Senior Crypto Threat Analyst - Terrorism

Responsibilities

• Lead counter-terrorism financing (CTF) research and investigations into cryptoasset activity linked to terrorist organizations, facilitators, propaganda and fundraising ecosystems, and operational support networks.
• Identify terrorist-financing typologies and maintain a comprehensive view of evolving CTF trends.
• Work across UN, US, UK, EU, and relevant domestic counter-terrorism designation regimes, aligning intelligence outputs with applicable legal definitions, evidentiary expectations, and customer obligations.
• Identify and integrate entities, wallet clusters, and illicit behaviors into the intelligence dataset.
• Represent CTF intelligence capabilities in client briefings, training sessions, and industry forums for compliance teams, regulators, and public-sector partners.
• Support public-sector partners with intelligence to help disrupt digital-asset facilitation networks.
• Convert investigative findings into scalable outputs, including typologies and detection logic.

Requirements

• Experience in intelligence, threat analysis, financial crime, OSINT, or related investigative fields, including illicit or terrorist financing.
• Experience in a senior or highly autonomous role, with independent judgment and strategic decision-making.
• Understanding of cryptoassets, blockchain analysis, and on-chain tracing tools.
• Experience producing clear, evidence-based intelligence reports for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to use Python, SQL, or AI-assisted querying to extract and analyze blockchain or open-source data.
• Strong analytical judgment when handling sensitive or uncertain intelligence.
• Experience with OSINT research across multiple languages and jurisdictions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across global, interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools to accelerate research workflows, pattern identification, OSINT processing, and written outputs.

Nice-to-haves

• PhD or advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Experience investigating terrorist or sanctioned actors’ use of cryptoassets.
• Fluency or working proficiency in multiple languages relevant to terrorism or illicit-finance research.
• Publications, briefings, or media contributions on threat finance or cryptoasset misuse.
• Understanding of obfuscation techniques used by illicit actors.

Compensation & Benefits

• $175,000–$215,000 annual salary.
• Hybrid working, with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.
• $650 remote-work budget for home-office setup.
• $1,000 annual learning and development budget.
• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 US public holidays.
• Birthday leave.
• 16 weeks of fully paid enhanced parental leave for eligible employees.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with premium contributions for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Mental-health support.