Director of Research & Insights - London
Director of Research & Insights - London at Flagright — London, GB
- Company: Flagright
- Location: London, GB
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
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 Flagright’s 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 resourceful—they figure things out with whatever tools are available
Have strong opinions and can defend them
Learn fast because they're 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
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