Executive Protection Detail Leader

The Security Executive Council; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The Security Executive Council is seeking an Executive Protection Chief to lead protective operations for senior executives in a high-trust environment. You will oversee a team of professionals, manage risk assessments, advance planning, secure transportation, and incident response with discretion and integrity.

This role emphasizes building trusted relationships with senior leaders, internal partners, and external security stakeholders while ensuring protection services align with business

Qualifications

• 10+ years in executive protection or related security leadership.
• Experience leading protective teams for senior executives in complex environments.
• Knowledge of advance work, threat assessment, secure transportation, travel security, and event security.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and build trust with leaders and staff.
• Strong communication, judgment, discretion, and decision-making skills.
• Flexibility and composure under changing schedules and threat conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of executive protection professionals supporting C-suite executives.
• Oversee daily protective operations, advance planning, secure movements, travel security, event support, and incident response activities.
• Build and strengthen trusted relationships with senior executives, assistants, and security stakeholders.
• Ensure protection services are delivered with discretion, professionalism, and minimal business disruption.
• Develop operating expectations, communication protocols, staffing plans, and accountability standards for the team.
• Coordinate with internal partners and external security providers as needed.
• Assess risk, threat, travel, and event conditions to determine protective posture and resources.
• Provide leadership during elevated-risk situations, incidents, and emergencies.
• Review performance and lessons learned to strengthen readiness.

Skills

Executive protection

Team leadership

Threat assessment

Operational planning

Confidentiality

Job description

About the job

The Executive Protection Chief will be responsible for leading protective operations with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment while building trusted relationships with senior leaders, executive offices, and support staff. The successful candidate must be able to operate in a high-trust environment, communicate effectively, and ensure protection services are delivered in a manner that enables leadership to conduct business safely, efficiently, and with confidence.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of executive protection professionals supporting the CEO, President, and Managing Directors.
• Oversee daily protective operations, advance planning, secure movements, travel security, event support, and incident response activities.
• Build, maintain, and strengthen trusted relationships with senior executives, executive assistants, support staff, internal partners, and external security stakeholders.
• Ensure protection services are delivered with discretion, professionalism, confidentiality, and minimal disruption to business activities.
• Develop clear operating expectations, communication protocols, staffing plans, and accountability standards for the Executive Protection team.
• Coordinate with internal partners, including Global Security, Legal, Human Resources, Facilities, Communications, and business continuity teams, as needed.
• Assess risk, threat, vulnerability, travel, and event conditions to determine appropriate protective posture and resource requirements.
• Provide leadership during elevated-risk situations, security incidents, emergencies, and rapidly changing operational conditions.
• Review operational performance, after-action reports, and lessons learned to strengthen team readiness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in executive protection, corporate security, law enforcement, military protective operations, or a closely related security leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience leading protective teams, managing operational planning, and supporting senior executives in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of executive protection principles, advance work, threat assessment, secure transportation, travel security, event security, and emergency response.
• Proven ability to build trust, maintain confidentiality, and develop strong working relationships with senior leaders and their support staff.
• Excellent communication, judgment, discretion, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to remain flexible and composed while adapting to changing schedules, environments, priorities, and threat conditions.
• Experience coordinating with internal business partners, law enforcement, vendors, and external security providers.
• Relevant executive protection, protective driving, medical, incident command, or security certifications are preferred.

Compensation

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

We know how to fine-tune corporate security because we've led effective and efficient Fortune 500-level security programs. The SEC helps businesses find the best balance of risk mitigation, cost and innovation.