IO Global is hiring a Protective Intelligence Analyst to support executive protection operations. You will be a key member of the Protective Intelligence team, providing proactive situational awareness through open-source monitoring, travel assessments, and threat investigations to secure executive movements.
What You'll Do
- Conduct continuous open-source and social-media monitoring to identify threats targeting executives, events, or company facilities.
- Analyze online chatter, protest activity, and extremist indicators to provide timely alerts to the Executive Protection team and Security Operations Center.
- Produce pre-travel and event intelligence briefs evaluating destination threat environments, including crime, terrorism, unrest, health, and environmental risks.
- Support advance planning by providing intelligence on neighborhoods, routes, and venues, identifying areas of concern and recommending mitigation measures.
- Monitor global and local developments affecting executives while in transit, issuing real-time updates on incidents near executive locations.
- Conduct Person of Interest (POI) investigations to assess the intent, capability, and threat level of individuals or groups.
- Monitor social-media activity along executive travel routes, hotels, and venues to detect localized security concerns.
- Utilize analytical tools and recognition technologies to identify or confirm potential threat actors in proximity to executive movements.
- Prepare concise intelligence summaries or advisories highlighting security developments relevant to executive protection.
- Maintain automated travel monitoring and alert systems for active and planned executive travel.
- Serve as primary intelligence liaison to the EP Detail, ensuring clear information flow and operational alignment.
- Develop and track early warning indicators signaling potential escalation or emerging threat activity.
- Support after-hours or on-call operations during executive travel.
- Travel domestically or internationally (up to 50%) in support of special assignments or executive movements.
- Lead monthly global risk assessments focused on security trends, terrorism, civil unrest, and geopolitical volatility affecting executive safety.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum 4 years of experience in intelligence analysis.
- Strong analytic writing skills with the ability to produce clear and actionable intelligence products.
- Understanding of OPSEC principles and ethical intelligence practices.
- Proficiency with commercial intelligence tools and monitoring platforms (e.g., Seerist, Crisis24, Dataminr, Shadow Dragon, Tangles, Ontic).
- Ability to work in distributed teams and handle sensitive information under confidentiality.
- Ability to execute responsibilities discreetly and autonomously across diverse international environments and industry sectors.
- Valid US Passport.
Nice to Have
- Prior experience supporting executive protection, corporate security, or government protection missions.
- Experience integrating OSINT into operational risk management and travel security planning.
- Familiarity with protest dynamics, extremist activity, and executive-specific threat behaviours.
- Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.
- Trainings or certifications in OSINT or intelligence analysis.
Technical Stack
- Seerist
- Crisis24
- Dataminr
- Shadow Dragon
- Tangles
- Ontic
Team & Environment
You will work in close coordination with Executive Protection (EP) agents, the Security Operations Center (SOC), and corporate leadership.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $90 - $100k per year
- Remote Working
- Laptop reimbursement
- New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem for the employee and dependents (US Employees)
- 401k (US Employees)
- Health Savings Account (US Employees)
- Life Insurance (US Employees)
Work Mode
This is a global remote position.
At IOG, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
