Analyst, Strategic Intelligence and Foresight (Fixed-Term, 2 Years)

About the role

The World Economic Forum is strengthening its intelligence and foresight capabilities through the Global Strategic Intelligence Programme, which helps leaders anticipate disruption and turn expert insight into practical strategy, leadership and governance solutions. It is recruiting an Analyst for a two-year fixed-term contract to support research, analysis, synthesis and AI-enabled knowledge curation. The role works closely with Strategic Intelligence, foresight and technology teams to identify signals, trends, risks and opportunities and turn expert inputs into clear analytical outputs.

Key responsibilities

• Aggregate, structure and synthesize insights from experts, workshops, strategic intelligence sprints, research inputs and other programme activities.
• Identify emerging signals, trends, risks, opportunities and cross-cutting themes relevant to anticipatory governance, strategic intelligence and foresight.
• Apply AI-enabled research, clustering, synthesis and drafting tools to develop briefs, frameworks, toolkits, blueprints and other intelligence products, and support the development of relevant agents that could enable the process.
• Contribute to insight products such as strategic insight briefs, policy action notes, masterclass materials and case studies.
• Collaborate with teams across the Forum's Centres to integrate knowledge, expert inputs and platform capabilities into Programme deliverables.

Required profile

• 2-3 years of relevant experience in research, analysis, consulting, public policy, foresight, international affairs, innovation or a related field.
• Strong analytical judgement and the ability to turn complex, multidisciplinary information into clear insights and practical outputs.
• Demonstrated interest in global issues, emerging technologies, strategic intelligence, foresight and multistakeholder collaboration.

Required skills

• Familiarity with agentic AI, AI-enabled research, knowledge management, horizon scanning or synthesis tools, or a strong interest in applying them to strategic intelligence work.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, able to draft concise, structured and audience-ready materials.