Manager, External Threat Intelligence

Requisition ID # 164231 

Job Category: Real Estate / Facilities 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

 

 

Department Overview

 

PG&E’s Executive Protection Organization is part of the PG&E Security Organization and is committed to addressing the ever-changing landscape of cyber and physical security threats. We live by our motto – led by security, owned by all. We seek to continually improve our services through strategic deployment of our resources, standardizing security practices and policies, and reinforcing and promoting security awareness across the enterprise.

 

The Executive Protection Team is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of high-profile individuals within the organization, including executives, Board members, and other key personnel. Through a combination of intelligence-driven risk assessments, threat monitoring, and strategic security measures, the team ensures a proactive and adaptive approach to executive safety. Focused on discretion and rapid response, the Executive Protection Team plays a critical role in safeguarding the organization’s leadership and maintaining business continuity.

 

Position Summary

 

The External Threat Intelligence Manager is a highly experienced and dedicated professional who will develop and lead our External Threat Intelligence Program.

 

The External Threat Intelligence Manager is responsible for establishing and advancing our External Threat Intelligence initiatives. In this role, you will design and execute a comprehensive strategic plan for the external threat capabilities of the organization, ensuring the team adheres to the highest standards of safety and security for our executive leadership and critical infrastructure. As a leader, you will build and manage in-depth research, produce tactical intelligence reports, and facilitate effective collaboration between key teams to optimize intelligence sharing. You will be proactive in identifying, analyzing and communicating active threats internally across the organization, including with the executive team. This role will be responsible for fast response and action in threat incidents etc. and will work with Security Control Center and other emergency command centers during an incident. This position reports directly to the Director of Executive Protection, focusing on the safety of the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and all other Coworkers. The Manager will supervise and build a team of approximately 4 full time professional employees and additional contractors and vendors required for the program.

 

The position is hybrid working from your remote office and in-person at the Oakland, CA based on business needs.

 

Job Responsibilities

 

• Collaborate closely with internal PG&E teams, including Cyber Security, Investigations and Security Operations and the Security Control Center and act as a liaison for law enforcement-based activities and engagement both on the State and Federal Level.
• Build and maintain standards, procedures and KPI’s that ensure repeatable and measurable performance outcomes.
• Develop mechanisms to regularly publish threat advisories, informational reports or security awareness bulletins as directed.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day intelligence program operations, ensuring the safety and security of our CEO, Executive Leadership and Board of Director and all other coworkers as required.
• Interview, hire and supervise Protective Intel Analyst(s).
• Manage a team of executive Intelligence Analyst, providing leadership, guidance, and training to ensure operational excellence.
• Stay updated on standard methodologies and emerging security threats to proactively improve executive protection measures.
• Manage intelligence monitoring tools, platforms, and vendors.
• Manage budget and contracts associated with intelligence program.
• Work closely with the Security Control Center and other emergency response efforts, as necessary.

 

Leadership Qualities

 

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

 

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Maintaining an environment of open dialog and free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes ethics, safety, and compliance.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

 

Compensation

 

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​

 

A reasonable salary range is:

 

Bay Area Minimum:       $122,000

Bay Area Midpoint:       $158,000

Bay Area Maximum:      $194,000

 

Qualifications

 

Minimum:

 

• 8 years of security experience with a proven track record of leading high-profile intelligence programs to include Data analysis, POI searches and tactical intelligence.
• California Driver’s License
• Must be able to qualify for NERC/CIP clearance

 

Desired:

 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications. Able to communicate with varied audiences. Comfortable and experienced interacting with senior executives with the ability to build trust and rapport.
• Strong problem resolution and independent planning.
• Extensive experience in external threat detection by utilizing OSINT, social media and various threat intelligence feeds.
• Prior experience with a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency is highly desirable.

• Regional or global threat intelligence experience overseeing fortune 500 organizations.
• Experience developing and managing security threats around various sized events.
• Investigative experience is highly desirable.
• Analyze data from intelligence reports and evaluate for severity and nature of risk to senior executives and others. Develop and implement appropriate security response to address risk.
• Proven ability to apply sound judgment and use discretion when dealing with sensitive information.

 

Technical Competencies:

 

• Must have knowledge of criminal law, rules of evidence, search and seizure, and criminal prosecution.
• Leadership courage to identify security-related risks and share them with senior management.
• Knowledge of civil law, and personnel/labor law sufficient to properly direct the activities of the Security Staff.
• Adept at building relationships, influencing others, forging alignment, and communicating effectively across the organization to achieve successful results.
• Familiar with Intelligence related monitoring tools, platforms, and vendors.

 

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