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The Global Security Protective Intelligence team analyzes and assesses threats to American Express executives, colleagues, facilities, assets, events, and interests globally. Reporting to the Director of Protective Intelligence, the Protective Intelligence Research Analyst will gather, analyze, produce, and brief actionable intelligence for informed decision making across Global Security, executive leadership, and the enterprise. Critical skills include partnering with key stakeholders and providing awareness, indications, warnings, and operational readiness. This role will be located Tel Aviv or Jerusalem Israel.

How you will make an impact in this role?

Leverage open-source, proprietary information, and purpose-built tools to create written intelligence products for key collaborators to proactively address threats. Support intelligence investigations involving threats to leaders and facilities. Produce and present threat assessments, investigation analysis, and briefings that are concise and professional. Build and maintain partnerships with key teams/functions within the company such as physical security, information security, business continuity, insider threat, and investigations. Interact rapidly at all levels of the organization and across regions to provide domain expertise on threats. Minimum Qualifications: 5+ years’ working in large critically important environment in one or more areas of executive protection, criminal justice, intelligence, security, or related fields. In-depth understanding of threats affecting executives, corporate assets and events. Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: executive protection, federal law enforcement, close protection, counterintelligence, insider threat, all-source intelligence. Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment, operating with a sense of urgency as needed. Advanced level of understanding of investigative techniques and threat-based intelligence analysis to detect and resolve threats, vulnerabilities, and criminal activity. Strong verbal and written communication skills, analytic writing, interpersonal collaborative skills, and effective communication. Experience in data visualization, network analysis, and application of structured analytic techniques to generate and test hypotheses, assess cause and effect, challenge analysis, and support decision making. Ability to review information to determine its significance, validate its accuracy and assess its reliability. Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to maintain collaborative working relationships and drive coordination and results across teams. Solid critical thinking and effective time management skills with ability to prioritize based on changing environment. Must have initiative and able to work both collaboratively and independently when needed. Bachelor's degree required; relevant advanced degree preferred.

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: 

Bonus incentives   Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need   Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program   Career development and training opportunities 

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.