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Waters Corporation

Director, Global Trade

Milford, MA · On-site

Global Trade Strategy & Executive Advisory * Define and lead the enterprise-wide vision and multi ... geopolitical developments. * Translate complex regulatory environments into actionable business ...

Concentric

Intelligence Analyst (Temporary)

Herndon, VA · On-site

$91K/yr

Concentric offers strategic advisory services, risk assessments, physical protection, threat ... This includes conducting open-source strategic geopolitical and tactical/investigative research to ...

Waters Corporation

Director, Global Trade

Milford, MA · On-site

Global Trade Strategy & Executive Advisory * Define and lead the enterprise-wide vision and multi ... geopolitical developments. * Translate complex regulatory environments into actionable business ...

Waters Corporation

Director, Global Trade

Milford, MA · On-site

Global Trade Strategy & Executive Advisory * Define and lead the enterprise-wide vision and multi ... geopolitical developments. * Translate complex regulatory environments into actionable business ...

Kroll

Manager II, Security Risk Management

Boston, MA · On-site

These include geopolitical developments, civil unrest, terrorism, severe weather, natural disasters ... About Kroll Join the global leader in risk and financial advisory solutions-Kroll. With a nearly ...

Concentric

Intelligence Analyst (Temporary)

Herndon, VA · On-site

$91K/yr

Concentric offers strategic advisory services, risk assessments, physical protection, threat ... This includes conducting open-source strategic geopolitical and tactical/investigative research to ...

Ta Instruments

Director, Global Trade

Milford, MA · On-site

Global Trade Strategy & Executive Advisory * Define and lead the enterprise-wide vision and multi ... geopolitical developments. * Translate complex regulatory environments into actionable business ...

Waters Corporation

Director, Global Trade

Milford, MA · On-site

Global Trade Strategy & Executive Advisory * Define and lead the enterprise-wide vision and multi ... geopolitical developments. * Translate complex regulatory environments into actionable business ...

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What is geopolitical advisory?

Geopolitical advisory involves providing strategic guidance to organizations on how global political events, trends, and risks may impact their operations, investments, or decision-making. Professionals in this field analyze international relations, government policies, and political developments to help businesses anticipate changes and respond effectively. Their advice can cover areas such as regulatory risks, market entry, supply chain vulnerabilities, and crisis management. Geopolitical advisors often work for consulting firms, multinational corporations, or government agencies.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a geopolitical advisor?

To thrive as a Geopolitical Advisor, you need a deep understanding of international relations, political science, and global economics, usually supported by an advanced degree in a related field. Familiarity with analytical tools, risk assessment frameworks, and geographic information systems (GIS) is common, along with proficiency in languages and research databases. Strong critical thinking, effective communication, and cultural awareness are vital soft skills that set top advisors apart. These abilities are crucial for accurately assessing global trends, advising organizations on risks and opportunities, and crafting informed strategic recommendations.

What are some common challenges faced by professionals in geopolitical advisory roles, and how can they be managed effectively?

Professionals in Geopolitical Advisory roles often navigate rapidly changing global events, requiring them to stay updated on political, economic, and regulatory developments. One common challenge is synthesizing complex, often ambiguous information from diverse sources to provide timely, actionable insights to clients or leadership. Effective management involves strong analytical skills, adaptability, and ongoing collaboration with cross-functional teams, including legal, risk, and communications experts. Building a robust network and leveraging reliable data sources can also help advisors anticipate emerging risks and deliver value to their organizations.

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Blackstone Physical Security - Managing Director, Security Intelligence

New York, NY • On-site

Blackstone
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Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 18 days ago

Job description

Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone's over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.
Role Overview:
The Managing Director of Intelligence is a senior security leader responsible for developing and leading security intelligence efforts to protect the company's people, assets, operations, and reputation. Reporting to the Chief Security Officer, this role oversees intelligence collection, analysis, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across the business.
Responsibilities:
Intelligence Program Leadership
  • Design, build, and lead a global intelligence and threat assessment function for the firm.
  • Develop security intelligence strategies, operating procedures, and reporting frameworks.
  • Establish intelligence collection, analysis, dissemination, and escalation protocols aligned with business priorities and risk considerations.
  • Create scalable intelligence capabilities supporting corporate offices, executive protection, employee travel, portfolio companies, and investment opportunities.
  • Build a high-performing intelligence team with expertise in geopolitical analysis, protective intelligence, investigations, and threat management.

Threat Intelligence & Monitoring
  • Lead proactive analysis of geopolitical, criminal, terrorism, civil unrest, insider, reputational, and targeted violence threats impacting the firm and its investments.
  • Deliver strategic intelligence assessments to executive leadership and investment stakeholders.
  • Establish regional and global threat monitoring capabilities with actionable alerting and escalation processes.
  • Develop threat models related to activist campaigns, executive targeting, workplace violence, sanctions impact, and supply chain disruption.
  • Integrate open-source intelligence, commercial intelligence platforms, government liaison relationships, and internal reporting channels into a unified intelligence picture.

Executive Protection & Employee Safety
  • Partner with executive protection and corporate security teams to support protective intelligence operations for senior executives and high-profile employees.
  • Oversee travel risk intelligence, event security intelligence, and crisis monitoring for global employee deployments.
  • Develop behavioral threat assessment and targeted violence prevention capabilities.
  • Support incident response and crisis management during emergencies affecting personnel or business operations.

Investment & Portfolio Company Support
  • Advise portfolio company leadership on emerging threats and collaborate on mitigation strategy
  • Develop scalable intelligence products and advisory services for portfolio companies operating in elevated-risk jurisdictions or sectors.
  • Assess emerging risks affecting critical infrastructure, real estate, private equity, credit, insurance, and alternative asset investments.

Crisis Management & Investigations
  • Contribute intelligence support for crisis management teams and business continuity operations.
  • Support sensitive internal investigations in partnership with Legal, HR, Compliance, and Internal Audit.
  • Contribute to post-incident intelligence reviews and lessons-learned processes.

External Engagement & Partnerships
  • Build trusted relationships with law enforcement, intelligence community partners, peer institutions, industry groups, and external intelligence providers.
  • Represent the firm in public-private intelligence and security forums.
  • Evaluate and manage third-party security intelligence vendors, travel security providers, and analytical security platforms.

Qualifications:
Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.
The successful candidate must have:
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Intelligence Studies, Criminal Justice, International Relations, Homeland Security, or a related discipline preferred.
  • 20+ years of experience in intelligence community, national security, law enforcement, military or corporate security, preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience within the United States Intelligence Community (USCI)
  • Established existing relationships with law enforcement, intelligence community partners, and government agencies preferred.
  • Industry certifications or relevant professional credentials in intelligence, security, investigations, are helpful.
  • Experience operating at the intersection of policy, security and commercial decision-making
  • Strong expertise converting complex intelligence into clear business and investment insights
  • Experience developing intelligence products, threat assessments, investigative reports, and strategic risk briefings.
  • Strong understanding of emerging security risks impacting corporate environments, executives, employees, portfolio companies, and business operations.
  • Proven experience building and maintaining trusted relationships with internal teams, external partners, government agencies, law enforcement, industry associations, and portfolio companies' representatives.
  • Familiarity with open-source intelligence tools, alerting platforms, social media monitoring, crime data, incident management systems, and other intelligence resources.
  • Proven experience delivering intelligence to senior business leaders and decision makers

Key Skills
  • Intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination
  • Threat and risk assessment
  • Executive-level briefing and reporting
  • Public-private partnership engagement
  • Law enforcement and government liaison
  • Crisis management and business continuity support
  • Investigations and due diligence
  • Third-party risk analysis
  • Open-source intelligence and incident monitoring tools
  • Strong written, verbal, and analytical communication skills

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
Expected annual base salary range:
$275,000 - $300,000
Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.
Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone's sole discretion.
Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).
Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:
  • Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
  • Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
  • Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
  • Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
  • Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.
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