Americas Regional Security Analyst

The Americas Regional Security Analyst leverages deep substantive knowledge of the Americas, a strong regional network, and deep technical expertise in analytic tradecraft to deliver Shell strategic objectives.

The Intelligence & Assessment Team (I&AT) delivers security intelligence and geopolitical insights across Shell’s businesses and functions. It forms a critical component of the Corporate Security function, helping the company to assess threats, define risks and maximise value through the delivery of strategic intelligence.

The I&AT serves as an expert resource for intelligence analysis and strategic assessment of geopolitical and security threats.

• →Holds principal accountability for identifying and assessing security threats in the Americas regions, including ownership of the Threat Assessment process to anticipate, monitor and communicate changing threat environments and emerging trends, and identify triggers and indicators to monitor changes in the threat outlook.
• →Provide both oral and written strategic intelligence assessments of geopolitical and security dynamics with the potential to have a material security impact to the company, including forward-looking assessments and outlooks.
• →Support operational and tactical intelligence needs through OSINT sources as well as a connection into a substantial regional network (peers, governmental agencies, NGOs, and academia), applying the intelligence cycle to security information and reporting requirements and production.
• →Proactively identify emerging threats and shape and prioritise strategic intelligence requirements based on business requirements, responding to requests for information and supporting business planning and key decision points.
• →Establish and maintain a broad range of senior-level relationships and authoritative information sources, internally and externally, and ensure regular information flows with peers, governments, academia and NGOs.
• →Provide strategic and operational liaison and guidance to Shell security and business leaders. 
• →Travel regularly within the region to carry out assessments, deepen subject matter expertise and develop external networks.
• →Provide support outside normal working hours and respond proactively to security-relevant developments and incidents. 

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• Bachelor’s degree and preferably an advanced qualification in a relevant discipline (eg International Relations, Politics, History, Security Studies, International Development).
• Minimum five years’ relevant professional experience in security intelligence, geopolitical analysis, threat assessment or a closely related field. Relevant government (eg military, intelligence, diplomatic service), commercial (eg business intelligence, media, strategic consultancy), research (eg think-tank) or NGO experience, with a strong focus on information collation and analysis and a proven track record in presenting written and verbal briefings to senior audiences.
• Deep substantive knowledge of the Americas, particularly Latin America (including politics, history, culture, security, regional context).
• Professional fluency in Spanish (written and oral) is required, including the ability to participate fully in meetings conducted in Spanish, understand detail and context, and conduct real-time analysis to ask appropriate follow-up questions.
• Substantive intelligence experience in the public and/or private sectors. Specifically, understanding of the intelligence cycle and its application in a commercial environment.
• Significant training and professional experience in analytic tradecraft, including the ability to assess threat-actor intent and capability, key threat drivers and likely future developments, and develop evidence-based threat forecasts.
• Deep knowledge of international affairs and the ability to examine issues for second and third order implications to Shell.
• Possess a substantive and established network throughout the region and have the ability to quickly forge productive relationships and build networks at all levels, internally and externally.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with open-source intelligence tools and techniques.
• Ability to work independently in a dispersed virtual team structure.
• Preferred: An additional regional language; international work and travel experience, particularly regional posting(s).

Shell in The United States

With more than 11,000 employees, Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years and is delivering secure energy supplies across America.

From producing a reliable supply of oil and gas in the US Gulf of America to biofuels, our retail sites and EV charging network, to marketing and trading electricity generated by gas plants, solar and wind power, we are one of the few countries where every Shell business is represented.

We are working with our customers to deliver the energy the world needs today and building the energy systems of tomorrow, all while creating value for society and shareholders.

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