Senior Executive Protection Agent

About the role

This role focuses on maintaining the physical safety of Coinbase executives, both during routine activities and while traveling to events. The agent is responsible for constant situational awareness and proactively addressing potential threats in real time. This includes leading advance work such as site assessments, route planning, and developing emergency action plans to ensure comprehensive security.

The position requires close collaboration with Protective Intelligence to integrate current threat assessments, geopolitical developments, and information on persons of interest into security planning. This informs decisions on routes, venues, staffing, and technical safeguards. The agent will also coordinate security for executive offsites, media appearances, and public engagements, working with event security and third-party providers.

Success in this role involves building trusted relationships with executives and their support staff while upholding strict professionalism and discretion. The agent must manage irregular schedules and rapid operational changes, with approximately 50% domestic and international travel. A key aspect is the ability to operate with composure in high-pressure situations.

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

Skills that matter here

• executive protection: This role requires at least five years of experience in executive protection, including conducting protective advances and secure transportation.
• military: A background in military or law enforcement is required, along with completion of formal executive protection training.
• defensive driving: Proficiency in defensive or security-oriented driving is necessary, along with a valid driver's license and clean record.
• generative AI: The role involves using generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality, while maintaining human oversight.
• dignitary protection: Experience in dignitary protection is a key requirement, demonstrating success in complex or high-profile environments.

Who this role suits

• A person with a background in military or law enforcement who has completed formal executive protection training.
• Someone who can maintain strict professionalism and discretion while building trusted relationships with senior executives.
• An individual comfortable with frequent domestic and international travel, irregular schedules, and rapid operational changes.
• A candidate who can operate with composure and proactively mitigate threats in high-pressure, complex environments.

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.