Corporate Security Professional - Protective Intelligence Analyst

Bank of America•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

The Protective Intelligence Analyst is a senior practitioner responsible for identifying, assessing, and communicating threats and risks affecting executive leadership, critical business activities, and enterprise operations. The role serves as a trusted advisor to Executive Protection, Corporate Security, Cyber Security, Threat Management, and senior business leaders, turning intelligence into actionable protective measures and supporting informed decision-making and proactive risk mitigation. The position provides advanced intelligence analysis, executive threat assessments, strategic planning support, and cross-functional coordination. It uses physical, cyber, and open-source intelligence to anticipate emerging threats, support executive protection operations, and strengthen organizational readiness. The role also contributes to the development of protective intelligence methodologies, technologies, reporting standards, training, and procedures.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in protective intelligence, threat assessment, executive protection, intelligence analysis, law enforcement, military intelligence, federal investigations, cybersecurity intelligence, or a related security discipline.
Demonstrated experience supporting executive protection programs through intelligence-led risk identification, threat monitoring, and security planning.
Strong knowledge of protective intelligence methodologies, threat assessment frameworks, behavioral threat indicators, and executive risk management principles.
Experience collecting and analyzing intelligence using OSINT, social media intelligence, public records, commercial databases, and other intelligence sources.
Experience assessing and communicating physical, cyber-enabled, reputational, insider, and geopolitical threats.
Strong research skills, including the ability to quickly research and analyze complex and unfamiliar topics.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to support a wide range of stakeholders up to senior leaders, deliver briefings, and synthesize large volumes of data for different audiences.
Ability to prepare concise, executive-level intelligence reports, briefings, and recommendations.
Experience working in complex, fast-paced, highly sensitive environments requiring discretion, sound judgment, and confidentiality.
Ability to build trusted partnerships across security, technology, risk, legal, and business functions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Intelligence Studies, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, International Relations, Cybersecurity, Public Safety, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience supporting executive security programs within a global corporation, financial institution, government agency, intelligence community, or military organization.
Familiarity with travel risk management, executive event security, crisis management, and incident response operations.
Experience using threat intelligence platforms, investigative tools, geospatial intelligence, and advanced analytic technologies.
Understanding of cyber threat intelligence and its application to executive and organizational risk.
Ability to adapt to changing business needs and balance competing priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

Analyze threats, vulnerabilities, and emerging risks affecting executives, their families, corporate facilities, and business operations, and recommend mitigation and protection measures.
Partner with Executive Protection teams to inform protective operations, executive travel, and high-profile engagements with current intelligence, threat assessments, and situational awareness.
Develop executive-level intelligence reports, threat briefings, travel assessments, risk summaries, and other products supporting protective decisions and operational planning.
Apply advanced analytical methods to identify patterns, evaluate threats, and assess potential physical, cyber-enabled, geopolitical, criminal, activist, insider, and reputational impacts.
Conduct sophisticated open-source intelligence collection and analysis to identify emerging threats, monitor public sentiment, assess adversarial activity, and support protection and investigative efforts.
Coordinate intelligence sharing and risk discussions across Protective Intelligence, Executive Protection, Cyber Security, Threat Management, Incident Response, and other security partners.
Collaborate with Information Security and Cyber Intelligence teams to identify converged threats and incorporate digital and physical risk indicators into executive security planning.
Provide intelligence support during security incidents affecting executives or critical business operations, including timely threat assessments, situational updates, and analytical recommendations.
Brief Corporate Security leadership, Executive Protection leaders, and other stakeholders on significant threat developments, emerging trends, and executive risk considerations.
Develop and maintain relationships with law enforcement, intelligence agencies, industry partners, and information-sharing organizations.
Provide intelligence assessment, monitoring, and risk analysis for executive travel, public appearances, shareholder meetings, and other high-profile events.
Contribute to the development of protective intelligence methodologies, technologies, reporting standards, training programs, and operating procedures.