Head of Protective Intelligence

Meta is seeking an experienced intelligence leader for a full-time position on our dynamic Executive Protection team. This role is responsible for leading Meta's Protective Intelligence program — managing a global team of analysts and program leads responsible for protective intelligence analysis, travel and event risk assessment, and intelligence support to executive protection operations worldwide. The individual will own the analytic standards, tradecraft, and technology roadmap of the program, ensuring that risk to Meta's senior leaders and workforce is identified early, assessed rigorously, and communicated to decision makers with speed and precision.

The global presence of Meta and the nature of Global Security operations require the Protective Intelligence team to operate on a 24/7 posture — managing relationships, collecting and analyzing relevant information, and communicating developing risk to stakeholders as needed. This individual must demonstrate analytical, strategic, interpersonal, and technical expertise, and must be able to institutionalize structured analytic techniques and structured professional judgment across the full protective intelligence lifecycle. Critically, they must possess a sophisticated and current understanding of the global risk landscape. They will be responsible for translating that understanding into intelligence products that are timely, decision-relevant, and calibrated to evolving threat vectors rather than static assumptions.

The ideal candidate is an experienced program leader with a proven record of building and maturing analytic teams, and influencing regional and global teams. They are a team-focused leader who has experience managing, motivating, and developing others, exercises sound discretion, and briefs senior executives credibly and concisely in time-sensitive situations. This role is a critical part of the Global Security Executive Protection team and partners closely with Threat Management, Executive Protection operations, and non-security functions including Legal, Privacy, HR, and Employee Relations.

Responsibilities

Set a compelling vision and provide day-to-day leadership for the Protective Intelligence team, promoting a culture of analytic rigor, professionalism, and proactive risk mitigation in support of Meta's mission
Lead a global team of protective intelligence analysts and program leads in assessing real-world threats and risks to Meta's senior leaders and workforce
Own the quality, timeliness, and defensibility of the team's analytic production — risk assessments, protective intelligence reports, travel and event risk assessments, and pre-event advance intelligence support
Institutionalize structured analytic techniques and professional judgment across the full protective intelligence lifecycle, ensuring that assessments are methodologically consistent, documented, and repeatable
Deliver protective intelligence briefings to executives, Global Security leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders, distilling complex analysis into clear, decision-oriented guidance
Partner with Threat Management to ensure seamless escalation, handoff, and joint management of cases with potential for harm, with clear ownership boundaries and shared standards of practice
Advocate the adoption of industry-leading technologies and methodologies; drive the protective intelligence technology roadmap in partnership with engineering to build and scale risk-assessment tooling that measurably improves stakeholder safety
Serve as a senior escalation resource for emergent, time-sensitive threat activities, guiding the team through rapid threat assessment, dynamic decision-making, and timely stakeholder communication
Gather and analyze program data to improve methodologies, tools, and techniques, enabling the team to scale and optimize operations; establish and report on OKRs, KPIs, and service metrics
Appropriately leverage resources, technology, information, and tactics in a manner that protects the reputation and minimizes risk
Build and nurture productive relationships with cross-functional partners across Global Security, Threat Management, Legal, Privacy, HR, Employee Relations, Communications, and technology teams, and foster an environment of effective information sharing
Drive a culture of privacy protection and rigorous data stewardship, ensuring that the team's collection, use, and retention practices are fully aligned to company policy, applicable law, and global security best practices
Recruit, develop, coach, and retain analytical talent; provide meaningful professional development opportunities and build bench strength and succession depth within the team
Drive a respectful team culture centered on open communication, sharing, listening, and recognition of all team members
Manage program resources, including global hiring processes, vendor and information-provider relations, tools and systems management, and annual budget planning and execution
Expand and maintain policies, standard operating procedures, and playbooks that align across Global Security, and develop a strong external network with law enforcement, industry peers, and professional security associations
Maintain a flexible, non-standard work schedule, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays, and travel domestically and internationally (up to 25%) to regional and global offices and events

Qualifications

5+ years of relevant work experience in protective intelligence, risk assessment, risk intelligence, executive protection, crisis management, or a closely related analytic discipline, including at least 4 years of direct supervisory or team leadership responsibility
Proven track record of building or substantially maturing an analytic team, including establishing tradecraft standards, workflows, and quality controls
Proven expertise in threat assessment and threat management methodologies, including the application of structured analytic techniques and structured professional judgment to protective intelligence work
Proven track record of building sophisticated investigative and threat-assessment tooling in partnership with engineering teams that has directly impacted stakeholder safety and been implemented as a long-term solution for day-to-day operations
Demonstrated record of working with non-security teams — Legal, Privacy, HR, Employee Relations — to develop programmatic enhancements that result in comprehensive risk management strategies
Proven track record of leading complex investigations and briefing leadership stakeholders on findings, implications, and next steps
Proven track record of working within a global arena and influencing regional and global teams without direct authority
Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive and highly confidential matters with a high degree of discretion, professionalism, ethical integrity, and adherence to company procedures and Global Security best practices
Familiarity with current security and intelligence technologies, threat intelligence sources, legal requirements, regulatory compliance, and privacy considerations governing the collection, use, and retention of threat-related information
Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills in time-sensitive scenarios; demonstrated ability to prioritize competing work based on impact, deadlines, and stakeholder needs in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
Proven effectiveness in written and verbal communication, with the ability to distill complex analysis based on the target audience
Advanced proficiency in data visualization and analytic tooling, budgeting, and leveraging data-driven insights to inform strategic decision-making
Ability and willingness to work a flexible, non-standard schedule, including days, evenings, weekends, and holidays, and to travel domestically and internationally (up to 25%) Experience supporting protective intelligence for high-profile principal, and/or Board-level protective intelligence support
Familiarity with open-source intelligence tradecraft, and emerging risk vectors, including ideologically motivated targeting of technology leaders
Prior law enforcement, military, intelligence community, or corporate intelligence experience; preferably in a leadership position
Established professional network across the protective intelligence community
Prior work in multinational organizations, high-growth companies, or in complex, matrixed environments
Experience supporting crisis management or incident response efforts at the enterprise level
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Bachelor's degree in a related field; an advanced degree or formal certification in risk assessment or intelligence analysis is preferred
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies