Protective Intelligence & Investigations Lead

Whatnot Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work From Home

Parental Leave

401k Match

Dogfood allowance

Job summary

Whatnot is seeking a Corporate Security Investigations & Protective Intelligence Manager to identify and investigate threats to our people, offices, and community. You’ll sit within Whatnot’s Corporate Security team and work with Trust & Risk, Legal, People, CyberSecurity, and IT, acting as both practitioner and program owner.

You will build and guide investigations, protect executive events, map law enforcement partnerships, and develop our case management tooling using AI.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in corporate or government investigations and protective intelligence.
• Experience managing end-to-end investigations including workplace violence.
• Experience building AI-enabled tooling with internal AI tools.
• Familiar with OSINT platforms like Clear, TLO, Ontic.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong judgment.

Responsibilities

• Lead protective intelligence and threat assessments for events and executives.
• Collaborate with Trust & Risk, Legal, People, Cybersecurity, and IT.
• Develop and maintain the internal investigations case management system.
• Onboard vendors, manage budgets and ensure lawful tool usage.
• Engage with local and federal law enforcement as needed.

Skills

Investigations

Protective intelligence

Threat assessment

Law enforcement liaison

OSINT tools

AI tooling

Communication skills

Tools

Clear

TLO

Ontic

OSINT platforms

Job description

Whatnot is seeking a Corporate Security Investigations & Protective Intelligence Manager to identify and investigate threats to our people, offices, and community. You’ll sit within Whatnot’s Corporate Security team and work with Trust & Risk, Legal, People, CyberSecurity, and IT, acting as both practitioner and program owner.

You will build and guide investigations, protect executive events, map law enforcement partnerships, and develop our case management tooling using AI.