Job Description

Your Role

The Corporate Security team is responsible for the safety and security of Blue Shield of California employees, visitors, and property including oversight of all elements of the Executive Protection, safeguarding facilities, equipment, materials, and employee property. The Executive Protection role at the Senior Manager level will report to the Senior Director, Security Intelligence. In this role you will operate as a senior technical authority responsible for ensuring that all security programs are strategically designed, integrated, and optimized within the broader enterprise eco system.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Lead and manage daily operations of the Executive Protection Program, aligning the enterprises with larger protection goals and strategy
• Design and implement travel security protocols, coordinating secure transportation logistics, route planning, and emergency contingencies
• Provide collaborative investigative support to other business partners on a variety of investigative subjects, including workplace violence, threat intelligence, or assigned IT Security, Corporate Compliance, or Privacy investigations
• Liaison with internal partners and external industry resources such as law enforcement, military, emergency responders, industry peers, and associations
• Oversee vendor relationships, contracts, and budgets related to your area of security operations. Maintain accurate financials of all vendor related expenses, ensuring we are tracking within budget.
• Managing audits of Enterprise sites for compliance with established audit guidelines in your area of responsibility
• Analyze and summarize recommendations for site audits
• Assist in developing, streamlining, and implementing safety and emergency response programs as required for your area of responsibility
• Office-based work with up to 20% travel and varied activity levels; may involve facilities maintenance, repairs, or security tasks

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Required a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; preferred fields are Security Management, Business, or Criminal Justice
• Requires a minimum of 10 years working in corporate security and workplace / employee safety with at least 5 of those years in a managerial role
• At least 7 years of experience in Executive Protection, Law Enforcement, Physical Security Management or Project Management
• Preferred professional certifications: ATAP CTM, ASIS PSP, ASIS CPP, or equivalent credentials, or ability to obtain within one year
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, team leadership, and communication skills
• Deep knowledge of Corporate Security and Executive Protection typically acquired through advanced education and substantial experience
• Emotional maturity, tact, and professionalism required in handling sensitive security matters
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Our Workplace Model

This role requires in-office days at our Oakland office, in addition to visits to various sites and travel as business needs.

About Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Ascendiun, we believe in a brighter future for healthcare. As the parent to a family of four innovative healthcare companies, we're reimagining what's possible. Ascendiun is guided by the goal of transforming a dysfunctional American health care system into one worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable for everyone.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, and showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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