As the AVP of Global Security Operations, you will set strategy, oversee results, and lead a globally integrated security operations program spanning executive protection, physical security operations, GSOC, protective intelligence, travel safety, employee emergency notification, security technology, and vendor performance.

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Protection & Executive Threat Management

· Lead the enterprise Executive Protection Program for the CEO, Board of Directors, Executive Leadership Team, and other designated protectees.

· Set executive protection methodologies that balance safety, operational efficiency, discretion, and executive experience.

· Oversee advance planning, protective operations, residential security, secure transportation, special events, and executive travel standards.

· Direct executive threat management, behavioral threat assessment, protective intelligence, online threat monitoring, case management, and law enforcement coordination.

Global Physical Security Operations

· Lead enterprise physical security programs protecting employees, visitors, facilities, critical infrastructure, and company assets worldwide.

· Oversee facility security operations, guard force management, contract security services, access control, video surveillance, workplace security, and security assessments.

· Develop global physical security standards with regional flexibility for threat, regulatory, and operational requirements.

· Partner with Global Real Estate and business leaders on security design for new construction, renovations, and critical infrastructure protection.

Global Security Operations Center

· Develop, operate, and continuously improve a world-class GSOC supporting worldwide operations.

· Drive 24/7 monitoring, incident detection and response, security dispatch, alarm monitoring, video monitoring, intelligence fusion, crisis coordination, business continuity support, and situational awareness.

· Implement technology and automation to improve response times, operational efficiency, decision-making, and enterprise visibility.

Intelligence & Protective Intelligence

· Lead enterprise intelligence capabilities that identify emerging risks and enable proactive decision-making.

· Oversee global intelligence collection, geopolitical analysis, civil unrest monitoring, terrorism and criminal threat assessments, executive threat intelligence, supply chain risk intelligence, and special event monitoring.

· Establish intelligence products that support executives, crisis leadership teams, and security operations.

Travel Risk Management

· Lead the enterprise travel safety program protecting employees conducting domestic and international business.

· Oversee travel risk assessments, destination intelligence, executive travel support, high-risk travel approvals, emergency traveler assistance, medical evacuation coordination, travel tracking, country risk ratings, security briefings, and international crisis response.

· Partner with travel providers and external security vendors to support global traveler safety.

Employee Emergency Notification & Crisis Communications

· Lead enterprise emergency communications supporting employee safety worldwide.

· Oversee mass notification systems, employee accountability, emergency communications, crisis messaging, severe weather notifications, active threat notifications, business disruption communications, global notification governance, and communication testing.

· Ensure timely, accurate, and scalable communications during emergencies.

Security Technology & Innovation

· Partner with security technology teams to modernize security operations and improve interoperability across platforms.

· Support implementation and optimization of enterprise access control, video management systems, AI-enabled monitoring, analytics platforms, incident management systems, threat management platforms, visitor management, mobile security applications, security robotics, drone detection technologies, enterprise reporting, and dashboards.

· Leverage automation and analytics to improve operational effectiveness and enterprise risk visibility.

Strategic Leadership, Financial & Vendor Management

· Develop long-term security operations strategy aligned with corporate objectives, enterprise governance, and operational risk priorities.

· Build high-performing teams and foster a culture of operational excellence, innovation, accountability, integrity, and continuous improvement.

· Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership during incidents and crises, and represent Global Security with internal stakeholders, government agencies, and industry partners.

· Develop and manage multi-million-dollar operating and capital budgets, oversee enterprise security service providers, negotiate strategic vendor relationships, and measure performance through SLAs and KPIs.

Why You'll Love It

· Impact at Scale: Protect employees, executives, facilities, and operations that support customers and communities worldwide.

· Mission + Momentum: Lead a high-impact security function with the mandate to modernize, automate, and strengthen enterprise resilience.

· Partnership: Collaborate with business leaders, Human Resources, Legal, Global Real Estate, Cybersecurity, Crisis Management, Environmental Health & Safety, and public safety agencies.

· Purpose: Enable safe, resilient, and uninterrupted business operations while helping redefine what security can do for the enterprise.

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Security Management, Business Administration, Emergency Management, or a related discipline.

· 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate security, law enforcement, military, intelligence, or federal government.

· 10+ years leading large, geographically dispersed security organizations.

· Demonstrated leadership within a Fortune 500 or similarly complex global organization.

· Experience leading executive protection operations for C-suite executives and boards of directors.

· Experience developing enterprise physical security programs and operating a global security operations center.

· Experience leading crisis management and incident response.

· Strong understanding of security technologies, including access control, video surveillance, visitor management, and enterprise security platforms.

· Proven experience managing large operating budgets and outsourced security contracts.

Preferred

· Certified Threat Manager (CTM).

· Experience supporting international operations across multiple regions.

· Experience implementing AI-enabled security technologies and intelligence platforms.

Leadership Competencies

· Executive presence and sound judgment.

· Strategic thinking, operational excellence, and crisis leadership.

· High emotional intelligence, exceptional communication skills, and collaborative leadership.

· Strong business acumen, data-driven decision-making, and ability to influence across all organizational levels.

· Continuous improvement mindset, integrity, and discretion in handling highly sensitive matters.

Team Values

· You define achievement as protecting people, enabling the business, and celebrating team wins over individual credit.

· You are continuously learning and improving; no job is too big or too small when it serves the mission.

· You are the kind of teammate people want to build with: empathetic, reliable, service oriented, and accountable.

· You are skilled in your craft and eager to modernize enterprise security operations with practical, scalable solutions.

· You are a creative problem-solver who removes obstacles independently and challenges the status quo with feasible alternatives.

· You bring bold ideas and know how to turn them into viable operational and business solutions.

Success Measures

· Reduction in security risk exposure.

· Executive safety and satisfaction.

· GSOC operational performance and response times.

· Incident response effectiveness, threat identification, and mitigation.

· Employee emergency notification performance and travel safety outcomes.

· Guard force performance, security technology utilization, vendor performance, budget stewardship, regulatory compliance, and employee engagement.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
• Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 28 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays

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