Principal, Regional Disputes Intelligence Lead

Control Risks

Principal managing Control Risks’ dispute support practice in the USA and Americas. Leading client engagement and business development in investigations and dispute services.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify and secure new client relationships through proactive business development efforts.
Manage and grow existing client relationships and ensure that we best meet our clients’ requirements for dispute support work.
Ensure proposals focus on our clients’ requirements and our ability to meet them, and that our proposals stay ahead of the market by incorporating clients’ feedback and service innovation.
Represent Control Risks at dispute and litigation support focused events in coordination with global disputes strategic leadership.
Delivery of consulting excellence – maintaining and developing market leading position as leading dispute intelligence firm globally.
Develop and maintain a significant profile in the investigations and asset tracing industry.
Manage and grow disputes and litigation support strategy across USA and Americas, including fostering the professional development of existing team members and identifying skills gaps in the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of professional experience in business intelligence, investigations or white-collar crime.
Demonstrating in-depth knowledge and understanding of dispute support services and the framework processes of litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Selling complex investigation and dispute support services for legal counsel across practice areas including commercial litigation, arbitration, regulatory and governance, insolvency and restructuring, white collar crime, eDiscovery and forensic investigations.
Implementing clear, objective led strategic plans to target particular client groups and service offerings
Identifying and growing new client relationships and growing a practice around this
Trusted advisor relationships with decision makers within relevant client groups.
Innovating services and successfully taking these to clients.
Effective communication skills required in order to communicate complex concepts, both orally and in writing, with clients internally and externally.
Strong analytical skills and an ability to think laterally in order to address problems facing our clients.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

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Hard Skills & Tools

InvestigationsWhite-Collar CrimeLitigation SupportAlternative Dispute ResolutionEDiscoveryForensic InvestigationsCommercial LitigationArbitrationRegulatory And GovernanceInsolvency And Restructuring

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsProblem-SolvingClient Advisory