Director, Embedded Intelligence

We seek a highly motivated, detail oriented, business-minded consultant with creativity, initiative, teamwork, commercial and project management skills to help drive our crisis management and security consulting business. The Director will have a dual role as 1) a consultant delivering end-to-end embedded projects for clients across the US market as required with a special focus on intelligence solutions as well as wider embedded project oversight and 2) a proactive business development resource across the intelligence and embedded consulting space both in the local market and across the US and Canada

Tasks and responsibilities

Client Delivery

• Assist clients in solving complex intelligence problems and crafting flexible and sustainable organizational embedded approaches.
• Act as a senior project manager for Control Risks’ embedded consulting services(assessing, designing, implementing and improving corporate intelligence
• programs, capabilities and practices), including being the primary contact to the client and managing a delivery team.
• Provide clients with expert support and insights on intelligence program excellence.
• Work with client leadership teams to ensure that business priorities are represented in our embedded intelligence solutions.
• Develop introductory, intermediate and expert intelligence training experiences that can ultimately delivered at scale.
• Collaboratively scope complex and multidimensional projects with our clients bringing in diverse Control Risks embedded solutions as appropriate.
• Lead and service multiple assignments as full case manager responsible for entire project cycle in intelligence embedded programs on as needed basis.
• Support Principal and other ECE team leaders with engagement resourcing, budgets and invoicing.

Business Development

• Proactively identify prospects and generate new business opportunities for Control Risks. This includes the development primarily focused on corporates
• based throughout the US/Canada.
• Work closely with account managers, ECS Leaders, and Geomarket Leaders in a consultative sales capacity to join existing client conversations as a subject
• matter expert on intelligence and close new opportunities
• Own business development cycle for opportunities identified, including large scale proposals and RFPs.
• Establish relationships with new intelligence clients and grow relationships with existing clients
• Author thought leadership on relevant topics building Control Risks and personal brands

Requirements

Knowledge and experience

• 10+ years of work experience in a global security intelligence organization or consulting firm.
• Demonstrated experience in intelligence program development and optimization.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of policies, standards and procedures.
• Experience with protective intelligence and threat monitoring programs
• Experience in providing intelligence training both in-classroom and practical
• Knowledge of best-practices in intelligence strategy, organizational structures, physical security, travel security, event security, executive protection programs, security training and awareness, security metrics and reporting as well as security incident management.
• Knowledge of data-driven approaches to security program optimization

• Experience in multiple industries and client operating environments preferred
• Experience in management/security consulting preferred
• Demonstrated success in the industry managing or designing executive protection programs preferred

Qualifications and specialist skills

• Ability to travel 50% of the time and on short notice when required
• Exceptional written and interpersonal communications skills
• Ownership and accountability to drive success both within the team and across Control Risks
• The ability to multi-task and balance competing requirements, including client-facing, business development related, and internal matters
• Creative and analytical problem-solving skills
• Committed, enthusiastic and with a ‘can do’ approach
• Confident, solution oriented and with a positive attitude
• A high level of integrity, loyalty and discretion
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills
• Collaborative
• Executive presence

Behaviors All employees are expected to display behaviors reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence

The base salary range for this position is $180,000-$190,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending