Geopolitical Security Researcher

**Company Overview**:
Seerist stands at the forefront of threat and risk intelligence, seamlessly fusing state-of-the-art AI technology with expert human analysis in a cloud-based platform. Our mission is rooted in providing preemptive, critical insights that empower the world's preeminent organizations and vital government bodies. We are committed to protecting their people, assets, and operations through proactive threat forecasting, real-time event monitoring, and the strategic contextualization of intelligence. This approach not only informs but also catalyzes decisive action, positioning Seerist as a pivotal ally in navigating today’s complex security landscape.

**Purpose**:

- This role offers an exciting opportunity to join Seerist, a growing company that is creating the most exciting technology and tools for predictive security analysis on the market. This role will be part of a growing Technical Support team focused on ensuring that our clients have immediate indications of disruptive threat information through which they can maintain situational awareness and stay ahead of threats.

This role will directly support Seerist’s client-first mission. In this role, you will contribute to alerting clients of real-time and emerging indications of global threats and disruption. You will be responsible for researching global threats and assisting in the optimization of client threat alerting. **This is a hybrid work situation, we would like someone in the office a few days a week.**

**Role and responsibilities**:

- Knowledge of major global breaking security incidents and trends
- Interest in newsworthy global events, such as elections, security, conflict and disruption
- Research relevant information on these events, including locations, major players, affected assets and sectors
- Configure in-app alerts based on event trends, keywords, hashtags, names and locations
- Collaborate with other colleagues in Seerist, with input from our clients, to support rapid notification of political, operational, and security risk issues
- Contribute to other research for clients for report creation and delivery of written material
- Identify trends in data and conduct basic data analysis in response to requests from internal and external stakeholders

**Requirements**:

- Proven research skills, ideally in a context relevant to political, security, or operational risk issues
- Strong English-language writing skills; able to write short products with mínimal editorial review
- Understanding of political violence and security risks and how they relate to clients across a range of sectors
- Strong sense of curiosity. Willing to learn and receive feedback
- Flexibility - we’re a small company that moves and reacts quickly to the needs of our users

**Desired Qualifications**:

- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Research proficiency in additional languages
- Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing
- Attention to detail
- Experience in a similar role in security or intelligence
- Self-starter
- Technical acumen; able to synthesize major events into keywords for rapid alerting

**What **Seerist** offers**:

- An opportunity to be a part of a fast-moving organization with cutting edge technology
- A culture that is dynamic, diverse, trust-centered, and open to bold ideas
- Competitive salary, bonus plan
- Comprehensive Medical benefits
- A flexible and fun work environment that values work-life balance
- Remote and office-based work
- Favorable PTO

Seerist is an equal-opportunity employer. Seerist does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. #SF