Director of Security
Director of Security
Location: Hybrid; New York Metropolitan Area, NY
Relocation: Yes; within the US
This Director of Security position is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead the security and risk management programs for one of the world’s most recognized sports governing bodies. This is the senior-most security role reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. You will succeed in this job if you are a high-energy, customer-service oriented security leader who excels at collaborating with diverse groups in dynamic settings.
Responsibilities
Leadership
– Manage a security team that includes full-time, contracted, and volunteer positions.
– Partner with executive and governance leadership teams.
– Foster invaluable relationships with global law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Resiliency and Incident Response
– Develop crisis and emergency management plans for multiple locations and events.
– Refine and implement business continuity plans across the organization.
– Collaborate across the organization to facilitate incident command and management protocols.
Intelligence
– Develop and gather intelligence related to internal and external threats to organizational operations and events.
– Proactively model threats to people, processes, and communications.
– Brief executive leadership, governance Board committees and oversight groups.
Human Capital
– Develop life safety programs and policies that include evacuation procedures and medical services.
– Foster awareness of security and safety related concerns through development and delivery of training initiatives.
– Design VIP protection protocols for high-asset individuals in collaboration with individual close protection teams.
Physical Security
– Develop comprehensive procedures surrounding visitor access and screening systems and operations center oversight.
– Research and implement state-of-the-art protection equipment and services.
– Collaborate with cross-functional teams with a focus on physical security.
Essential Skills
You Have:
- An academic degree with a commitment to professional development for direct reports, others, and yourself.
- Operational expertise derived from public or private sector employment, preferably with experience in development of security and safety programs for large, live event venues.
- Strong functional skills in technology and systems supporting intelligence and operations centers.
- A record of working collaboratively with domestic and international intelligence agencies surrounding safety, counterterrorism, and critical infrastructure protection.
- Leadership composure with the ability to both direct, coach and motivate a diverse workforce.
You Are:
- Dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal and external customers while earning their trust and respect.
- Strategically agile with sound situational perspective.
- Organizationally and politically savvy with the knowledge of how to drive consensus both formally and informally despite conflicting demands.
- A complex decision maker and problem solver who is viewed as an ethical, highly trusted source of advice and solutions.
- Action oriented with strong planning and process management skills and the ability to set goals and organize resources to achieve goals efficiently and effectively.
- An effective influencer in a variety of presentation settings.
- A good judge of people with an understanding of the impact and sensitivity of security issues.
- An active listener with strong conflict management skills who works to find common ground and enact cooperation.
- Motivated to create an inclusive work environment in which people succeed and do their best work.
We know…This is a lot of information about this fantastic job! If you are interested, want to contribute, and feel you have differing security skills and competencies that would be a good match, please let us know. If this isn’t your dream job, there may be another one we’re recruiting for that is. Don’t miss an opportunity to let us know about you!
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