Senior Executive Protection Agent

About the role

This role involves leading close protection operations for designated principals, ensuring their safety and privacy during daily activities, travel, and events. The agent will maintain constant situational awareness, proactively identifying and mitigating potential threats as they arise. Success in this position requires a commitment to meticulous planning and real-time responsiveness to dynamic security situations.

A key part of the work includes conducting detailed advance planning, which encompasses on-site assessments, venue surveys, route planning, and the creation of emergency action plans. The agent will collaborate with protective intelligence teams to integrate current threat assessments and geopolitical developments into operational strategies, ensuring comprehensive security coverage for all assignments.

The agent will also coordinate security for executive events, media appearances, and public engagements, working alongside various security teams and third-party providers. Building trust with principals and their staff while maintaining professional boundaries is crucial. The role demands discretion, composure, and the ability to manage unpredictable schedules and rapid operational changes, often involving significant domestic and international travel.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $130,900 to $154,000 USD, excluding equity and bonus.

Skills that matter here

• executive protection: This role requires extensive experience in providing close protection services to designated individuals in various environments.
• threat assessment: The agent will integrate threat assessments into planning and operations to proactively mitigate risks to principals.
• defensive driving: Proficiency in defensive and security-oriented driving is necessary for secure transportation of principals.
• security operations: The role involves leading and coordinating comprehensive security operations for routine activities, travel, and events.
• protective intelligence: Familiarity with protective intelligence workflows is needed to inform route selection, venue choice, and staffing.
• generative AI: The agent is expected to use generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency and quality while maintaining human oversight.

Who this role suits

• A professional with at least five years of experience in executive or dignitary protection.
• Someone with a background in military or law enforcement who has completed formal executive protection training.
• An individual who can operate with discretion and composure, managing irregular schedules and rapid operational changes.
• A person comfortable with approximately 50% domestic and international travel.

From the employer

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.