Director, Executive Protection & Travel Safety

The Sherwin-Williams Company; Cleveland (OH); Presencial; USD 85 000 - 135 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

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Resumo da oferta

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking an Executive Protection Specialist to safeguard our Chief Executive Officer and other executives. The role includes close protection, secure transportation, advance planning, and threat mitigation across domestic and occasional international assignments.

It requires handling confidential information and may involve overnight and irregular hours, with responsibilities spanning crisis response and business continuity.

Qualificações

• Experience providing close protection for executives
• Ability to conduct risk assessments and threat analysis
• Willingness to work irregular hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to coordinate with vendors, law enforcement, and agencies

Responsabilidades

• Provide close protection for the CEO and other executives during travel, events, and daily operations
• Plan and conduct protective advances (site surveys, route analysis, safe havens)
• Maintain situational awareness and assess threats across risk environments
• Coordinate secure transportation and defensive driving
• Incorporate protective intelligence into planning and incident response
• Support crisis management and business continuity programs
• Provide travel risk management and real-time security updates to stakeholders
• Engage with executive leadership and external partners to deliver security solutions

Conhecimentos

Close protection

Advance planning

Threat assessment

Defensive driving

Travel security

Crisis management

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Executive Protection (EP) Specialist is responsible for the safety and security of designated executives with a focus on the company’s Chief Executive Officer/Chairman. This role provides close protection, secure transportation, advance planning, and threat mitigation services domestically and occasionally in international environments. The EP Specialist operates in dynamic risk environments and supports broader global security, crisis response, and travel risk management program execution. This position directly supports business continuity by enabling secure movement of personnel and safeguarding corporate reputation through proactive risk management and protective tactical operations that can include overnight and irregular hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. This position is not hybrid/remote and will be located at our Global Headquarters in Cleveland, OH. Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Executive Protection Operations – Provide Close Protection (CP) for the company’s CEO, and/or executives during business travel, events, and daily operations.
• Conduct protective advances (site surveys, route analysis, safe haven, and contingency planning) for all movements and engagements.
• Maintain situational awareness and dynamically assess threats across varying risk environments and geographical regions (low to high/hostile).
• Execute secure transportation operations, including defensive driving and coordination with security drivers.
• Implement protective intelligence into operational planning.
• Risk Assessment & Intelligence – Collect and analyze threat intelligence from internal and third-party sources to assess risks to executives and operations.
• Conduct pre-travel risk assessments and produce mitigation plans tailored to destinations and threat levels.
• Monitor geopolitical, criminal, health, and environmental risks and communicate updates to supervisor and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Intelligence & Response group protective intelligence efforts, including behavioral threat indicators and emerging risks.
• Travel Security & Logistics – Coordinate secure itineraries, accommodations, transportation, and vetted third-party vendors.
• Provide on-the-ground security support in high-risk locations when required.
• Crisis Response & Incident Management – Assist with emergency response and traveler accountability during incidents (natural disasters, unrest, medical emergencies).
• Support enterprise crisis management and business continuity programs.
• Provide real-time operational updates and escalation risks appropriately.
• Participate in crisis simulations and readiness exercises.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Interface with executive leadership, business units, and external partners to deliver security solutions.
• Deliver security briefings and travel safety training to executives and employees.
• Coordinate with vendors, law enforcement, government agencies, and intelligence providers.
• Success Measures – Safe, disruption-free executive travel and operations
• Timely and accurate risk assessments and briefings
• Effective response to incidents and emergencies
• High satisfaction and trust from executive stakeholders