Director, Global Security

Step into a rare, high-impact Director of Security role where you’ll be the trusted guardian of C-suite leaders and global sites at a mission-driven company. If you’re the calm-in-the-storm leader with boardroom polish, 24/7 crisis instincts, and the integrity to be the company’s ultimate line of defense, this is the role everyone in your peer group will wish they’d seen first.

Does This Sound Like You?

You’re exactly who our client is seeking
if you blend security experience across these private/public sector industries:

This is the perfect next move for a savvy security executive who’s led global programs, run executive protection and crushed complex investigations around the world. You’re our client’s ideal candidate if you also have:

• Ten-plus years of experience in security including senior leadership roles.
• Track record running global or multi-site security operations and complex investigations.
• Proven C‑suite executive protection background and management of EP teams and vendors.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and crisis leadership skills with exceptional communication, integrity, and cross-cultural collaboration.

Here’s What You’ll Own in this Role

• Leadership of an enterprise-wide security program protecting people, assets, and sites in a global setting.
• Direction of executive protection strategy and operations for C‑suite leaders, including high-risk travel and events.
• Spearheading complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations and threat assessments with a calm, crisis-tested mindset.
• Service as the executive team’s trusted security advisor, confidently operating in the boardroom and on the ground.
• Integration of physical security, intelligence, and risk management into a cohesive, high-performing global program.
• Stewardship of the organization’s ultimate line of defense, balancing 24/7 readiness with sound, values-driven judgment.

Mid-Atlantic, United States
Onsite with extensive global travel
Relocation restricted: From within the Continental United States

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