Senior Protective Intelligence Specialist

Charlotte, VT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g. assets and data) and stewards a strong risk culture. Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights deep expertise and trusted advice so that across Vanguard leaders and crew drive faster stronger risk-informed decisions.

Within GR&S the Enterprise Security and Fraud (ES&F) sub-division is responsible for the global protection of Vanguard crew property data and client assets. We are the trusted advisors that protect the pride of Vanguard with state-of-the-art security and fraud capabilities. We are a world-class destination of highly engaged passionate and diverse talent expected to continuously learn and develop in an ever-changing security landscape.

Our crew are our greatest resource by joining our team you will build collaborative long-term relationships and enjoy a suite of benefits that includes comprehensive health and wellness care work-life balance and an investment in your future at its core.

Core Responsibilities

Protective Intelligence & Behavioral Threat Assessment

Identify collect and analyze intelligence related to threats against senior executives including fixation grievance insider risk and targeted hostility.
Conduct behavioral threat assessments focused on executive risk evaluating indicators of intent capability and imminence using structured evidencebased industry standard methodologies.
Assess executive exposure related to travel events residences offices and public appearances.
Monitor open-source proprietary and internal data sources to identify emerging or escalating risks to executives and their families.
Produce timely actionable intelligence products that directly inform executive protection posture resource allocation and decisionmaking.

Direct Support to Executive Protection Operations

Partner closely with executive protection teams to provide intelligence support for executive travel and event security; protective advance planning; elevated threat or crisis situations; instances of inappropriate approaches or communications.
Translate intelligence assessments into clear operationally relevant recommendations for EP leaders and agents.
Support real-time or nearrealtime threat monitoring during sensitive executive movements or engagements.
Serve as a trusted intelligence advisor during highrisk situations involving executive leadership.

Behavioral Threat Analysis & Tradecraft

Apply strong intelligence tradecraft including structured analytic techniques hypothesis testing bias mitigation and confidence assessment.
Conduct indepth analysis of concerning or otherwise inappropriate communications online behavior and other indicators relevant to executive targeting.
Distinguish between credible threats noncredible expressions and noiseproviding defensible wellreasoned assessments.
Maintain rigorous standards for sourcing documentation validation and analytic transparency.

Program Development & Capability Building

Contribute to the design maturation and governance of the executive protective intelligence program.
Help develop and refine: threat assessment frameworks and standards; intelligence workflows and escalation protocols; playbooks for executivespecific threat scenarios; metrics to measure program effectiveness and impact.
Identify gaps in executive threat detection assessment or response and propose innovative solutions.
Lead protective intelligence engagements and collaboration with investigations legal Crew Relations and other key internal stakeholders.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Stay current on emerging threats to executives including trends in fixation activism insider risk and online targeting.
Explore new tools data sources and analytic methods to enhance early detection and assessment of executive threats.
Contribute to a culture of curiosity learning and continuous improvement within the Vanguard physical security organization.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in intelligence studies security studies psychology criminal justice international relations or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Minimum five years of related work experience with three years experience in protective intelligence executive threat assessment or a closely related security discipline in a corporate setting.
Strong understanding of behavioral threat analysis and pathway to violence frameworks as applied to people protection and executive risk (BTAM WAVR-21 etc).
Strong opensource intelligence (OSINT) skills including the ability to identify collect evaluate and analyze publicly available information to support protective intelligence and threat assessment.
Proven ability to think critically and assess incomplete ambiguous or conflicting information.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to brief senior leaders clearly and calmly.
High ethical standards and discretion when handling sensitive executive and corporate information.

What Success Looks Like

Executive threats are identified early and assessed with clarity and confidence.
Executive protection leaders consistently rely on intelligence to inform posture planning and response.
Threat assessments are clear defensible and operationally relevant.
The executive protective intelligence program becomes more structured scalable and impactful over time.
New tools processes or analytic approaches measurably improve executive safety and decision advantage.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

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Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g. assets and data) and stewards a strong risk culture. Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights deep expertise and trusted advice so that across Vanguard leaders and crew drive faster ...