Senior Expert - Tech & Innovation Thought Leadership

Role overview

Economist Enterprise is the B2B division of The Economist Group. We help organisations understand global economic, geopolitical and technological change, make better strategic decisions and reach influential audiences through Information Services and Media Solutions. Grounded in The Economist Group ’ s values of independence, integrity and progress, Economist Enterprise brings together rigorous analysis, trusted insight and powerful channels of engagement to help leaders act with confidence in a volatile world.

The role of Senior Expert, Tech & Innovation plays an important part in shaping and delivering Economist Enterprise ’ s work across both:

• Information Services, particularly EIU ’ s subscription-facing analysis and forecasting; and
• Media Solutions, particularly sponsored thought leadership, research, content and initiatives in Technology & Innovation.

This role sits within the Global Head, Tech & Innovation team, reporting to the Global Head, Tech & Innovation, and has a strong global mandate. The Senior Expert will help design and deliver high-quality research, analysis and thought leadership on the technologies and innovation systems transforming economies, industries and societies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence, frontier technologies, digital infrastructure, competitiveness and innovation policy.

The role is primarily one of content and intellectual leadership: shaping distinctive research programmes, ensuring analytical rigour, sharpening editorial quality and developing compelling, policy‑relevant insight for senior business, government and investor audiences. It also includes a meaningful EIU subscription component, with responsibility for contributing to technology and telecoms industry forecasts and analysis, helping to deliver current coverage while supporting the development of new, differentiated subscription products and IP in the tech space.

The expected split may vary depending on business need, but is likely to be approximately one‑third EIU subscription work and two‑thirds sponsored thought leadership and related content.

A successful Senior Expert will combine strong subject‑matter expertise in Tech & Innovation with editorial judgement, analytical strength, intellectual curiosity and excellent written and oral communication skills. They will be comfortable working across both client‑funded and subscription products, upholding Economist Enterprise ’ s editorial standards while delivering clear value to clients, subscribers and target audiences.

• Serve as the Senior Expert on sponsored thought leadership programmes aligned with Technology & Innovation, with a particular focus on global themes in artificial intelligence, frontier technologies and innovation policy.
• Design and develop high‑quality programmes and oversee the production of reports, briefing papers, articles, executive briefs, multimedia content and other outputs, ensuring they reflect the latest trends, offer genuinely new insight and meet Economist Enterprise standards.
• Design, direct and leverage research teams to produce original insight and analysis using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Provide strong content leadership across projects, setting the intellectual direction of programmes and ensuring outputs are analytically rigorous, editorially sharp and relevant to target audiences.
• Write and communicate in clear, Economist‑style, jargon‑free prose.
• Undertake qualitative interviews with experts and stakeholders to inform the production of high‑quality insight and content.
• Direct external contributors and edit content outputs to ensure they meet quality standards and deliver value to clients and audiences.
• Manage multiple research projects and client relationships simultaneously.
• Take initial responsibility for quality of content outputs, day‑to‑day programme delivery and client satisfaction, working closely with partnership and commercial colleagues where relevant.
• Present interim and final deliverables to clients and stakeholders.

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