Digital Executive Protection & Protective Intelligence Lead in London

To our office in London we are looking for a Digital Executive Protection and Protective Intelligence Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Bank’s executive‑focused digital protection capability and support Standard Chartered Bank’s Protective Services (PS) Programme by providing continuous monitoring, assessment, and reporting on threats targeting key executives and higher‑risk employees.
• Design and operationalise workflows for executive digital protection, driving collection and analysis strategy, intelligence consumption, finished intelligence production and delivery means and methods.
• Support complex executive risk assessments by integrating and providing intelligence across cyber/online threats, credible threats, and persons of interest (POI), with analysis of open‑source content, deep and dark web activity, social network exposure, and availability of personal and behavioural information to produce actionable insights that inform enhanced PS measures, executive digital risk, and coordinated responses across the Bank’s PS Programme.

Skills and Experience

• Intelligence Analysis
• Data Querying and Analysis
• Social Media and Open Source Intelligence
• General Cyber Security Awareness

Ideal Candidate

• 4+ years of experience in cyber threat intelligence, protective intelligence, corporate security intelligence, or executive protection intelligence.
• Experience conducting OSINT investigations across social media, forums, messaging platforms, and deep/dark web environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, intelligence studies, criminology, international relations, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of the intelligence cycle, structured analytical techniques, source evaluation, and intelligence production standards.
• Demonstrated ability to assess credibility and severity of threats, distinguishing between noise, harassment, activism, and credible hostile intent.
• Experience producing concise, decision‑ready intelligence reports and executive briefings.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience interacting with senior leadership or security partners.
• Experience using threat intelligence platforms and tools (e.g., Synapse, MISP, Intel471, Recorded Future, etc.).
• Familiarity with digital exposure monitoring concepts, including doxxing risk, impersonation, social engineering targeting, and data leak monitoring.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with high levels of discretion and professionalism.
• Solid understanding of privacy, governance, and compliance considerations in monitoring executive‑related information.

Nice to Have

• Experience in corporate security, GSOC, protective services, or executive protection environments.
• Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with digital risk protection platforms or social media intelligence tools.
• Certifications such as GCTI, GOSI, OSIP, CPP (ASIS) or equivalent intelligence/security credentials.
• Experience supporting incident response where digital threats intersect with physical risk.

Benefits

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market‑leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first‑aider and all sorts of self‑help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values‑driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.