Senior Executive Protection Manager

6d6 days ago

Control Risks

Boston, US · Full-time · $130,000 – $150,000

About this role

Control Risks is seeking an experienced Senior Executive Protection Manager to support a major global life sciences client in the Boston / Cambridge area. This role serves as the day-to-day lead for an embedded executive protection team supporting the client’s Massachusetts-based Chief Executive Officer. The position requires mature judgment and the ability to operate comfortably in a corporate environment.

The Senior Executive Protection Manager leads the protective mission on the ground and oversees operational planning. The team delivers discreet, professional and low-friction support across daily movements, business activity, domestic and international travel, and executive events. This is an armed role requiring significant executive protection experience.

The manager works closely with the client’s Global Security team, executive support staff, internal stakeholders and Control Risks program leadership. The role requires someone who can lead a small protective team and translate threat and operational information into practical protective posture. The position serves as a trusted interface between the client and the embedded team.

Responsibilities include maintaining standards, supporting advance work and ensuring the team remains aligned to Control Risks standards and client expectations. The manager coordinates with the Protective Intelligence Analyst to ensure threat reporting informs planning and escalation decisions. Timely verbal and written updates are provided to client stakeholders and program leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience.
7–10+ years of executive protection, corporate executive protection, close protection, protective operations, or comparable security experience supporting senior executives or high-profile principals.
Demonstrated experience leading protective teams, not simply serving as a member of a protective detail.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day protective operations in support of the principal, ensuring the team provides discreet, professional and effective executive protection support.
Serve as the on-the-ground team lead for the Executive Protection Agent, Executive Security Driver and Protective Intelligence Analyst.
Translate the principal’s schedule, threat picture and operating environment into an appropriate protective posture.
Conduct and oversee advance planning for office activity, executive movements, meetings, events, domestic travel and international travel.
Coordinate with client stakeholders, executive assistants, venue security, law enforcement, local security providers and partner protective teams as required.
Provide close protection to the principal in a low-profile manner, intervening only when necessary and consistent with law, training and client expectations.
Develop, refine and maintain operating procedures for movements, travel, communications, escalation, incident response and coordination with the client.
Coordinate with the Protective Intelligence Analyst to ensure threat reporting and protective intelligence inform planning, travel support, events and escalation decisions.