Plexal·9 days ago
9 days ago
National Security Innovation Consultant
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What you'll do
- Development of innovation hypotheses and the associated experiments and interventions which will test them
- Delivery of above experiments and interventions to yield evidence based outcomes and guidance for clients
- Design of practical models, frameworks, and approaches that help clients deliver change and transformation
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis and market research to on emerging technology, startups and innovation themes
- Forming insights into emerging technology areas, e.g. AI and data, space and telecoms, engineering biology
- Contribute towards and lead on the creation of high-impact deliverables, such as reports and presentations, for clients to inform their emerging technology strategies
- Engaging with National Security clients to understand their needs, challenges and the interventions that will support their growth
- Proactively manage regular interaction, communication, and collaboration with National Security clients and external stakeholders
- Supporting on and leading specific areas of business development by responding to client request and creating bespoke proposals
What they're looking for
- Highly organised with a good understanding of innovation, collaboration and hypothesis testing tools and methodologies
- Analytical, with the ability to think critically and to understand, interpret and articulate complex concepts
- A structured, concise communicator who can confidently use key tools including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as project management and brainstorming tools
- Competent at taking responsibility for producing high-quality deliverables and presentations for senior audiences,
- Qualitative and quantitative research skills
- Able to demonstrate awareness across technology markets and National Security and provide an outside-in perspective to clients when it comes to emerging needs, trends, opportunities, and technologies,
- Innovation, startup, research or technology background, with a passion about emerging technology and some domain expertise or interest in technology policy
- Experience with a range of hypotheses testing approaches and an ability to critically design robust experiments for clients and present findings in an accessible and compelling narrative
- Educated to a Bachelor-degree level or equivalent
- Personally resilient, with the ability to stay focused on the overall objective, responding to challenges in a calm and measured way
- Energised by the challenges and opportunities presented by working for a high-growth company
- Passionate about the development of emerging technology
Nice to have
- Experience in one or more of following tech areas are a plus: space, telecoms, AI, data, quantum, semiconductors, Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
- Pre-existing SC welcome
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Plexal
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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