Senior Analyst – LATAM Organised Crime

Overview

Senior Analyst – LATAM Organised Crime Jobs in London Area, United Kingdom at ExTrac

Title: Senior Analyst – LATAM Organised Crime

Company: ExTrac

Location: London Area, United Kingdom

About ExTrac

ExTrac is a decision intelligence company used by governments, defence organisations, financial institutions, and corporates operating in complex, fast-moving environments. Our capabilities fuse curated data sources, domain-specific AI, and deep human expertise to transform information overload into clear, actionable foresight.

Our ambition is to become the analytical backbone that organisations rely on when geopolitical uncertainty becomes an opportunity or a strategic risk. More at extrac.ai.

The Role

As a Senior Analyst driving ExTrac's coverage of Latin America, you will build a differentiated body of analysis on the region's cartels, criminal networks, and illicit economies, with organised crime as the predominant focus alongside broader geopolitical and strategic analysis. You will place that analysis in its wider political and strategic context, with particular attention to how these dynamics intersect with US national security concerns, and turn that expertise into insight our customers cannot get elsewhere.

This role can be based in the London or the US (Miami or Tampa preferred).

What the job involves

Intelligence collection and analysis

• Lead ExTrac's analytical coverage of serious and organised crime across Latin America, with particular depth on Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador.
• Apply advanced OSINT methodologies to track cartel activity, criminal governance, trafficking routes, and armed group dynamics.
• Monitor Spanish-language media, government reporting, law enforcement releases, and social media across the region as primary source material.
• Produce geopolitical and strategic analysis of Latin American countries, covering political stability, governance, and regional diplomacy, as a complement to organised crime coverage.
• Assess how state and non-state dynamics in the region interact, for example where governance gaps, corruption, or state weakness enable criminal activity to take hold or expand.
• Track shifts in regional alignments and foreign influence in Latin America, and their implications for US national security interests.
• Assess how organised crime trends in the region intersect with, and affect, US national security interests.
• Identify emerging trends, key actors, and criminal networks before they are widely reported.

Intelligence production

• Own delivery of regular analytical products, daily, weekly, and deep-dive, derived from insight generated on ExTrac's platform.
• Produce reporting that is ready to reach customers with minimal substantive editing.
• Separate description from analysis in all outputs, apply the probability lexicon consistently, and maintain precise sourcing on platform, actor type, and alignment.
• Surface and test competing hypotheses rather than confirming first assumptions, and be clear about where the evidence runs out.
• Maintain clinical, dispassionate framing on politically-sensitive topics.
• Manage multiple concurrent deliverables and adjust priorities transparently as the picture develops.

Data and knowledge management

• Curate data strategically, based on geopolitical understanding of the region and anticipated customer needs.
• Verify data through cross-referencing and regional context; identify and help close data gaps that limit analytical coverage.
• Improve platform tagging, categorisation, and source integration for Latin America organised crime data.
• Maintain reference materials, country briefs, and actor databases covering the region.

Subject matter expertise and thought leadership

• Build and maintain deep regional expertise, spanning organised crime and wider geopolitical dynamics, that differentiates ExTrac's Latin America coverage from competitors.
• Track key actors, criminal networks, and geopolitical dynamics across the region.
• Contribute to external thought leadership, publications, briefings, or commentary, that reflects ExTrac's analytical brand in this space.

Leadership and collaboration

• Engage directly with customers to understand requirements and present findings, building credibility through analytical quality and responsiveness.
• Mentor junior analysts in research methods, analytical thinking, and house style.
• Train junior analysts on data quality standards.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of others' outputs where relevant, and help document methodology so it is not held solely by one person.

You should apply if

• Latin American organised crime, cartel dynamics, and the region's illicit economies are the subjects you already follow closely. This is the specialism you want to go deep on, not a rotation on the way to something else.
• Spanish-language sources are part of your daily reading. You are comfortable monitoring and assessing regional media, official reporting, and social platforms directly, without waiting for translation.
• You are a working analyst whose day-to-day toolkit is advanced OSINT, and you enjoy the craft of applying it to messy, fast-moving information environments, not just knowing the theory.
• Writing is one of your strengths. You can turn an ambiguous picture into a clear, evidence-based assessment under deadline, separating what the sources say from what it means.
• You are at the stage in your career where you want more than producing your own analysis: mentoring junior analysts, quality-assuring others' work, and engaging directly with customers all appeal to you.

Where this role can take you

• Grow into the recognised owner of ExTrac's Latin America capability, shaping one of the industry's most differentiated bodies of analysis on the region's criminal networks as it scales.
• Stretch beyond reporting into capability building: shaping how Latin America data is curated, tagged, and integrated on the platform, and designing the coverage that customers will need next.
• Build a public profile in the field through thought leadership, specialist research, and representing ExTrac externally on Latin American security and organised crime.
• Progress towards Lead Analyst responsibilities: owning complex multi-analyst products, managing client accounts, and leading the structured development of junior analysts.

Requirements

• At least five years' professional experience in intelligence analysis, organised crime, national security, law enforcement, or a related analytical field.
• Demonstrated ability to apply advanced OSINT methodologies to complex information environment problems, with a track record of separating description from analysis in written outputs.
• Deep, demonstrable subject matter expertise in Latin American organised crime: cartel structures, criminal governance, trafficking networks, and armed non-state actors.
• Ability to produce geopolitical and strategic analysis of Latin American countries, including political stability, governance, and regional diplomacy.
• Working knowledge of how organised crime and wider geopolitical dynamics in the region intersect with US national security interests and policy.
• Professional proficiency in Spanish, with the ability to monitor and assess Spanish-language media and source material directly.
• Experience producing intelligence products for a professional audience, applying consistent probability language and precise source attribution.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent deliverables independently, and to engage directly and credibly with customers.
• Strong data literacy, and comfort curating, verifying, and structuring data to support analytical output.

Desirable

• Prior experience covering Mexico, Colombia, or Ecuador specifically.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as security studies, Latin American studies, political science, or criminology; a master's degree or higher is advantageous.
• Experience mentoring or providing quality assurance to junior analysts.
• Existing engagement in external thought leadership, publications, briefings, or commentary, on Latin American security or organised crime.
• Security clearance.

Interview Process

We aim to ensure that each person who interviews with our team has the opportunity to showcase their experience and strengths, and to have honest conversations about whether ExTrac and the role align with their career aspirations. The process for this role is as follows:

• Initial Intro Interview with Hiring Manager – 30 Minutes
• Technical Craft Assessment – Independent Exercise (1-2 hours)
• Competency-based interview – 45 Minutes
• Senior Executive Interview – 45 Minutes

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on skills and experience.
• A generous benefits package, including Private Medical Health Insurance and an enhanced pension package
• £500/year education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval.
• 33 days of leave across the year inclusive of bank holidays.
• A role that combines mission-driven purpose with cutting-edge technology in a fast-growing company.

ExTrac AI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

ExTrac AI is committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. We confirm that this advertisement is for an active, existing open role within our organization. Please be advised that we may use artificial intelligence-driven tools to assist our recruitment team in screening, assessing, and selecting candidates for this position but all hiring decisions will be made by a member of our team.