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Pinkerton

Global security and risk management provider

Investigative Analyst

Full-TimeDeadline 9/1/27
$32 - $34/hr
Mid
Bachelor's
Columbus, OH, USA
In Person
Risk & Compliance

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in international relations, political science, security studies, or a related field and at least three years of experience in security intelligence or threat analysis.
  • Complete Pinkerton's licensing process, including additional training and potentially verification of required licenses and affiliation to the appropriate Pinkerton entity.
  • Analyze information from multiple sources using analytical and critical-thinking skills.
  • Be willing to learn tools and techniques used for online research and monitoring.
  • Manage time effectively, multitask, and organize workload for effective implementation.
  • Work independently with little supervision.
  • Produce clear and concise summaries or reports through effective written and verbal communication.
  • Maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
  • Adapt quickly as the external environment and organization evolves.
  • Use computer applications, including Microsoft Office.
  • With or without reasonable accommodation, possess the physical and mental capacity to perform the essential functions, including regular computer use, occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment, and frequent sitting.
  • Travel as required.
Responsibilities
  • Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
  • Monitor open-source information, global news, government alerts, and industry intelligence feeds for events that may affect personnel, travelers, or business operations.
  • Track emerging geopolitical, security, environmental, and operational risks and escalate relevant findings to leadership.
  • Develop and manage intelligence investigations into significant incidents or threats, providing insights and recommendations to mitigate risks.
  • Support internal investigations to protect assets and mitigate risk.
  • Observe publicly available online discussions and digital environments for indicators of reputational or security-related concerns involving the company, its brands, or senior leaders, using approved tools.
  • Receive and assess automated alerts, conducting initial reviews to determine relevance and risk.
  • Document findings and escalate alerts that meet defined criteria to appropriate internal partners.
  • Produce concise, actionable intelligence summaries, alerts, and situational updates for leadership, including event overviews, assessed business impact, and recommended or completed actions.
  • Develop ad hoc intelligence products such as threat assessments, risk assessments, travel briefings, and post-incident reports.
  • Ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency across all written products.
  • Support crisis management teams and business leaders during incidents by providing real-time situational awareness and validated information.
  • Provide real-time situational awareness and validated information to crisis management teams.
  • Use the emergency notification system to support employee outreach, awareness messaging, and incident communication workflows.
  • Assist in configuring, optimizing, and maintaining intelligence platforms, alerting tools, and monitoring systems.
  • Maintain and update operational datasets, including contact lists, asset inventories, and distribution groups, to ensure accurate and timely outreach during incidents.
  • Partner with internal teams such as Protection Services, Physical Security, Human Resources, Legal, and Communications to align intelligence outputs with organizational needs.
  • Establish and maintain networks with external intelligence and law enforcement entities for information sharing and collaboration.
  • Contribute to developing internal processes, documentation, and standard operating procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

About the company

Pinkerton provides security and risk management services worldwide. It helps organizations protect people, assets, and information by offering a broad set of services including security consulting, risk assessments, investigations, protective services, crisis management, and training through customized programs. The way it works is by assessing each client’s risks, designing tailored security programs, deploying trained professionals or specialists, and coordinating incident response and ongoing monitoring to reduce threats and respond to incidents. What sets Pinkerton apart from competitors is its long history (dating back to 1850), global reach, and the ability to offer an integrated suite of services and programs under one provider. The company’s goal is to help clients prevent losses, safeguard operations, and maintain safety and continuity across regions and industries.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Founded

1850

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What believers are saying

  • Securitas called SRM a future growth engine on March 20, 2026.
  • Pinkerton Crime Index expanded to Germany on October 6, 2025, widening demand.
  • Securitas completed Liferaft in Q1 2026, strengthening Pinkerton’s open-source intelligence stack.

What critics are saying

  • North America Pinkerton lost a significant temporary contract at 2025-end, dragging 2026 results.
  • Securitas folded Pinkerton into SRM on April 1, 2026, cutting standalone autonomy.
  • If SRM growth stalls, Securitas can starve Pinkerton of capital and management attention.

What makes Pinkerton unique

  • Pinkerton’s 175-year brand anchors Securitas’ Security Risk Management unit on March 20, 2026.
  • Risk Pulse and Crime Index deliver location-specific intelligence beyond generic guard services.
  • Embedded Subject Matter Experts embed Pinkerton analysts inside clients’ operations for continuous threat management.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays

Company News

Securitas
Mar 20th, 2026
Securitas establishes Security Risk Management unit and makes changes to Group Management.

Securitas establishes Security Risk Management unit and makes changes to Group Management. Securitas continues to strengthen its position as a trusted partner in intelligence-led security by establishing a new business line, Security Risk Management (SRM). 20 March 2026 12:00 SRM is an end-to-end, intelligence-led approach to identifying, understanding, monitoring and acting on risks specific to each client. It enables proactive security, faster crisis response and adaptive security programs for clients, leveraging Securitas' unique ability to integrate physical and digital security, and is an engine for future growth for Securitas. Structurally, this brings together Pinkerton, the recently acquired open-source intelligence and threat-intelligence company Liferaft, and Securitas' existing Risk Intelligence unit under the leadership of Matt Ellis, who is appointed President Security Risk Management and member of Group Management. At the same time, Securitas combines the development of its digital platform and AI capabilities with the IT organization, under the leadership of Hillevi Agranius, Group CIO and member of Group Management. Together, SRM and the digital platform form the strategic engine of an intelligence-led model: SRM connects insights to action, and the digital platform is the infrastructure through which it is delivered. In conjunction with this transition, Marthin Althén, President Securitas Digital and member of Group Management, will leave Group Management. All other Group Management members continue in their current roles. These changes are effective April 1, 2026. "I am delighted to welcome Matt Ellis to Securitas. Matt is an outstanding thought leader who has built one of the most sophisticated global security and risk programs in the industry. His experience from highly complex, global security environments in a tech-forward organization makes him exceptionally well-suited to build and scale this important new business. I would also like to sincerely thank Martin Althén for being an active and essential contributor to Group Management over the past decade", says Magnus Ahlqvist, President and CEO of Securitas. About Matt Ellis Matt joins from Amazon, where he served as Director of Global Corporate Security, having joined the company in 2017. In this role, he led worldwide security strategy and operations across more than 570 sites, supporting over 350 000 employees globally, and helped bring together intelligence, investigations, crisis management, and security operations across programmes. Prior to Amazon, Matt held senior regional security leadership roles at WeWork and Cameron/OneSubsea, and earlier led international investigations in private practice. He began his career as a Commissioned Officer in the British Army. Matt holds an MSc in Security and Risk Management from the University of Leicester and is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

SYMEX ECONOMICS SA
Oct 6th, 2025
PINKERTON LAUNCHES CRIME INDEX IN GERMANY TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS NAVIGATE RISK, ALLOCATE RESOURCES

Pinkerton launches Crime Index in Germany to help organizations navigate risk, allocate resources.

PR Newswire
Jul 2nd, 2024
PINKERTON ACQUIRES VERIFACT INVESTIGATIONS, EXPANDS SERVICES ACROSS AUSTRALIA

/PRNewswire/ -- Pinkerton, a global provider of comprehensive risk management services and solutions, announced today the acquisition of Verifact...

PR Newswire
Jun 10th, 2024
Pinkerton Launches Risk Pulse To Provide Site-Specific, Next-Level Risk Management

Comprehensive annual reports provide reliable data on crime, economic and environmental risks to guide business leaders' strategic decisions on site-specific risk management.ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinkerton , a global provider of comprehensive risk management services and solutions, announced today the launch of Risk Pulse, the only annual report of its kind that provides business leaders a snapshot of potential safety, environmental and economic risks at a given location, offering key information to ensure clear and informed decisions.Pinkerton Risk Pulse, available now across the United States, provides a holistic overview of the threats to resources, facilities and personnel at a specific location, drawing upon advanced algorithms and proprietary data analysis to guide organizations' risk management strategies. The report provides concrete data on the risks associated with a requested address relative to county, state and national averages.Risk Pulse offers advanced insights on crime risk — drawn from the best-in-class Pinkerton Crime Index (PCI) — as well as natural disasters, wildfire risk, economic risk, electrical outages and industrial hazards relative to county, state and national averages. The reports also provide data on the history, frequency and damages associated with natural disasters at the selected location."Our Risk Pulse reports can be a gamechanger for an organization's C-Suite as they look for reliable data to inform strategic conversations about expansion, resource allocation and personnel," said Alix Arguelles, director of Products. "Building on the foundation of the PCI, these reports will help organizations gauge the costs and threats associated with new or existing locations down to the local level — from hurricanes to the strength of the electrical grid — and the potential risk level of each threat."Drawn from the most accurate and timely data available, Risk Pulse is ideal for all industries – from insurance to healthcare, banking, retail, manufacturing and transportation.For additional information about Risk Pulse reports or to contact a Pinkerton representative, please visit pinkerton.com/advisory/pinkerton-risk-pulse .About PinkertonSince 1850, Pinkerton has brought expertise that extends beyond conducting best-in-class investigations. We help deter and reduce threats by formulating high-level security strategies and plans. Our global network offers a single source for your risk management and security needs — investigations, risk consulting and protection — whether strategic or tactical, incident-driven or full-time with embedded subject matter experts

WKBN
Nov 20th, 2023
Richard L. Kennedy, Sr., Girard, Ohio

Richard retired as a security officer from Pinkerton Security and had also worked for Ohio Security.