Head of Protective Intelligence

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced intelligence leader for Head of Protective Intelligence on the Executive Protection team in Menlo Park. This role leads a global team responsible for protective intelligence analysis, travel and event risk assessment, and intelligence support to executive protection operations worldwide.

The ideal candidate will establish analytic standards, implement tradecraft, and guide the program's technology roadmap, ensuring timely, decision-relevant risk communications to

Qualifications

• Proven record of building and maturing analytic teams.
• Experience leading protective intelligence programs.
• Ability to brief senior executives clearly and concisely.
• Experience managing global security operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Meta's Protective Intelligence program and global team.
• Own analytic standards, tradecraft, and technology roadmap.
• Translate risk insights into timely, decision-relevant intelligence for executives.
• Collaborate with Threat Management, Executive Protection, Legal, Privacy, HR, and Employee Relations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

People management

Executive briefing

Threat analysis

Analytical rigor

Job description

# Head of Protective IntelligenceMenlo Park, CA+3 locationsPhysical Security+ 1 moreApply nowMeta is seeking an experienced intelligence leader for a full-time position on our dynamic Executive Protection team. This role is responsible for leading Meta's Protective Intelligence program — managing a global team of analysts and program leads responsible for protective intelligence analysis, travel and event risk assessment, and intelligence support to executive protection operations worldwide. The individual will own the analytic standards, tradecraft, and technology roadmap of the program, ensuring that risk to Meta's senior leaders and workforce is identified early, assessed rigorously, and communicated to decision makers with speed and precision.The global presence of Meta and the nature of Global Security operations require the Protective Intelligence team to operate on a 24/7 posture — managing relationships, collecting and analyzing relevant information, and communicating developing risk to stakeholders as needed. This individual must demonstrate analytical, strategic, interpersonal, and technical expertise, and must be able to institutionalize structured analytic techniques and structured professional judgment across the full protective intelligence lifecycle. Critically, they must possess a sophisticated and current understanding of the global risk landscape. They will be responsible for translating that understanding into intelligence products that are timely, decision-relevant, and calibrated to evolving threat vectors rather than static assumptions.The ideal candidate is an experienced program leader with a proven record of building and maturing analytic teams, and influencing regional and global teams. They are a team-focused leader who has experience managing, motivating, and developing others, exercises sound discretion, and briefs senior executives credibly and concisely in time-sensitive situations. This role is a critical part of the Global Security Executive Protection team and partners closely with Threat Management, Executive Protection operations, and non-security functions including Legal, Privacy, HR, and Employee Relations.