Head of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Private medical and dental cover

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Job summary

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 opportunities and guide long‑term strategy.

You will develop forecasting models, executive reporting and decision‑support tools, while building a specialist analytics team and

Qualifications

• 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 translate complex quantitative and qualitative information into actionable recommendations.

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.

Skills

Strategic intelligence leadership

Market analytics

Forecasting

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Python

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

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 opportunities and guide long‑term strategy.

You will develop forecasting models, executive reporting and decision‑support tools, while building a specialist analytics team and