Executive Protection Manager

This role leads executive protection and physical security activities, developing and executing security strategies, performing risk assessments, and coordinating protective operations. It involves incident response, crisis management, and enterprise security planning within a complex business environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Leading executive protection and physical security operations for senior leaders and key business activities
  2. Conducting threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments and translating findings into protective strategies and security plans
  3. Coordinating protective operations, site security, travel security, and incident response activities with internal teams and external partners
  4. Developing, implementing, and maintaining physical security standards, procedures, and response protocols
  5. Supporting crisis management, security planning, and post-incident reviews to strengthen enterprise security operations

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience conducting threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments and documenting mitigation plans
  • Experience coordinating incident response, crisis management, and security operations with internal stakeholders and external agencies
  • Ability to travel 35-50%, on average

Nice to have

  • Master's degree
  • Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), or comparable security certification
  • Experience supporting executive protection programs in professional services, consulting, or other matrixed organizations
  • Experience developing physical security policies, standards, and procedures
  • Experience managing contract security providers or other third-party security vendors
  • Experience with access control, video surveillance, and alarm monitoring systems

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience in executive protection, physical security, or corporate security operations
  • 5+ years of experience leading executive protection programs or protective operations for senior leaders