Protective Intelligence Manager

Company Overview:

Elevate your security career with Allied Universal Enhanced Protection Services, a global leader in security and threat mitigation. We specialize in risk consulting, executive protection, intelligence, investigations, and emergency response, offering exciting career opportunities for professionals passionate about security and safety. Join our innovative team committed to excellence in the security industry and make a meaningful impact. Explore key roles, such as executive protection agents, intelligence analysts, armed security operatives, x-ray screeners, and security consultants.

The Protective Intelligence Manager leads the protective intelligence function in support of executive protection, employee safety, travel risk management, event security, and broader corporate security objectives. The role is responsible for managing personnel, intelligence processes, priorities, and deliverables; overseeing the collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of actionable intelligence; and ensuring intelligence is timely, relevant, legally compliant, and aligned with client and organizational requirements.

The Protective Intelligence Manager also serves as a primary coordination point between analysts, executive protection personnel, security operations, and internal and external stakeholders.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities Essential Job Functions

* Leverage AI-driven analytics and automation platforms to streamline the production of routine intelligence products, allowing the team to focus on high-value analysis and complex threat assessments.

* Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement by regularly auditing intelligence methodologies and technological stacks; championing the adoption of innovative tools and AI-enhanced processes to eliminate redundancies and increase the velocity of actionable intelligence delivery.

* Lead the day-to-day protective intelligence program, including staffing, workflow management, prioritization, quality control, and delivery of intelligence products.

* Partner closely with Executive Protection, Event Security, and Corporate Security Operations to co-create tailored intelligence products that drive tactical decision-making, ensuring that analytical insights are directly integrated into operational planning and real-time execution.

* Plan, implement, and continuously improve intelligence reporting processes, intake procedures, escalation pathways, and dissemination practices.

* Oversee lawful monitoring of open sources, social media, approved intelligence platforms, and other authorized sources for known or emerging threats to executives, personnel, facilities, events, operations, and reputation.

* Direct the production of intelligence deliverables, including threat assessments, travel risk assessments, executive travel briefings, event risk products, incident updates, and other analytical reporting as required.

* Establish metrics, reporting, and review mechanisms that evaluate timeliness, relevance, quality, trend identification, process adherence, and post-incident corrective actions for the protective intelligence function.

* Ensure direct intelligence support to executive protection operations, including route, venue, residence, traveler, and event-related support as appropriate.

* Develop an accurate understanding of current and emerging threats, trends, warnings, indicators, and triggers that may affect the client or organization within assigned geographic or functional scope.

* Coordinate with regional security operations, GSOC personnel, investigations, event security, crisis management, and other support functions to ensure protective intelligence is integrated into operations.

* Work closely with the account leader, security leader, or designated client contact to ensure deliverables are understood, prioritized, and aligned with statements of work, service expectations, and mission requirements.

* Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners, vendors, industry peers, and public-sector contacts to improve information sharing and support mission requirements.

* Provide timely, concise, decision-ready reporting to leadership, operations personnel, and other stakeholders during routine operations and response situations.

* Gather, analyze, and present meaningful operational metrics, trends, and status reporting to senior management in a timely manner.

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in intelligence, international affairs, political science, journalism, criminal justice, security studies, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

* Minimum 5-7 years of relevant intelligence, protective intelligence, executive protection intelligence, threat assessment, or closely related corporate, government, military, or law enforcement experience.

* Prior leadership, supervisory, or program management experience in an intelligence or protective security environment.

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