Senior China Research Analyst

Datenna is a fast-growing tech scale-up combining cutting-edge OSINT and AI technologies to provide governments with critical insights into China's techno-economic landscape. Our platform transforms open-source intelligence into actionable insights through advanced data processing and analysis. The Role: Do you enjoy turning complex data into strategic insights that drive critical decisions? As a Senior China Research Analyst, you will lead analytical research projects for our government clients. You'll turn their most pressing questions about China's technology, industrial, and defence-industrial landscape into data-driven reports and the datasets behind them. You'll work with Datenna's data on patents, procurement, research funding, and companies, and go beyond it when a question demands, to find the patterns and connections that inform high-stakes policy and security decisions. You'll independently manage several client research projects at a time, from scoping through final delivery, using both qualitative and quantitative analysis across China's corporate, academic, defence, and technology sectors. Client questions often start ambiguous and open-ended, and topics range widely, from advanced materials to semiconductors and aerospace. You'll work through uncertainty, get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar technologies, design creative analytical approaches when the path isn't obvious, and refine your research direction as new information emerges. The role needs strong C