News Analyst

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world. At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful.

The Role

Step into the dynamic role of News Analyst, where your expertise in regional and geopolitical developments across Sweden and Europe becomes a driving force for innovation. In this position, you’ll be at the forefront of real-time event labeling and curation—monitoring, triaging, and tagging public information as events unfold, with a sharp focus on the Swedish and European landscape. Your analytical skills will shine as you accurately classify and categorize events and entities, ensuring that every detail is captured with precision.

But your impact doesn’t stop there. You’ll play a pivotal role in identifying and correcting errors in automated data labeling, providing essential human-in-the-loop feedback that directly enhances the performance of our AI models. With a keen eye on quality, you’ll continuously monitor and analyze our data feeds, making swift, informed decisions—even when faced with incomplete information. This is your opportunity to shape how we understand and respond to the world’s most pressing events, all while working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, ideally with a concentration in: Economics, International Relations, Journalism, Communications/PR, Political Science, or a closely related field strongly preferred
• Work Background in journalism and reporting is preferred
• Familiarity and good understanding of all active social media platforms in Sweden is required.
• Deep understanding of geopolitical and risk issues that affect Sweden and Europe
• Fluency in both Swedish and English (C1) required
• Proven ability to quickly analyze and interpret information from multiple, high-volume sources;
  
  

exceptional attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy

• Passion for breaking news, current world events, technology, complimented with a strong
  
  

understanding of both social media and publicly-available data

• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently within a team