You build the evidence base the rest of the firm relies on, combining multilingual open-source collection with verified field reporting.
This role contributes across SISG's seven service areas, in its own dimension:
- Political and security risk. Build the multilingual evidence base behind political and security risk assessments.
- Strategic intelligence and market entry. Run counterpart, market, and sector research for entry decisions.
- Crisis and access. Provide rapid, verified situational reporting during crises.
- IHL and compliance. Conduct red-flag screening and adverse-media research for compliance work.
- AI and influence threats. Detect and document coordinated inauthentic behaviour and manipulation.
- Executive and asset protection. Support protective intelligence with subject and network research.
- Training and leadership advisory. Maintain the datasets and sourcing standards that train analysts and the platform.
- An advanced university degree (Master's) in journalism, intelligence or information studies, data or computational social science, or area studies.
- A first-level degree (Bachelor's) in a relevant field, together with two additional years of qualified experience, is accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
- Minimum five years of professional experience with substantial international exposure.
- Demonstrated experience delivering work comparable to the responsibilities above, in open-source research, verification, or field reporting.
- Working proficiency in Arabic, French, or English is required, and more than one is a strong asset.
- A record of integrity, discretion, and sound judgement under pressure, and of working effectively across disciplines and cultures.
This is a project-based associate engagement, not employment. Compensation is agreed per project. You invoice SISG as an independent professional and remain responsible for your own tax and social-security obligations. Work is mainly remote, with occasional site visits. Selected associates undergo due diligence and sign confidentiality and conflict-of-interest declarations. Joining the roster does not guarantee project assignment.
Send a CV of no more than two pages and a cover letter of no more than one page, both in PDF, to associates@sisg.net, with the subject line "Associate Application, Open Source and Field Research Specialist, [Your Name]". Applications close Friday, 7 August 2026, 23:59 CEST. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
SISG selects associates on the basis of experience, capability, and judgment. We welcome applications from qualified candidates regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, or disability.
The data controller is Strategic Intelligence Solutions Group, S.L. (NIF B88917281), Avenida de Brasil 29, 28020 Madrid, Spain. We process the personal data in your application to assess your candidacy and, with your consent, to keep your details in our associate talent pool for up to 24 months. The lawful basis is your consent and pre-contractual steps taken at your request. Your data may be accessed by SISG personnel inside and outside the European Union under appropriate safeguards. You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object to, and port your data, and to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD). To exercise these rights, contact associates@sisg.net. Please do not include special category data in your application. By submitting your application, you consent to this processing.