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ICEYE is seeking a Protective Services Lead to serve as the operational security lead for the company's global workforce. Reporting to the Head of Physical Security and Safety, this is a hands-on senior role focused on protecting ICEYE's people, executives, and operations across multiple geographies.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing travel risk for employees globally: conducting pre-travel risk assessments, real-time monitoring, and on-the-ground support across all destinations.
- Leading ICEYE's response to security crises, coordinating internal teams and external partners to resolve incidents quickly and minimize impact.
- Planning and delivering executive protection for senior leaders, including threat assessments, route planning, and protective detail coordination.
- Serving as the first point of contact for security incidents and alarm activations, triaging and escalating as needed.
- Planning and overseeing security for company events, including risk assessment, access control, and vendor coordination.
- Managing external security vendors (protective services, travel risk, event security) and holding them to service level agreements.
- Writing and maintaining security procedures, running crisis exercises and drills, and delivering security training.
- Supporting business lines with tailored security planning for specialized or fast-moving programs.
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, operating the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation. The company serves defense, intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance, and emergency management customers globally, with over 1,000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
The role is permanent, hybrid-based in Espoo, Finland, and subject to applicable security screening including SUPO where required.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must haves:
- Approximately 8 years of security experience in an international setting, covering crisis management, executive protection, or travel security across multiple sites and regions.
- Hands-on experience managing external security vendors, including performance and service level management.
- Track record of leading security for executive travel programs or high-profile company events.
- Experience planning and running crisis exercises, incident response drills, and security training.
- Strong written documentation skills: procedures, incident and after-action reports, and travel risk assessments.
- Calm, structured decision-making under pressure, including during simultaneous incidents across sites.
- Confidence working with authorities, law enforcement, and external providers, and explaining security requirements clearly to non-specialists.
Nice to haves:
- Experience in critical infrastructure, defense, or other environments handling classified or sensitive information.
- Established professional network across the security, government, and critical infrastructure sectors.
- Experience in high-scale security operations across multiple geographies.
