Executive Protection Manager

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) match

Job summary

The Executive Protection Manager at HCA Healthcare leads day-to-day protective operations safeguarding executive leadership, coordinating travel, events, and routine movements with discretion and high service levels.

This hands-on role conducts advance work, threat assessments, and protective planning, while liaising with internal partners and law enforcement to ensure readiness and compliance. Travel up to 50% and irregular hours are required.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of combined experience in executive protection, security operations, law enforcement, or military service.
• Experience conducting advance work and protective intelligence for executive travel.
• Experience coordinating logistics, itineraries, and ground transportation for senior leaders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required state armed security credentials and CPR/AED.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute close protection and secure transportation for designated executives during travel, events, and day-to-day movements.
• Conduct advance work for executive travel, including threat/risk assessments and route planning.
• Develop and distribute protection plans, itineraries, and briefs for stakeholders.
• Monitor threat reporting and provide risk updates and recommendations.
• Coordinate with internal partners and approved vendors to ensure alignment with standards.
• Assist in executing and scaling protection programs, including SOP adoption.
• Liaise with law enforcement and security counterparts to support requirements.
• Develop security operations plans for high-profile events and coordinate on-site security.
• Maintain confidentiality and deliver white-glove service while enforcing protective measures.
• Support incident response and medical first response within training scope.

Skills

Executive protection

Protective operations

Protective intelligence

Ethics and confidentiality

Service mindset

Analytical mindset

Communication

Operational decision-making

Leadership

Teamwork

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Job Summary:

The Executive Protection Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day protective operations that safeguard HCA’s executive leadership and support continuity of operations under the direction of the Director of Executive Protection. This is a hands‑on role focused on planning and executing protective coverage for travel, events, and routine movements, with an emphasis on discretion, preparedness, and a high level of service. The Manager conducts advance work, supports protective intelligence efforts, coordinates with internal stakeholders and external counterparts, and ensures protective plans are executed consistently with corporate security standards and applicable regulations. This position is intended to build readiness for future Director-level responsibilities through demonstrated operational excellence, stakeholder coordination, and continuous improvement.

This role requires frequent travel and the ability to work irregular hours, including nights and weekends, as business needs require.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and execute close protection and secure transportation for designated executives during travel, events, and day‑to‑day movements.

• Conduct advance work for executive travel and appearances, including threat/risk assessments, venue and site evaluations, route planning, and contingency planning.

• Develop, maintain, and distribute Executive Protection and event security operations plans, itineraries, and protective briefs, ensuring stakeholders receive the right information at the right time.

• Monitor protective intelligence and threat reporting (open‑source, social media, vendor reporting, and internal channels) and provide timely risk updates and recommendations.

• Coordinate with internal partners (Executive Office, Corporate Travel, Events, Facilities, Legal/HR as needed) and approved vendors to ensure seamless execution and alignment with corporate security standards.

• Assist the Director of Executive Protection in executing and scaling the Executive Protection and Event Protection programs, including stakeholder alignment, communications, and adoption of SOPs/standards across the organization.

• Liaise with local, state, and federal law enforcement and private‑sector security counterparts to support executive travel and event security requirements.

• For high‑profile events and executive appearances, develop security operations plans and coordinate on‑site security operations (e.g., access control, crowd management, perimeter and route security) in partnership with event owners and law enforcement, as needed.

• Maintain strict confidentiality and deliver white‑glove service while enforcing protective measures professionally and consistently.

• Support incident response during protective operations, including medical first response within training/certification scope and coordination with emergency services.

• Document operational activity, after‑action observations, and improvement items; contribute to SOPs, training, and continuous program enhancement.

• Serve as deputy/acting lead for protective operations when the Director is unavailable; provide functional guidance to assigned and contract protective personnel, as applicable.

• Support related protective programs as assigned (e.g., event protection operations, protective investigations, aviation/ASO coordination where applicable).

Skills and Behavioral Competencies:

• Protective Operations: Demonstrated capability in executive protection operations, including advances, movement planning, and risk mitigation in dynamic environments.

• Protective Intelligence: Ability to identify, assess, and communicate credible threats using open‑source research and established intelligence practices.

• Ethics and Confidentiality: Demonstrates a profound sense of ethics, integrity, and confidentiality, aligning with HCA and IPS values.

• Service Mindset: Provides calm, professional, VIP‑level service while maintaining firm boundaries and protective discipline.

• Analytical Mindset: Identifies issues, gathers information, and determines causes and solutions; anticipates second‑ and third‑order impacts.

• Communication: Delivers clear, concise, and compelling information to executives and stakeholders; coordinates effectively across teams.

• Operational Decision‑Making: Maintains composure under pressure and makes timely, sound decisions; adapts plans as conditions change.

• Leadership: Leads through influence, drives execution, and demonstrates sound judgment and executive disposition; contributes to coaching, mentoring, and team readiness as applicable.

• Teamwork: Builds trust and works collaboratively with internal partners and external counterparts.

• Microsoft Office Proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including preparing professional documents, maintaining operational trackers and reports, and developing presentations and executive briefings.

Education & Experience:

• Associate’s degree – Required

• Bachelor’s Degree – Preferred

• 5+ years of combined relevant experience in executive protection, security operations, law enforcement, or military service – Required

• Experience conducting advance work and protective intelligence for executive travel – Required

• Experience coordinating logistics, itineraries, and ground transportation for senior leaders – Required

• Prior leadership/shift‑lead experience (formal or informal) – Preferred

Licenses, Certifications and Training:

• Ability to obtain and maintain required state armed security/permit credentials (as applicable) – Required

• First aid/CPR/AED certification (or ability to obtain within required timeframe) – Required

• DHS/TSA Armed Security Officer (ASO) credential for DCA operations or ability to obtain – Preferred

• HR‑218 (LEOSA) eligibility under applicable federal requirements – Preferred

This job may require up to 50% travel

Benefits

HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long‑and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare (Corporate)

based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities , every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program , where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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