Manager, Government

We don’t just talk, we do. Lead the change with us. At the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, we work with political leaders around the world to drive change. We help governments turn bold ideas into reality so they can deliver for their people. We do it by advising on strategy, policy and delivery, unlocking the power of technology across all three.

And by sharing what we learn on the ground, so everyone can benefit. We do it to build more open, inclusive and prosperous countries for people everywhere.

The Tony Blair Institute’s Geopolitics practice helps political leaders and governments translate systemic shifts in the global order into concrete strategic advantage — from strengthening bilateral and regional engagements to building resilient supply chains to positioning on AI, technology standards, and emerging governance frameworks. The Manager will be a core member of the Geopolitics practice, contributing to the production of strategic advisory products for senior government clients — including heads of state, ministers, national security advisors, and sovereign wealth fund leadership.

The role involves leading analytical work streams, producing client‑ready briefs and strategy documents, supporting scenario exercises and wargaming, and contributing to business development for new government advisory engagements. This is a role for someone who combines deep knowledge of international affairs with the structured problem‑solving and communication discipline required to advise at the most senior levels of government. The successful candidate will work across a range of geopolitical issues — great‑power competition, institutional positioning, peace diplomacy, economic statecraft, security architecture, and technology governance — and produce outputs that are analytical, judgement‑driven, and decision‑ready.

• Lead analytical work streams within client engagements, producing strategic briefs, bilateral partnership strategies, regional strategies, doctrine papers, scenario analyses, and policy assessments to a standard suitable for minister‑level audiences
• Conduct structured geopolitical analysis using frameworks such as driver‑constraint‑balance assessments, actor‑level analysis, and scenario construction to generate sharp, non‑obvious insights aligned to client priorities
• Draft and deliver high‑quality written outputs — executive summaries, strategic assessments, institutional positioning papers, and rapid‑reaction briefs — with strong narrative architecture, analytical density, and clear bottom‑line judgements
• Engage directly with client counterparts to understand requirements, present findings, and build trusted advisory relationships with senior government officials
• Contribute to scenario exercises, tabletop crisis simulations, and red team assessments, including preparation of scenario materials, facilitation support, and synthesis of findings
• Support business development activities, including scoping new advisory opportunities, developing proposals for prospective government clients, and contributing to thought leadership that strengthens the practice’s profile
• Monitor and analyse geopolitical developments — producing rapid strategic assessments when events break and maintaining situational awareness across the practice’s priority regions and issues
• Collaborate across TBI’s broader platform, connecting geopolitical analysis to the Institute’s strategy, policy, delivery, and technology work streams where relevant to client needs

Professional Background

• Foreign policy or national security:
  Experience in a head‑of‑government office, national security council, or foreign ministry in a policy‑shaping role — such as a policy planning unit, bilateral desk, or multilateral negotiation team. Experience with in a G20 government or a regional leader country would be an advantage
• Intelligence analysis:
  Experience as an analyst in a national intelligence agency, ideally in a regional analysis, strategic assessment, or all‑source intelligence role, with exposure to producing analytical products for senior policymaker consumption
• Political risk or…