Global Intelligence Lead

Role Description

This role is a contract assignment at Palo Alto Networks. Contractors will not be employed by Palo Alto Networks but through our trusted staffing partners.

Your Impact

• Take a primary, active role in supporting the protective intelligence program, leading threat assessments for executive travel, board meetings, and high-profile corporate events to directly inform physical security protocols.
• Produce strategic intelligence assessments covering geopolitical risks, macro-level regional dynamics, and emerging threats to inform enterprise risk management and corporate decision-making.
• Develop and deliver hands-on training workshops for GSOC and RSOC analysts, elevating tradecraft, OSINT collection, and report-writing capabilities.
• Perform targeted OSINT investigations and provide ad-hoc threat support for rapid-response physical security needs.
• Drive continuous improvement in analytical methodologies, intelligence feeds, and structured analytical techniques (e.g., ACH, Scenario Planning) to mature overall team capabilities.
• Partner effectively with key business partners—including Travel, Crisis Communications, Legal, and Worldwide Operations—to deliver timely intelligence and align risk mitigation strategies.
• Deliver clear, concise intelligence briefings to business leaders and security leadership, translating complex risk metrics into actionable insight.

Your Experience

• 3–5+ years of dedicated intelligence analysis experience in corporate security, tech, government, or a related sector.
• Protective Intelligence Expertise: Demonstrated experience supporting protective intelligence programs, executive threat assessments, travel risk, and physical threat monitoring.
• Strategic & Geopolitical Acumen: Proven capability to analyze macro-level geopolitical dynamics and assess potential impacts on global business operations.
• OSINT & Structured Tradecraft: Advanced proficiency with open-source intelligence tools and formal analytical techniques (e.g., ACH, Scenario Planning).
• Communication & Facilitation: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience briefing leadership and delivering training/workshops.
• Self-Motivated Execution: Proven ability to work independently out of HQ, manage multiple project deliverables simultaneously, and maintain composure in ambiguous situations.