Protective Intelligence Analyst- OSINT Monitoring and Triage

Vanguard; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Protective Intelligence Analyst to support senior executives globally. The role requires an experienced OSINT practitioner who can independently identify threats, triage alerts, and produce decision-ready intelligence under time pressure.

You'll own threat intake, monitor queues, and manage case tracking while applying structured analytic judgment to determine escalation needs. This position offers broad exposure across the protective intelligence lifecycle and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, intelligence studies, security studies, psychology, or related field (or equivalent).
• Minimum of three years in intelligence analysis, GSOC/watch operations, journalism/research, or military/law-enforcement analysis.
• Ability to manage a high-volume queue with consistent, accurate decisions.
• Strong OSINT skills to locate, verify, and assess open-source information.
• Comfort reading concerning or threatening content and escalating appropriately.
• High ethical standards and discretion with sensitive information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, briefing senior leaders clearly under time pressure.
• Ability to think critically with incomplete or conflicting information.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily alert and intake queues from feeds and referrals.
• Triage items against threat criteria and open cases or mark unfounded with rationale.
• Provide coverage during executive travel and events, escalate as needed.
• Maintain watchlist hygiene and OSINT feeds.
• Maintain trackers and dashboards for requests, alerts, cases, and products.
• Conduct OSINT analysis for protective intelligence assessments and document sources.
• Draft weekly intelligence summaries synthesizing activity and threats.

Skills

OSINT skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Critical thinking

Discretion

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree (criminal justice / related)

Job description

We are seeking a highly capable Protective Intelligence Analyst to support the protection of senior Vanguard executives globally. This role requires an experienced OSINT practitioner who can independently manage threat identification and triage, prioritize competing executive protection needs, and produce decision-ready intelligence products under time pressure. The position owns the threat identification and initial assessment function for Vanguard’s protective intelligence program, including the daily monitoring and alert queue through which every inbound threat communication, platform alert, and referral receives its initial assessment. The Protective Intelligence Analyst will distinguish credible concerns from noise, open cases for identified security concerns, and manage case tracking and related metrics for the program. The role offers broad exposure across the protective intelligence lifecycle and meaningful ownership of threat intake, applying structured analytic judgment to determine which matters warrant escalation or further investigation.

Monitoring & Triage

• Manage daily alert and intake queues: vendor alerting feeds, the program’s intake channels, executive-assistant and partner referrals, and regional intelligence routing.
• Triage inbound items against the program’s established threat screening criteria; disposition items as unfounded with documented rationale or open cases for investigation.
• Provide dedicated monitoring coverage during executive travel and event windows, assessing emerging developments in real time and escalating per defined criteria.
• Maintain watchlist hygiene and help fine tune OSINT feeds to ensure reliable threat identification.

Case Management & Intelligence Production

• Maintain key protective intelligence trackers/metrics: request log, alert log, case entries, product IDs, and dashboard integrity.
• Conduct OSINT collection and analysis for protective intelligence assessments, documenting sources and findings and contributing analytic judgments to final products.
• Draft the program’s weekly intelligence summary, synthesizing alert activity, case developments, and emerging threat trends into concise, decision-ready reporting.
• Process intake acknowledgements and maintain records-handling standards for intake channels.

Team Model – Primary Focus, Universal Capability

• Triage and monitoring is the primary focus of this role, not an exclusive lane. Every Protective Intelligence Analyst trains to produce the program’s core assessment products to standard, rotates through triage and monitoring coverage, and serves as designated backup for at least one other product line, so the team carries no single points of failure.
• Cross-train teammates in triage and monitoring, maintain current proficiency in teammates’ specialties, and participate in the program’s dual-review and after-action practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, intelligence studies, security studies, psychology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of three years of related experience in a field such as intelligence analysis, GSOC/watch operations, journalism/research, or military/law-enforcement analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to work a high-volume queue with consistency, accuracy, and documented decisions.
• Strong OSINT skills, including the ability to locate, verify, and assess the credibility of information across open sources.
• Comfort with reading concerning or threatening content professionally and escalating appropriately.
• High ethical standards and discretion when handling sensitive executive and corporate information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief senior leaders clear and calmly under time pressure.
• Proven ability to think critically and assess incomplete, ambiguous, or conflicting information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with threat intelligence, alerting, or case management platforms.
• Formal training or applied experience in threat assessment, targeted violence prevention, or intelligence analysis.
• ATAP membership, with active interest or progress toward obtaining the Certified Threat Manager (CTM) designation.

Special Factors

• Participation in an on-call rotation for after-hours escalation support as the program matures.
• Early-morning queue coverage; occasional evening and weekend surge coverage during executive travel windows.
• Occasional domestic travel (

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.