# Executive Protection Specialist – C Suite Protection & Global Events Security **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $99,100-$166,200 **Category**: Physical Security **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/73278?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_fb644039-0c5 ## Description The Executive Protection Specialist – C Suite Protection & Global Events Security role at Ford Motor Company involves providing protective services for company executives and their family members through proactive planning, executive protection, and discreet operational execution. In this position, you will be responsible for: - Providing protective services for executives and family members during daily activities, business travel, and special events. - Conducting thorough security advance work to assess routes, venues, hotels, and event sites for safety and logistics. - Implementing complex security measures and contingency plans in coordination with the Executive Protection Supervisor and Corporate Security leadership. - Driving and maintaining secure transportation for the principal; ensuring vehicles are clean, fueled, and mission-ready. - Maintaining constant situational awareness and monitoring surroundings for potential threats or suspicious activity. - Supporting the execution of domestic and international travel details, ensuring safe and efficient movements. - Coordinating closely with advance and logistics teams, aviation, corporate security, and local law enforcement, as necessary. - Handling sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism. - Maintaining readiness for rapid deployment, emergencies, and changing security conditions. - Conducting post-operation debriefs and providing input on operational improvements and threat awareness. - Representing the Executive Protection program with discretion, courtesy, and professionalism consistent with corporate standards. To qualify for this role, you will need: - A minimum of 5+ years of executive protection, law enforcement, military, or specialized security experience, preferably in a corporate or high-profile environment. - Prior experience supporting senior executives, high-net-worth individuals, or families having conducted both domestic and international security advances. - Certifications such as LEOSA certification or eligibility (preferred), CPR/AED and first aid certification (required), and advanced medical, defensive/evasive driving, and surveillance detection training (preferred). - An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Security Management, or related field preferred; equivalent professional experience accepted. - Proficiency in executive protection tactics, threat assessment, and situational awareness. - Skilled in advance planning, route selection, and secure travel coordination. - Trained in defensive/evasive driving and emergency response. - Strong understanding of communications security, GPS, and protective equipment. - Experience operating across international environments and varied cultural settings. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Calm and decisive under pressure; able to respond effectively to emergencies. - High emotional intelligence and ability to interact respectfully with executives, family members, and staff. - Discreet, trustworthy, and capable of maintaining strict confidentiality. - Detail-oriented with a proactive, mission-focused mindset. As an established global company, Ford offers various benefits, including immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more; family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more; vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases; tuition assistance; established and active employee resource groups; paid time off for individual and team community service; a generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day; paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. The salary range for this position is $99,100-$166,200. ## Skills ### Required - Executive Protection - Threat Assessment - Situational Awareness - Defensive/Evasive Driving - Emergency Response - Communication Security - GPS - Protective Equipment ### Nice to have - LEOSA certification - Advanced Medical Training - Surveillance Detection Training --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/73278?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)