Role: Threat Intelligence Production Lead

Location: London/ Cheltenham (hybrid)

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

As the ACI EMEA Intelligence Production Lead, youre responsible for managing the day-to-day execution of our threat research mission, setting overall direction across five intelligence delivery areas (Espionage, Cybercrime, Geopolitical Intelligence, Dark Web, and Vulnerability). You will oversee a team of analysts, making sure their work is focused on what matters most and that outputs are clear, relevant, and useful. Your emphasis will be on generating high-quality proprietary intelligence from commercial, non-public and enterprise data sources.
You stay hands-on yourself, carrying out technical research and sharing insight across the business and with external clients. You engage in thought leadership, presenting our threat research within the security community and at external conferences and other events. You also work closely with other teams, helping ensure research supports real-world needs such as incident response, detection, and client delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Intelligence Production teams day-to-day work, setting clear expectations, and balancing individual strengths and interests with team goals

• Set the direction for the team, including maintaining priority intelligence requirements

• Advocate for the team and represent its needs effectively to stakeholders.

• Carry out your own technical research on threats, techniques, and trends

• Present research findings to internal stakeholders, clients, and at industry events and conferences in a clear and practical way

• Support ongoing incidents, threat investigations, and active threats by providing timely and relevant intelligence

• Ensure the team has access to the tools and data they need, and relevant training opportunities

• Improve how we work over time, including processes and methodologies, tooling, and ways of sharing insight