Executive Protection Lead

**Company Description**
We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.
**Job Description** ABOUT US**:
We seek an Executive Protection Lead to oversee the delivery of our global Executive Protection Programme. This role blends physical and cyber security, travel risk management, training, and vendor oversight to reduce risk for executives and enable safe and secure business operations worldwide.

**THE CHALLENGE**:

- ** Executive Protection & Operations**: Plan and coordinate protective operations, including advances, routes, venues, and incident response.
- ** Travel Risk Management**: Oversee risk assessments, approvals, monitoring, and escalation for global executive travel.
- ** Education & Training**: Deliver security awareness programs for executives and staff (digital footprint, comms security, situational awareness).
- ** Stakeholder Engagement**: Act as a central coordinator across Security, IT, Legal, Risk, Facilities, and Communications.
- ** Vendor Management**: Source, vet, and oversee third-party providers (protective services, transport, residential assessors).
- ** Governance & Reporting**: Maintain policies, SOPs, and dashboards; drive audits, reviews, and continuous improvement.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Proven experience in **executive/close protection** within corporate, government, or law enforcement.
- Familiarity with executive **cyber risks** (account security, phishing, doxxing).
- ** Strong OSINT skills** for route, venue, and threat assessments.
- Experience** managing third-party vendors**and **multi-stakeholder operations**.
- Excellent written and verbal briefing skills.
- Availability for on-call rotation and rapid deployment.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Certifications such as CPP, PSP, CISSP, TRM, or OSINT credentials.
- Background in GSOC operations, crisis management, or risk intelligence.
- Knowledge of secure comms, travel tracking, or GSOC/alerting platforms.
- Skills in advanced driving, first aid (TCCC), or event security.

**Skills & Competencies**
- Strong operational planning and threat assessment capabilities.
- Ability to fuse physical, cyber, and geopolitical risks into clear actions.
- Effective communicator with executives, assistants, and technical teams.
- High integrity, discretion, and sound judgment under pressure.
- Data-driven mindset; comfortable defining KPIs and measuring outcomes.

**OUR OFFER**:

- A **collaborative environment** with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US) including various **social events**and **teambuilding**.
- Ability to **shape your own workday** and **career** via a clearly defined professional and personal development plan.
- Opportunity to** develop yourself** within an inspiring and fast-growing company with our Career framework possibilities.
- ** Vibrant** and **inclusive community**, including **Women in Tech** and **Pride groups** which welcome all participants.
- Global **Employee Assistance Programme**.
- ** Calm**and **Reulay app** (managing stress, maintaining focus, improving sleep, building resilience).
- ** Online training videos**.
- ** Flexible working hours.**
- While we appreciate the flexibility and benefits of working from home, we strongly believe that coming together in person fosters stronger connections, encourages collaboration, and drives innovation—both as individuals and as a company. The energy, shared ideas, and team support we experience in the office strengthen the foundation of our success and culture. For this reason, we are an office-first business operating on a hybrid model, with team members working in the office three days a week to build relationships, exchange ideas, and grow together._

**OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS**:

- ** Initial Screening**: A quick chat with our Talent Acquisition Partner to understand your background and expectations.
- ** Onsite Interviews**:Meet with the hiring manager and team to dive into your expertise and discuss team fit.
- ** Final Steps**: Receive feedback and, if successful, an offer

**Additional Information