Vice President, Strategic and Threat Intelligence

• Lead and oversee intelligence professionals identifying, analyzing, and predicting risks, emerging threats, and regulatory trends
• Develop finished intelligence products using proactive and predictive analytics
• Partner with technical experts across Regulatory Operations and serve as a bridge between technical expertise and strategic intelligence dissemination
• Identify and evaluate risks and threats at product, market, and industry levels
• Advise senior management and business stakeholders on regulatory oversight, emerging risks, and intelligence-driven initiatives
• Drive strategic discussions, decisions, and cross-departmental initiatives
• Recommend improvements supporting investor protection and market integrity
• Build relationships with FINRA, the SEC, regulators, law enforcement agencies, intelligence partners, and market infrastructure providers
• Represent FINRA at committees, task forces, conferences, and public speaking events
• Lead intelligence operations and oversee strategic intelligence products, assessments, briefings, and communications
• Develop intelligence frameworks, collection strategies, standards, and dissemination protocols
• Monitor financial-services developments and emerging risks
• Supervise, develop, and mentor subject-matter experts, intelligence specialists, and other staff
• Create annual plans, set priorities, manage resources, and oversee staffing, training, technology, and budgets
• Attract, develop, and retain talent and foster a high-performing culture
• Communicate complex intelligence assessments and technical data to internal and external audiences
• Promote collaboration, intelligence sharing, and success of intelligence and analytics initiatives

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, from an accredited college or university
• Minimum ten years' experience in intelligence collection, analysis, dissemination, and planning
• Deep expertise in developing and executing intelligence-cycle and threat/strategic-intelligence strategies
• Extensive knowledge of intelligence structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development
• Strong knowledge of collection requirements and experience driving collection, identifying collection gaps, and developing intelligence products
• Substantial knowledge of U.S. broker-dealer regulation and operations
• Familiarity with financial regulation and oversight of market participants, financial markets, and products
• Experience adapting technology innovation to business problems through software products and analytics
• Proven ability to act independently in an unstructured environment and develop initiatives
• Proven leadership skills across compliance, risk, intelligence, data analytics, and technology disciplines
• Strategic and critical thinking skills
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Sound judgment, integrity, ethical behavior, and transparency
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple complex assignments and tight deadlines
• Law degree, advanced business degree, or other graduate degree preferred
• Previous broker-dealer or financial-institution experience preferred
• Experience with financial products, market operations, intelligence methodologies, or related specialized areas preferred
• Extended hours and overnight travel as needed
• Employees must comply with FINRA investment restrictions and financial disclosure requirements

Demonstrates deep expertise in intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination, with a strong focus on regulatory oversight and market integrity. Proven ability to lead strategic discussions and initiatives while fostering collaboration and mentoring within intelligence operations.

• Intelligence Collection
• Regulatory Oversight
• Strategic Intelligence Development
• Data Analytics
• Leadership in Compliance

• Intelligence Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Risk Assessment
• Intelligence Cycle Execution
• Collection Requirements Development
• Financial Regulation Knowledge
• Market Operations Expertise
• Intelligence Methodologies
• Technical Data Communication
• Strategic Planning

• Strong Written Communication
• Verbal Presentation Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Organizational Skills
• Sound Judgment

• Bachelor's Degree
• Law Degree Preferred
• Advanced Business Degree Preferred

• FINRA
• SEC
• Broker-Dealer Regulation
• Financial Markets
• Market Integrity
• Intelligence Frameworks
• Compliance
• Risk Management
• Financial Products
• Intelligence Operations