Vice President, Executive Protection Specialist

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 and data integrity. Teams aligned to support the firm’s functions.

As an Executive Protection Specialist, you will:

• Provide executive protection to key BlackRock executives in NY and while on business travel

• Support the Global Events Team and Corporate Security Team with executive event planning

• Executive Protection - 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 performed

• 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 - You 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 resolve events require executive protection coverage. You 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, you will at times be required to provide assistance during events and help oversee other resources in their provision of security

• Be responsible for maintaining relationships with law enforcement agencies and security providers in order to ensure our ability to cover events and obtain assistance when required

• In order to succeed in this role, you will need to possess excellent judgment, strong communications skills, the ability to partner with groups outside GES and the ability to know when to communicate and advance issues. You will partner with key stakeholders and will have a strong awareness of the BlackRock Culture and the ability to resolve measures that are appropriate in that environment. You will also need a successful track record interacting with all levels of management with an emphasis on engaging to the satisfaction of senior partners

Additional Responsibilities will include:

• Provide support to the Corporate Security and Events team at corporate events and help coordinate 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

• Oversee security in executive office space

• Oversee and lead executive protection vendors, including the acquisition of new vendors as vital

• Maintain strong ties with Local, State and Federal Government law enforcement officials to ensure BlackRock can 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

What You'll Need:

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

• Experience must include a consistent record 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, handling emergency situations including security threats, but also including emergencies that involve response to natural and human-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

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred

• A minimum of 10 years in the public safety, law enforcement or security field

• Certification or ability to obtain certification as an Armed Security Officer

• Experience working for C-Suite executives in the provision of executive protection

• Executive driving experience and experience providing advance coverage for events and trips

• Experience providing services for corporate events

• 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

• Ability to align with HR 218 (the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act)

• 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