Research Executive - Futurist

• Conduct horizon scanning across social, technological, economic, environmental, political and regulatory areas.
• Identify and document trends, weak signals and potential disruptions.
• Analyse implications for customers, markets and business models.
• Support the creation of scenarios, trend radars and foresight frameworks.
• Prepare materials for future-thinking workshops.
• Gather, clean and analyse data to understand customer and market directions.
• Track leading indicators and highlight significant changes, opportunities or risks.
• Use approved analytics and AI tools to support forecasting.
• Prepare evidence-based projections with clear assumptions and limitations.
• Monitor competitors, related industries, emerging technologies and new business models.
• Maintain competitor profiles, intelligence trackers and market updates.
• Analyse how market changes may impact revenue, brand and customer experience.
• Draft alerts on emerging threats and opportunities.
• Support identification of new growth opportunities.
• Summarise findings into clear reports and presentations for executives.
• Provide analysis to assist strategy and innovation teams.
• Work with internal stakeholders and research partners to deliver agreed outputs.
• Highlight important signals and emerging risks with supporting evidence.

• Bachelor's degree in economics, data science, strategic management, anthropology, business, research or a related field.
• About 3 to 5 years of experience in research, market intelligence, analytics, strategy or related areas.
• Experience with trends, forecasting, futures thinking or predictive analysis is preferred.
• Certification in strategic foresight or analytics is an advantage.

Apply on the employer's application page. The closing date for applications is Friday, 6 November 2026.