Senior Executive Protection Agent

About the role

This role involves owning close protection operations for designated executives, ensuring their safety during routine activities, travel, and events. Responsibilities include maintaining constant situational awareness and proactively mitigating threats in real time. The agent will also conduct detailed advance work, which encompasses on-site assessments, venue surveys, route planning, contingency planning, and developing emergency action plans.

A key part of the position is partnering with Protective Intelligence to integrate current threat assessments and geopolitical developments into operational planning, including route selection and staffing levels. The agent will coordinate security planning and on-site execution for various executive engagements, working alongside event security, physical security, and third-party providers. This requires a proactive approach to security in diverse settings.

Success in this role means building trusted relationships with executives and their support staff while upholding strict professionalism and discretion. The work involves managing irregular schedules and rapid operational changes, with approximately 50% domestic and international travel. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to operate with composure in high-pressure situations.

The annual base salary for this role ranges from $130,900 to $154,000 USD, with total compensation potentially including equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits.

Skills that matter here

• executive protection: This is a core skill for safeguarding executives, requiring experience in close protection, secure transportation, and threat mitigation.
• dignitary protection: Experience in dignitary protection is relevant for managing the security of high-profile individuals in various environments.
• high-threat protection: This skill is crucial for operating effectively in complex or high-profile environments where threats may be present.
• military: A military background provides foundational experience in discipline, tactical operations, and high-pressure situations relevant to executive protection.
• law enforcement: Experience in law enforcement offers skills in threat assessment, incident response, and maintaining security protocols.
• defensive driving: Proficiency in defensive or security-oriented driving is essential for safe transportation of executives and navigating potential threats on the road.

Who this role suits

• Someone with at least five years of experience in executive protection or a related field, comfortable with complex and high-profile environments.
• An individual with a military or law enforcement background who has completed formal executive protection training.
• A professional who can operate with discretion and composure, even when managing irregular schedules and rapid operational changes.
• A candidate who is prepared for approximately 50% domestic and international travel and can adapt to varied work settings.

From the employer

What you'll do:

• Own close protection operations for designated principals during routine activities, travel, and events, maintaining constant situational awareness and proactively mitigating threats in real time.
• Lead detailed advance work including on-site assessments, venue surveys, route planning, contingency planning, and development of emergency action plans (EAPs) and operational plans (CONOPS).
• Partner with Protective Intelligence to integrate current threat assessments, persons of interest, and geopolitical developments into route selection, venue choice, staffing levels, and technical mitigations.
• Coordinate security planning and on-site execution for executive offsites, media appearances, public engagements, and internal events alongside event security, physical security, and third-party providers.
• Build trusted relationships with principals, executive business partners, and family office staff while maintaining strict professionalism, discretion, and clear professional boundaries.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in executive protection, dignitary protection, or high-threat protection, with demonstrated success conducting protective advances, secure transportation, and close protection in complex or high-profile environments.
• Military or law enforcement background with successful completion of a formal executive protection training course and current medical certifications (CPR/AED, TECC or higher).
• Proven ability to operate with discretion and composure when working with senior executives, including managing irregular schedules, rapid operational changes, and approximately 50% domestic and international travel.
• Valid driver's license with clean record and demonstrated proficiency in defensive/security-oriented driving, plus ability to obtain and retain a California Guard Card and Exposed Firearms Permit (BSIS).
• Familiarity with protective intelligence workflows, threat assessment methodologies, and post-event after-action review processes in a corporate or high-visibility context.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Pay Transparency Notice:

• Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $130,900 — $154,000 USD.