Job Summary

Join a high-performing Global Research division of 54 analysts across London, New York, Singapore, and Dubai.

Our team delivers independent, regulated research to global market clients, with specialist coverage spanning macroeconomics, digital assets, geopolitics, and emerging markets. You will work alongside a diverse set of researchers, including the bank’s dedicated geopolitical specialist, to produce thought-leading publications that shape market conversations.

We are seeking a Geopolitical Research Analyst & Economist to produce high-quality research papers, insights, and thought leadership for external clients and internal stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone with strong geopolitical or economic expertise who can translate complex global developments into clear, actionable intelligence for financial markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research on geopolitical, economic, and financial market developments, incorporating global and emerging-market perspectives.
• Write, edit, and publish independent research papers, ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, and timely market relevance.
• Produce both scheduled publications and ad hoc, event-driven reports in response to fast-moving global developments.
• Present insights to external clients, media outlets, and internal sales teams, clearly articulating themes and implications.
• Work closely with colleagues across the global research hubs to generate cross-discipline insights.

Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree required, ideally in Political Science, International Relations, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of financial markets and macro/microeconomic concepts.
• Ability to produce qualitative, data-informed research suitable for senior market audiences.
• Experience in a research, think-tank, government, or quantitative research environment with a proven track record of high-quality analysis.
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to simplify complexity and create engaging, thought-leading content.
• Fluency in English is essential; additional European or Emerging Market languages are a strong advantage.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.