Regional Security Operations Lead

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-07-26

Core

Oversee and ensure the quality and high-performance delivery of one of the largest contract/vendor security guarding programs in the industry, managing teams monitoring, detecting, and responding to events across the organization.

Role type

Senior IC security program management lead

Builds

Specialized physical security services and incident response capabilities for datacenter regions across multiple countries

Domain

Physical security / Infrastructure protection / Risk management

Deliverable

Required skills

Security program management, Vendor performance assessment, Cost optimization, Workplace health and safety program management, Strategic guideline development, Incident response leadership, Risk treatment and monitoring, Team attraction and retention, Cross-functional partnership (HR, legal, authorities), Regulatory compliance framework knowledge

Preferred skills

Industry security certifications (CPP, PSP), Experience with ISO27001, SOC, PCI audits

Technologies

ISO27001, SOC, PCI

Responsibilities

Assess and scorecard vendor performance and staffing levels, Strategically develop guidelines for delivering specialized physical security services, Oversee teams monitoring, detecting, and responding to events, Provide strategic direction through security planning and risk management, Ensure appropriate personnel manage incident response effectively, Design, implement, and monitor security controls to treat risks to infrastructure, business, people, and assets

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

Rewrite

## About the role Oversee and ensure the quality and high-performance delivery of one of the largest contract/vendor security guarding programs in the industry. Continuously assess and scorecard the vendors' performance and staffing levels, recommend changes to reduce costs and optimize, ensure workplace health and safety programs are in place and running well, etc. Collaborate with peer teams and organizations to ensure the security operations team is aligned with broader strategy and initiatives, fully supporting leadership priorities, being good partners, helping reduce costs, time burden, and complexity, and being responsive trusted advisors. Strategically develops guidelines for teams to deliver specialized physical security services in geographical areas of responsibilities. Oversees teams monitoring, detecting, and responding to events across the organization. Attract, develop and retain talent; deliver results through teamwork and effectively manage a team, where members are located in datacenter regions throughout multiple countries. Provides sound guidance to teams to design, implement, and monitor security controls to treat risks to infrastructure, business, people, and assets and then monitor the effectiveness of measures taken to modify risks. Receive escalations/notifications of physical security and business impacting incidents/events and provide strategic direction through security planning, risk management, and partnerships, while ensuring leadership is made initially and continuously aware when appropriate. The Lead is also responsible for ensuring appropriate personnel are managing the incident response effectively and teams coordinate activities with HR, legal, and authorities with jurisdiction as appropriate. ## Requirements - 8+ years' experience in Security Program or Program Management or related field - These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: - Bachelor's Degree in Business Risks or related field AND 12+ years' experience in Security Program or Program Management OR equivalent experience. - 4+ years people management experience - Industry security certifications such as CPP, PSP, or other relevant security certification - Experience with or exposure to regulatory and industry compliance frameworks and audits (e.g. ISO27001, SOC, PCI)

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