Senior Technology Intelligence Analyst

You’ll be peering into cutting-edge technology being built in labs around the world and speaking to a lot of scientists. We’re on the hunt for someone with a strong academic background in physics and exceptional writing ability who can get to grips quickly with new and emerging technologies. Someone who enjoys thinking, writing and speaking about the latest breakthrough advances – from scaling direct capture of CO₂ from air to using quantum hardware for running machine learning algorithms – and everything in between.

You’ll help to lead our project delivering team, our huge community of science and technology experts (to crowdsource their collective intelligence) and design studios. By assimilating deep tech research and foresight into client-ready deliverables, you’ll help the R&D divisions of global companies and government agencies be at the forefront of innovation.

• Learn about a wide range of deep tech topics, proactively broadening your knowledge across many emerging fields
• Participate in client calls, translating requirements into new projects
• Interview innovators, pioneers and leaders in startups and university labs
• Review and integrate research outputs into client-ready written content with strong visual impact
• Help to evolve our crowdsourcing methodology and tools for tech foresight, horizon scanning, trend forecasting and scouting
• Maintain our unwavering pursuit of exceptional quality, providing constructive feedback to contributors
• Lead projects for existing clients, ensuring that their desired outcomes are met
• Develop training materials
• Produce insightful and engaging thought leadership content

You are expected to gain exposure to a wide range of emerging technology topics, such as:

• AI and machine learning
• Climate data & analytics
• Digital Twins
• Human-machine interfaces

Has a BSc, MSc or PhD in Physics. Has strong technical fundamentals and enjoys engaging with complex scientific material. Is comfortable working across a broad range of technologies as a generalist. Has exposure to commercial or client-focused environments.

Scientific or technical publishing, technology patent attorney or similar role involving technical interpretation and writing, scientific communications, scientific policy.

BSc, Masters or PhD in Physics (required). Approximately 5+ years experience in tech intelligence, consulting or a broad/generalist technical role. Deep intellectual curiosity about a wide range of emerging technologies, and the ability to assimilate quickly at a high level. High level of attention to detail, care deeply about quality.

Advances in all the sciences – from robotics and genomics to climate tech and space exploration – are leaving no aspect of our lives untouched. Global challenges in the 21st Century need science, technology and the collective ingenuity of all the big brains on our planet to solve them, which is why we need you.

Outsmart Insight is a technology intelligence company at the intersection of where deep tech meets the future. Our focus is on emerging, breakthrough and next-generation technologies. We specialise in horizon scanning, technology monitoring, trend forecasting and innovation scouting, enabling FTSE 100 companies, venture capital firms, multinational R&D and government agencies to be at the forefront of next-generation technology. Quality delivered every time.