Global Program Lead

Emergent Risk International (ERI) is seeking to hire a full-time Global Program Lead in the Charleston, South Carolina metro area to be embedded on an annual contract with one of our multinational clients.

The Global Program Lead will have experience working in threat monitoring for a public or
private sector entity, ideally one with a global footprint. The
successful candidate will work full-time, on-site, and in the client's
office. The Global Program Lead will oversee a team of tactical,
strategic and OSINT analysts including a global 24/7/365 GSOC threat
monitoring intelligence team. 

This is NOT a Cyber Security role.

About
US: Emergent Risk International (ERI), is a global strategic
intelligence advisory firm focused on business-centered risk and
resilience. Specialized in geopolitical, regulatory and security risks
in global business, ERI provides subscription intelligence and analysis,
embedded services, training, and consulting to the world's leading
organizations. For over a decade, ERI has delivered trusted geopolitical
insights, trained thousands of intelligence professionals, set
standards, and led the way.  

Every team member of ERI is a brand
guardian of the business, and the core values and principles we follow
and expect of others are:  

• Ethics First. Always 
  
• Impactful. Future Forward 
  
• Innovative by Design 
  
• People-centered. Passion-fueled 
  
• Learning Together. Leading Together. 
  

Overview

The
Global Program Lead leads the end-to-end strategic direction,
operational performance, and daily execution of one of our embedded
Global Threat Monitoring and Analysis teams, including uninterrupted
24/7/365 coverage, team leadership, quality assurance, stakeholder
coordination, and timely escalation of risk, staffing, and performance
issues.

This individual will be responsible for setting the
operational cadence of the program, managing global analyst coverage
across all time zones, ensuring effective shift planning and backfill
coverage, and maintaining no gaps in service delivery under any
circumstances.

The role requires deep expertise in tactical threat
monitoring, private-sector intelligence operations, and Security
Operations Center or GSOC environments, as well as demonstrated success
leading distributed teams in a high-tempo, 24/7/365 operating model.

Responsibilities include:

• Accountable
  for the uninterrupted operation of the global threat monitoring
  function, including all administrative and operational requirements,
  staffing, scheduling, escalation, and coverage requirements. This
  includes nights, weekends, holidays, and emergency backfill situations.
  
• Participates
  in and organizes on-call rotation for team leadership including
  scheduling, backfilling and ensuring no gaps in on call coverage and
  rotations.
  
• Responsible for leading a globally dispersed team of
  threat monitoring, strategic, OSINT, and Event Security analysts,
  ensuring operational consistency across all time zones and coverage
  periods.
  
• Owns the quality control process for all alerts,
  reporting, and intelligence products, serving as the final reviewer for
  timeliness, accuracy and executive readiness.
  
• Serves as final reviewer for strategic products and bespoke intelligence requests from client.
  
• Leads
  client and internal stakeholder engagement to align operational
  priorities with business risk, decision-making needs, and service
  expectations.
  
• Escalates significant performance, coverage, quality, or staffing concerns to ERI leadership without delay.
  
• Lead program administration, product development, and monitor performance metrics.
  
• Serves
  as primary drafter and final reviewer for all program administration
  and business products including QBRs, QA/QC reports and team
  documentation and SOPs.
  
• Develops and maintains a positive and service-driven team culture.
  

The
successful candidate will demonstrate the judgment, maturity, and
leadership presence expected of a senior program owner, with the ability
to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and drive
accountability across a geographically dispersed team. They will be
expected to lead by example, uphold high standards of professionalism,
and ensure the program operates with discipline, consistency, and no
interruption in service.

Required Qualifications

• At
  least four years’ experience as a risk intelligence analyst in a GSOC
  threat monitoring or equivalent environment, whether having served in
  the private or public sector, with a demonstrated track record of
  steadily expanded responsibilities.
  
• At least three to four
  years’ management experience in a fast paced, detail-oriented security
  or intelligence environment, preferably in the private sector.
  
• Bachelor’s
  Degree, preferably in international relations, intelligence and
  security, journalism, military studies, or related fields. Master’s
  degree preferred.
  
• Excellent English language fluency, including
  excellent speaking, writing and editing skills, demonstrable ability to
  write concise reports suitable for a corporate executive audience.
  
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
  
• Demonstrable experience operating in a dynamic work environment, possessing a flexible and adaptable mindset.
  
• Excellent critical thinking skills that bolster both analytic work and suitability for serving in a lead client-facing role.
  
• Demonstrable experience preparing and delivering verbal briefings.
  
• Demonstrable experience leveraging metrics and data analytics to report team performance and trend tracking.
  
• Able to meet analytic deadlines and quick-thinking and responsiveness during crisis events.
  
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data and information.
  
• Willingness
  to work onsite at client office, as role requires regular team
  collaboration and access to sensitive corporate information.
  
• Superior research/OSINT skills.
  
• Ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and prioritize accordingly.
  
• A
  strong commitment to ethical private sector intelligence practices and
  ability to maintain confidentiality around security specific
  information.
  
• Must be able to work flexible schedule as required.
  
• Must pass a background check including prior employment and education credentials.
  

Remuneration: This
role will be a full-time (40 hours per week) role, working standard
business hours Monday – Friday, with on-call duty and availability
during emergencies as needed. Pay will be commensurate with experience.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Please send your resume, cover letter, and a recent writing sample to:

eritalent(at)emergentriskinternational(dot)com

Due to the high volume of applicants, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity or national origin. To be considered for the position, all
applicants must be legal residents of the United States and must
independently possess the eligibility to work in the country.