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.
Our AVP-Global Security jobs earn between $191,400.00 - $287,200.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
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
Weekly Hours:
40
Time Type:
Regular
Location:
Dallas, Texas
Salary Range:
$191,400.00 - $287,200.00