Director of Research & Insights London

About Flagright:

Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies large banks fintechs and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection automated investigations and intelligent decisioning helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime.

We operate as a lean high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role overview:

Our Marketing team drives our brand presence across target markets. From customer engagements to integrated campaigns they champion Flagrights story drive pipeline acceleration and help customers discover our value through strategic impactful programs.

We are hiring a Director of Research & Insights to lead how Flagright produces and publishes industry insights positioning us as a trusted thought leader in financial crime compliance. You will own the research agenda end to end identifying key themes conducting deep analysis and translating findings into high-quality reports and perspectives that shape industry conversations.

You will work closely with Product Sales customers and industry experts to research emerging trends regulatory developments and evolving risks across financial institutions and fintechs. You will turn these insights into clear data-driven narratives and uphold a high standard of rigor clarity and originality in everything we publish.

People who thrive at Flagright:

• Have been knocked down before and gotten back up

• Are resourcefulthey figure things out with whatever tools are available

• Have strong opinions and can defend them

• Learn fast because theyre hungry

• Want to work with no-BS people building something important

People who struggle here:

• Need extensive hand-holding

• View high expectations as unreasonable

• Actually prioritize work-life balance

• Cant handle ambiguity or rejection

• Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities:

• Define and own Flagrights research and insights agenda ensuring topics are timely relevant and aligned with commercial priorities

• Conduct research on market trends regulatory developments emerging risks compliance operations customer challenges and product-relevant themes

• Write produce and publish research-led content including reports whitepapers executive perspectives regulatory briefs and insight articles

• Provide pre and post sales teams with expert support in specific customer scenarios surrounding AML and regulatory topics

• Act as editor-in-chief for Flagrights flagship publications maintaining editorial quality analytical rigor and consistency

• Interview customers partners internal teams and external subject-matter experts to gather primary insights and validate research perspectives

• Partner with the Financial Crime Industry Engagement lead and other experts to incorporate practitioner perspectives into research outputs

• Translate product capabilities customer experiences and market signals into clear narratives that support positioning and campaigns

• Turn events roundtables webinars and customer conversations into structured insights and follow-on content

• Build internal research processes source standards editorial frameworks and repeatable formats for insight production

• Maintain high standards for accuracy clarity originality and source quality

Who we are looking for:

• Strong working knowledge of AML financial crime fraud sanctions compliance regulatory developments or financial services risk

• Demonstrated experience producing research-led content such as reports whitepapers industry analysis regulatory briefs or executive perspectives

• Strong research synthesis and analytical skills with the ability to turn complex topics into clear and useful narratives

• Excellent writing and editorial judgment for enterprise technical financial services or regulated audiences

• Experience interviewing experts customers practitioners or stakeholders to extract meaningful insights

• Ability to translate product capabilities and customer pain points into compelling market narratives

• Strong attention to accuracy source quality and editorial consistency

• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Marketing Product Sales customers and external experts

• Self-directed proactive and able to take ownership from concept to publication

• Based in or near London with right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship not available)

Preferred experience

• Experience in financial crime compliance risk regtech fintech banking enterprise SaaS analyst research advisory content or technical content

• Experience building or contributing to a research/editorial agenda

• Familiarity with transaction monitoring AML screening investigations fraud sanctions regulatory compliance or compliance operations

• Experience working with senior subject-matter experts to produce credible market-facing content

What we offer:

• Direct exposure to leadership and influence on publications

• Product with clear real-world differentiation

• High-bar environment focused on execution learning and continuous improvement

• Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

• Work alongside a highly competent top-tier team including professionals from Y Combinator ex AWS and Palantir

• Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment minimal meetings and an asynchronous communications culture

Required Experience:

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