Protective Intelligence Lead

Job Description:

Job Title: Protective Intelligence Lead

Corporate Title:  Vice President

Location:  Chester

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location:

Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation, whilst being ideally situated against the backdrop of the rolling North Wales hills and the banks of the serene River Dee.

Role Description:

The Protective Intelligence lead will have responsibility for helping drive collaboration, coordination, and response activities across the executive landscape. The role will support the development and implementation of cohesive security strategies that protect our executive leadership, assets, and sensitive information.

Required skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience, preferably in Protection Intelligence, Threat Management and/or Security Investigations
• Familiarity with Jira or similar case/incident management products
• Experience with multiple different technology resources for research, analysis and reporting

Responsibilities

Support the Threat Assessment team and partner in the planning and coordination of information across Cyber Security, Corporate Security, Executive Protection functions to ensure unified intelligence-driven protection strategies. Collaborate closely with senior leadership to understand security risks and align protection strategies with organizational priorities. Support a holistic approach to threat management, balancing physical and digital security considerations. Protective Intelligence Coordination:

Support the planning, coordination, and execution of protective measures for executives and key personnel.

Ensure that executive protection strategies are informed by real-time intelligence, risk assessments, and situational awareness.

Work closely with the Executive Protection team to ensure the safety of executives during travel, public appearances, and in-office environments.

Understanding of how to apply open source intelligence (OSINT) skills to gather information and conduct analysis to create intelligence reports.  Must be able to convey findings to senior executives orally or in written reports.

Cybersecurity Collaboration:

Collaborate with Information Security teams to ensure the security of critical organizational data, intellectual property, and digital communications.

Ensure cross-functional collaboration between physical and cyber security teams to mitigate emerging hybrid threats.

Facilitate the integration of cybersecurity and physical security data for a unified understanding of security risks.

Crisis Management and Incident Response:

Lead the development and implementation of crisis management plans related to cyber security incidents involving our executive team members, ensuring coordination between all involved teams.

Provide leadership during high-stakes cyber security incidents and crises, ensuring a swift and coordinated response across departments.

Develop and execute training programs to prepare teams for potential security events, including simulations and tabletop exercises.

External Relationship Management:

Build and maintain relationships with law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and other relevant external stakeholders.

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.