Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information access.
8+ years of experience in cultural, regional, or geopolitical advisory services.
5+ years of intelligence analysis experience in defense or national security contexts.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
Expert knowledge of Chinese history, culture, and current events from substantial immersion or study.
Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, with strong analytic writing and presentation skills.
Experience in advanced online research and source validation.
Responsibilities
Provide expert analysis of Chinese cultural and political developments.
Analyze socio-cultural and technological trends affecting mission areas.
Apply regional expertise to intelligence assessments and operational planning.
Conduct advanced research using diverse digital information sources.
Evaluate source credibility and information reliability according to analytic standards.
Integrate information to assess threats and opportunities in the mission environment.
Produce clear intelligence products and briefings for stakeholders.
Benefits
Collaborative work environment with diverse teams.
Opportunities for professional development and training.
Access to advanced research tools and resources.
Engagement in impactful intelligence and operational missions.
Full Job Description
Position Overview
Clear Fracture is seeking a China Cultural and Regional Intelligence Subject Matter Expert to provide authoritative cultural, political, social, linguistic, and operational context in support of intelligence and mission requirements. The successful candidate will help customers understand developments within the People's Republic of China and the broader Chinese-speaking environment by integrating regional expertise with disciplined intelligence analysis and advanced open-source research.
This role requires the ability to evaluate complex and sometimes conflicting information, identify relevant cultural and regional implications, and communicate assessments clearly to operational and strategic audiences. Key Responsibilities
Provide expert analysis of Chinese history, culture, politics, society, institutions, language, and current events.
Apply cultural and regional expertise to intelligence assessments, operational planning, threat analysis, targeting support, and trend identification.
Conduct advanced research using publicly available information, social media, commercial datasets, specialized research platforms, and other authorized digital information environments.
Evaluate source credibility, information reliability, bias, provenance, and relevance in accordance with established analytic tradecraft.
Integrate information from disparate sources to characterize the mission environment and assess threats, risks, opportunities, and potential second-order effects.
Produce clear, concise, and well-supported written intelligence products, briefings, assessments, and executive-level summaries.
Monitor significant regional events and provide timely analysis of their operational, strategic, or organizational implications.
Review strategic and tactical guidance relevant to cyberspace, counterintelligence, and broader intelligence operations.
Support intelligence planning activities and recommend adjustments to collection, research, and production priorities.
Develop and maintain intelligence task lists, production schedules, and requirements-tracking mechanisms.
Coordinate intelligence production requests, responsibilities, dependencies, deadlines, and deliverables across mission partners and functional teams.
Brief customers and internal stakeholders on complex regional developments, analytic judgments, confidence levels, and intelligence gaps.
Collaborate with technical personnel, analysts, linguists, data scientists, and operational stakeholders to ensure that products are culturally informed, analytically rigorous, and responsive to mission requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. Current TS/SCI access may be required before performance begins.
Eight or more years of professional experience providing cultural, regional, linguistic, geopolitical, or related advisory services.
Five or more years of intelligence analysis experience supporting operational, strategic, defense, national security, law enforcement, or comparable mission environments.
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
Four additional years of directly relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
Demonstrated expert knowledge of Chinese history, culture, politics, society, institutions, media, and current events acquired through substantial regional immersion, advanced academic study, language training, or sustained professional application.
Demonstrated experience producing intelligence assessments, reports, briefings, or other analytic products for operational or strategic customers.
Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese.
Ability to interpret regional terminology, political language, cultural references, colloquial usage, and relevant linguistic nuances.
Strong analytic writing, briefing, and presentation skills.
Experience monitoring regional events and assessing their operational or strategic impact.
Demonstrated experience conducting advanced online research across publicly available internet sources, social media platforms, commercial datasets, specialized databases, and other authorized digital environments.
Working knowledge of internet research methods, metadata analysis, social media research, online identity resolution, source validation, and digital information environments.
Ability to apply historical, cultural, political, and linguistic context to current events, targeting support, risk assessments, and trend analysis.
Ability to manage competing requirements, coordinate across multiple stakeholders, and meet time-sensitive production deadlines.
Excellent judgment, communication skills, discretion, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of Office of the Director of National Intelligence analytic standards.
Familiarity with Department of Defense estimative language, evaluative criteria, and intelligence production practices.
Experience supporting counterintelligence collection, functional services, investigations, analysis, or operations.
Understanding of national and defense guidance applicable to counterintelligence and intelligence activities.
Experience conducting intelligence planning, requirements management, collection support, or production coordination.
Familiarity with the United States Intelligence Community and experience supporting Department of Defense or Intelligence Community customers.
Experience analyzing Chinese military, political, economic, technological, cyber, influence, or information activities.
Experience working within a global, multilingual, or multicultural organization.
Professional proficiency in Cantonese or another language relevant to the assigned mission.
Graduate education in Chinese studies, international relations, intelligence studies, political science, history, security studies, linguistics, or a related discipline.
