Director of Research & Insights - London

People who struggle here:

• Need extensive hand-holding

• View high expectations as “unreasonable”

• Actually prioritize work-life balance

• Can’t handle ambiguity or rejection

• Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities:

• Define and own Flagright’s 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

• Act as editor-in-chief for Flagright’s 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

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