Director of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence
Company: Cambridge Aerospace
Role summary
Director of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence is a full-time role at Cambridge Aerospace (remote). Posted 2026-10-14. Experience level: 10+.
- Job title
- Director of Strategic Analytics & Intelligence
- Company
- Cambridge Aerospace
- Location
- Remote
- Work arrangement
- remote
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 10+
- Date posted
- 2026-10-14
This remote Director role at Cambridge Aerospace offers a fantastic opportunity to shape strategic decisions by merging market insights with advanced analytics. You'll be instrumental in identifying new opportunities and anticipating challenges in the global defense sector, making a real impact on the company's long-term vision. It's a perfect fit for someone with deep analytical and strategic thinking skills.
Job description
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.
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