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Senior Executive Protection; Lead

Job in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, 33747, USA
Listing for: Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-29
Job specializations:
  • Security
    Security Management & Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Executive Protection (Lead)
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* Key Responsibilities:

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* ** Lead Protective Operations and Detail Command:*
* - Lead and participate in close protection operations for executives during travel, meetings, events, daily movements, residential activity, aviation operations, and high-profile engagements.

- Serve as detail leader or senior agent-in-charge for assigned operations, including pre-mission planning, team briefings, role assignments, overwatch, movement control, immediate decision-making, and post-operation debriefs.

- Direct, mentor, and quality-control the work of junior agents, contract personnel, drivers, vendors, and supporting security staff during protective operations.

- Make real-time protective decisions involving route changes, venue access, emergency rerouting, separation from crowds, medical response, law enforcement coordination, and cancellation or modification recommendations.

** Advanced Advance Work, Travel Security, and Global Mobility:*
* - Plan, coordinate, and execute advanced domestic and international protective advances, including venue, hotel, airport/FBO, medical, route, transportation, safe-haven, emergency evacuation, communications, and contingency planning.

- Develop written operational plans, movement orders, communication plans, emergency action plans, and trip security packages for executive travel and high-profile events.

- Coordinate with GSOC/intelligence personnel, aviation, travel, event teams, hotels, local security providers, law enforcement, medical resources, and third-party protective partners.

- Assess geopolitical, terrorism, protest, crime, health, transportation, cyber, reputational, and environmental risks that may affect travel or executive activity.

** Protective Intelligence, Threat Assessment, and Investigations:*
* - Lead or support protective intelligence collection and analysis related to threats, harassment, online fixation, stalking indicators, doxxing, reputational risk, concerning communications, workplace violence indicators, and emerging risks to protected persons.

- Lead threat, incident, and protective intelligence internal investigations, including intake, triage, evidence preservation, source review, investigative documentation, escalation recommendations, and coordination with legal, HR, compliance, GSOC, and law enforcement partners.

- Produce written threat assessments, protective intelligence summaries, risk ratings, mitigation recommendations, and executive-facing briefings.

- Maintain protective profiles, intelligence notes, case files, watch lists, persons-of-interest summaries, and other documentation necessary to support operational readiness and enterprise risk visibility.

** Aviation, Residential, Office, and Event Security:*
* - Lead security planning for corporate aviation facilities, fixed-base operators, hangars, airport movements, aircraft parking/overnight status, secure boarding/disembarkation, and aircraft-adjacent access control.

- Conduct and document security assessments of executive residences, vacation properties, temporary lodging, offices, event sites, and other protected locations.

- Recommend, coordinate, and validate security equipment, alarms, video systems, access-control measures, duress/panic devices, safe-room concepts, visitor controls, and communications tools for protected locations.

- Serve as the senior protective representative for medium-to-large corporate events, executive visits, shareholder events, client events, Board meetings, and dignitary/VIP visits.

** Program Development, Governance, and Quality Control:*
* - Develop, update, and operationalize SOPs, playbooks, checklists, post orders, advance templates, travel risk templates, after-action products, and training materials for the executive protection program.

- Conduct after-action reviews, capture lessons learned, identify program gaps, and recommend corrective actions, training enhancements, technology needs, staffing changes, and process improvements.

- Support budget, procurement, vendor evaluation, contract security oversight, equipment lifecycle management, and technology integration related to executive protection operations.

- Ensure activities are conducted in compliance with applicable law, licensing requirements, privacy expectations, corporate policy, records retention requirements, and professional standards.

** Emergency Response and Crisis Leadership:*
* - Direct or support emergency response activities during protective operations, including medical response, evacuation, shelter-in-place, aircraft or vehicle incidents, civil unrest, active assailant events, natural disasters, and crisis communications.

- Serve as a senior field decision-maker during incidents, coordinating with GSOC, incident command, law enforcement, medical responders, aviation, event staff, and company leadership.

- Maintain readiness to perform protective duties while wearing personal protective equipment and to operate for extended hours during travel, crisis, or high-tempo assignments.

** Professional…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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