The Managing Director, Portfolio Company Physical Security Director will lead the strategic development, oversight, and engagement for physical security best practices across the firm’s portfolio companies. This role is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating security-related risks through intelligence gathering, proactive investigations, operational analysis, and tactical response planning.
The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in corporate security, investigations, crisis management, and enterprise strategic deployments. The individual will partner closely with portfolio company leadership teams, operating partners, legal, security vendors, compliance, human resources, and executive stakeholders to establish scalable security frameworks that protect people, assets, operations, reputation, and enterprise value.
This position requires a highly experienced and operationally focused leader who can manage, identify and assess emerging threats, develop actionable intelligence, and implement practical approaches and solutions that strengthen operational resilience across the portfolio companies.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Security Leadership
- Develop and execute enterprise-level physical security strategies across portfolio companies aligned with organizational risk priorities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on physical security, threat mitigation, crisis preparedness, and operational resilience.
- Establish scalable security governance models, standards, and best practices across varied operating environments.
- Conduct comprehensive security assessments for existing and newly acquired portfolio companies. Collaborate with security industry vendors.
Data Collection & Investigations
- Gather, analyze, and operationalize intelligence from internal and external sources to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities, and emerging risks.
- Develop a proactive investigative mindset to identify patterns, indicators, and operational concerns before escalation occurs.
- Partner with internal stakeholders, external agencies and law enforcement when necessary to support investigative efforts and risk mitigation activities and responses.
Risk Assessment & Tactical Response
- Oversee threat assessments and recommend practical mitigation measures based on operational realities and business priorities.
- Evaluate security and safety-related impacts to portfolio company operations, facilities, personnel, supply chains, and critical infrastructure.
- Design and implement tactical security responses to identified risks, incidents, and vulnerabilities.
Portfolio Company Engagement
- Partner directly with portfolio company leadership teams to assess security maturity and implement enhancement initiatives.
- Provide guidance and operational support during periods of elevated risk, business disruption, labor unrest, civil instability, or other security-related events.
- Conduct regular site visits and operational reviews to validate compliance with security standards and identify improvement opportunities.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, and special situations from a security and operational risk perspective.
- Collaborate closely with BXTI Cybersecurity teams
Crisis Management
- Support crisis management activities during critical incidents affecting personnel, operations, or facilities.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders during emergency response situations.
- Assist portfolio companies in developing and testing business resilience and emergency preparedness plans.
- Ensure lessons learned from incidents are captured and integrated into future risk mitigation strategies.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, IT Security, Operations, and executive leadership to address enterprise-wide security concerns.
- Build relationships with law enforcement, intelligence agencies, emergency management partners, and third-party security providers.
- Support executive protection and high-risk travel security assessments when required for portfolio company executive visits or events.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Business, or related field preferred.
- 18+ years of progressive experience in corporate security, intelligence, investigations, law enforcement, military, federal agencies, or enterprise risk management.
- Experience supporting private equity, multinational corporations, critical infrastructure, or multi-site operating environments strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise in investigations, threat intelligence, crisis management, and physical security operations.
- Strong understanding of security technologies, access control systems, surveillance systems, and operational security frameworks.
- Proven experience assessing complex threat environments.
- Experience briefing senior executives and managing sensitive or high-profile matters.
- Exceptional analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
- Willingness to travel as needed across portfolio company locations.
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
Expected annual base salary range:
$275,000 - $300,000
Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.
Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the roleconsist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.
