Executive Protection Specialist

About this role

Technology & Operations is the backbone for both the client lifecycle and the investment lifecycle. The group’s Follow the Sun Model ensures that the firm’s operations are consistent and efficient across all investment products, client channels and regions, helping to deliver a superior client experience and drive scalability.

Technology & Operations is driven by a global network of Operating Centers of Excellence, which centralizes knowledge and equips support teams with the data and timely information needed to innovate and deliver on behalf of internal partners and clients.

BlackRock’s Technology & Enterprise Service Group aims to provide BlackRock Employees with robust technology infrastructure and strategic workplace solutions to deliver a consistent employee experience around the world, while handling information security.

Enterprise Security

Global Enterprise Security (GES) has responsibility for ensuring a risk-based management approach to protect BlackRock staff and visitors, reputation, physical and information assets and operations from disruptive events. The team leads key Security Programs, including Corporate Security, Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Health & Safety. Enterprise Security is part of BlackRock’s Global Enterprise Services group which also includes Corporate Travel, Private Aviation, Real Estate, Facilities Management and Premiere Support across the firm.

Based in New York the Executive Protection Specialist will be responsible for providing executive protection to key BlackRock executives in NY and while on business travel Supporting the Global Events Team and Corporate Security Team with executive event planning

Detail on these areas is outlined below:

Executive Protection duties will include leading all aspects of trip planning, execution and logistics as well as coordination with numerous internal and external teams ranging from our executive office staff, Corporate Travel and Private Aviation teams, third-party security firms, and security personnel at other firms and organizations.

Executive Protection agents are responsible for providing security to BlackRock executives in their home location and through extensive global travel. These trips will often involve engagement with local security providers and require advance visits to ensure logistics are carefully planned and executed.

The role will also require close coordination with our Corporate Security team through provision of support for security matters ranging from site security to investigations.

Corporate Event Executive Protection Coverage

The person selected for this role will be responsible for supporting executive activities related to Corporate Events. This includes maintaining relationships and communications with the Corporate Events and Corporate Security teams and reviewing all global events to determine which events require executive protection coverage. The selected candidate will be responsible for working with the security team and, at times, security vendors to ensure that security is provided as needed. Based on the event characteristics and executive travel, it is required to provide assistance during events and help coordinate other resources in their provision of security.

The position will be responsible for managing relationships with law enforcement agencies and security providers in order to ensure our ability to cover events and acquire assistance when required.

In order to succeed in this role the successful applicant will require excellent judgment, strong communications skills, the ability to partner with groups outside GES and the ability to know when to communicate and raise issues. The candidate will be capable of successfully partnering with key partners and will have a strong awareness of the BlackRock Corporate Culture and the ability to resolve measures that are appropriate in that environment. The successful candidate will have a successful track record interacting with all levels of management with an emphasis on engaging to the happiness of senior partners.

Additional Responsibilities will include:

• Provide support to the Corporate Security and Events team at corporate events and help lead all aspects of staff and vendors providing security at those events
• Provide executive protection services including trip planning, advance work, driver services, close protection, event coverage and coverage for business trips
• Coordinate security in executive office space
• Lead and run executive protection vendors, including the acquisition of new vendors as necessary
• Maintain strong ties with Local, State and Federal Government law enforcement officials to ensure BlackRock is able to respond appropriately to events or crises. A special emphasis is required in the NY City area where we maintain our global headquarters
• Provide security support and advice to the BlackRock Events staff for meetings and events where executives will be present to ensure appropriate level of protection
• React and advise on regional security developments and security incidents impacting operations.
• Promote security awareness and always instills a culture of collective and individual responsibilities for practicing good security.

This role requires extensive security experience as well as expertise dealing with senior executives and their administrative staff.

Experience must include a proven ability to apply judgment that balances the requirement to provide security, maintain confidentiality and to raise issues and concerns.

It must include experience planning and executing trips and events, managing emergency situations including security threats, but also including emergencies that involve response to natural and man-made disasters, medical emergencies and trip logistics.

The successful candidate will have previous law enforcement, military or executive protection experience and have worked with senior executives, preferably in a role involving global travel.

Additional experience and requirements include:

• Requires a minimum of 10 years in the public safety, law enforcement or security field.
• Requires experience working for C-Suite executives in the provision of executive protection
• Requires executive driving experience and experience providing advance coverage for events and trips
• Requires experience providing services for corporate events
• The position is based in New York City. Candidates must live in the NYC metropolitan area. No relocation assistance will be offered.
• Requires in-depth experience interacting with senior management. Good judgment is crucial as is the ability to know when to raise issues and involve additional partners.
• Must be available during evenings and weekends to respond to unexpected emergencies and situations at any of BlackRock’s locations globally, especially in the NYC area.
• Availability during evenings and weekends to respond to unexpected emergencies and situations involving BlackRock executives or facilities.

A preference will be given to candidates with:

• A minimum of 15 years in the public safety, law enforcement or security field.
• Ability to align with HR 218 (the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act)
• Certification or ability to acquire certification as an Armed Security Officer
• Experience providing executive and event protection
• Financial Services experience
• A strong network across security personnel at peer financial institutions
• A strong law enforcement network, especially in New York City where our headquarters operations are based
• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred.

Travel : Extensive

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.