Executive Protection Specialist

About the role

The Executive Protection Specialist provides discreet, intelligence-led protection to designated corporate executives and key personnel. This role supports personal safety, business continuity, and reputational risk management through proactive planning, advance work, and low-visibility protective operations. The position requires frequent travel and the ability to operate effectively in dynamic, high-trust corporate environments.

Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy, protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g., assets and data), and stewards a strong risk culture. Within GR&S, the Enterprise Security and Fraud (ES&F) sub-division is responsible for the global protection of Vanguard crew, property, data, and client assets.

Responsibilities

• Deliver executive protection services for corporate leadership during domestic and international travel, events, and daily activities.
• Conduct advance work, site assessments, and logistical planning for travel, meetings, hotels, venues, and transportation routes.
• Perform ongoing threat, vulnerability, and exposure assessments to inform protection strategies and travel planning.
• Plan and support secure executive movements, including contingency and emergency response planning.
• Maintain situational awareness and apply avoidance, de-escalation, and sound judgment as primary protective strategies.
• Adapt quickly to changing schedules, environments, and operational priorities while maintaining professionalism.
• Coordinate with corporate security leadership, travel security teams, law enforcement, and approved external partners as required.
• Respond effectively to security, safety, or medical incidents with discretion and composure.
• Produce clear risk assessments, incident reports, after-action reports, and operational documentation.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and always uphold the highest standards of professionalism.

Requirements

• 3–5 years' experience in executive protection, law enforcement, military, or related protective services.
• Demonstrated experience conducting advance work and threat, risk, or vulnerability assessments.
• Strong situational awareness, decision-making, and judgment under uncertainty.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Proven discretion in handling sensitive personal and corporate information.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to support secure transportation operations.
• Ability to meet physical and medical requirements consistent with protective duties.
• Extensive domestic and international travel, often on short notice.
• Ability to support extended assignments, irregular schedules, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Flexibility to operate across time zones and rapidly changing itineraries.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission: to work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients, lead through products and services that transform our clients' lives, and learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.