Job Description
Job Description Summary
Our Company is seeking a highly skilled and professional Protective Intelligence Specialist to identify, monitor, analyze, and help mitigate threats to employees and facilities. This role will monitor, collect, analyze, and produce intelligence in support of protective operations.
The successful candidate will be a disciplined professional with the ability to conduct threat analysis, support the development of threat mitigation recommendations, and will work closely with security teams, law enforcement, and other partners to help ensure the safety of our Company Employees.
This position requires flexibility to work non‑standard hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, based on operational requirements.
Primary activities include, but are not limited to:
Conduct intelligence gathering from open-source, social media, commercial, law enforcement, and industry sources.
Monitor threats directed toward employees, facilities, and business operations.
Conduct case-specific intelligence analysis using established methodologies.
Support investigations through information collection and analysis.
Maintain intelligence databases, case files, and threat assessment documentation.
Monitor intelligence sources and escalate significant findings through established processes.
Evaluate threat credibility, intent, capability, and opportunity using established threat assessment methodologies to identify patterns, trends, and indicators associated with targeted violence and other security risks.
Produce intelligence products including threat assessments, intelligence briefs, alerts, and executive summaries.
Conduct intelligence research and produce assessments in support of executive operations.
Conduct pre-travel and event risk assessments.
Analyze concerning communications, behaviors, and incidents involving employees, contractors, customers, or external actors.
Support workplace violence prevention initiatives.
Develop case management documentation and maintain threat assessment records.
Monitor geopolitical and regional developments affecting business operations.
Assess risks associated with major corporate events, conferences, and public-facing activities.
Support coordination with internal stakeholders and external partners as directed.
Prepare intelligence reports, summaries, and briefing materials for security leadership.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
At least 5 years of experience in protective intelligence, threat assessment, intelligence analysis, law enforcement intelligence, military intelligence, executive protection intelligence, or corporate security.
Experience conducting OSINT investigations and threat assessments.
Experience producing intelligence reports and executive briefings.
Strong judgment and decision‑making skills under pressure
Willingness and ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays
Able to travel locally, regionally or globally as required.
Bachelor’s degree required
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working within a global enterprise environment.
Behavioral threat assessment or targeted violence prevention experience.
Prior corporate executive protection or private‑sector security experience
Skills & Competencies
Structured Analytical Tradecraft
Exceptional situational awareness and attention to detail
Ability to remain calm, decisive, and professional in high‑risk situations
Strong communication and teamwork skills
High integrity, discretion, and professionalism
Ability to follow structured protocols while adapting to dynamic conditions
Physical & Operational Requirements
Able to travel locally, regionally or globally as required
Flexibility to work non‑standard hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, based on operational needs
Required Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Business Management, Business Operations, Case Documentation, Confidentiality, Counterintelligence Investigations, Crisis Management, Database Management, Decision Making, Executive Protection, Intelligence Analysis, Intelligence Reports, Intelligence Research, Law Enforcement, Physical Security, Project Risk Assessments, Security Management, Security Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Supply Chain Security, Threat Assessment, Threat Mitigation, Trade Secrets Protection, Workplace Violence Prevention
Preferred Skills:
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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
The salary range for this role is
$96,200.00 - $151,400.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
25%
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
N/A
Job Posting End Date:
07/31/2026
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