence and analytical capability supporting strategic decisions across the business. You will combine market analysis, competitive intelligence and forward-looking assessments of the global defence environment to identify emerging opportunities, anticipate threats and guide long-term strategy. This role brings together strategic intelligence and quantitative analysis, translating complex market, geopolitical and technological information into actionable insights. You will develop forecasting models, executive reporting and decision-support tools, while building a specialist analytics team and coordinating with existing company intelligence functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic intelligence activities, assessing defence trends, geopolitical developments, emerging technologies and future warfare concepts
• Develop market and competitor intelligence covering defence spending, procurement programmes, customer priorities and competitive threats
• Oversee quantitative analysis including market sizing (TAM, SAM and SOM), country attractiveness, growth pipelines, win rates and portfolio performance
• Develop forecasting models, dashboards and analytical frameworks to support strategic, investment and resource allocation decisions
• Produce intelligence briefings, future threat assessments, strategic forecasts and executive decision-support reports
• Build and manage the analytics team, initially including a Senior Data Analyst, coordinating closely with existing intelligence functions

Requirements

• Significant experience in strategic intelligence, market analytics, corporate strategy or a comparable analytical leadership role
• Strong understanding of market intelligence, competitive analysis, forecasting and strategic research
• Proven ability to interpret complex quantitative and qualitative information and provide actionable recommendations
• Experience developing analytical models, dashboards and decision-support frameworks
• Excellent commercial and strategic judgement, with the ability to identify opportunities and assess emerging threats
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, including communicating complex findings to senior decision-makers

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in defence, aerospace, national security or a related industry
• Understanding of global defence procurement, military capability development and emerging defence technologies
• Experience assessing geopolitical risk, defence spending trends and international markets
• Familiarity with Python, SQL, Power BI, Tableau or equivalent analytical tools
• Experience establishing or scaling an intelligence or analytics function
• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private medical and dental cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lunchtime catering on site

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air - low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We're building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them - at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world's best venture funds. We're one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in history. And we're hiring the best talent to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.