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Job Title:
Physical Risk Detection Specialist
Description:
Reporting to the Director of Protective Intelligence, the Physical Risk Detection Specialist will develop scripts and leverage custom tools to gather, analyze, and author actionable intelligence from internal, dark web, proprietary, and open sources to identify, disrupt, and prevent harm that might impact our colleague and executives’ ability to safely conduct business globally. Critical skills include partnering with key stakeholders and providing awareness, indications, warnings, and operational readiness. The Global Security Protective Intelligence team analyzes and assesses internal, external, and geopolitical threats to American Express executives, employees, facilities, assets, events, and interests globally.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain and continually enhance priority intelligence requirements that align with needs of stakeholders.
Multilingual technical threat detection (threat hunting) to identify, disrupt and prevent potential physical harm and threats, both internally and externally, for all colleagues, facilities, and corporate events.Role includes hunting for brand exposure risks.
Develop scripts to identify specific insider threats and external risks.
Leverage OSINT, proprietary information, and purpose-built tools to create written intelligence products for key stakeholders to proactively address threats.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
DESIRED LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS
Calm and decisive under pressure.
Ability to prioritize actions for the benefit of the organization to remain focused on most critical issues.
Initiative and energy to go beyond minimum requirements of effort and activity; a bias for action and for getting things done.
Proven ability in extending and maintaining strong relationships in a complex multi-national corporation.
Strong problem solver with the ability to use analytical methods to affect change.
Effective organizational skills (including attention to detail) along with the ability to collaborate and influence in a matrixed environment.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS:
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.