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Lead, Event Security Operations, Americas

Google
Boulder, USA
Lead · 15+ years experience
Onsite
USD 204000-284000 / year
Discovered 6 days ago

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Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a distributed security team by setting clear Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), establishing career pathways, and fostering a mission-driven culture.
  • Architect standardized governance, event security playbooks, and operating procedures while serving as the primary Incident Commander during critical crises.
  • Collaborate closely with ESPI to operationalize comprehensive defense-in-depth mitigation frameworks for all High-Impact Events (HIEs).
  • Cultivate relationships with internal business executives (including Google Cloud, YouTube, and DeepMind) and coordinate planning with external law enforcement agencies.
  • Manage multi-million-dollar budgets and oversee prime security vendors to ensure rigorous contract compliance and cost-optimization.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in security administration, business management, emergency management, public administration, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience leading an event security organization responsible for planning and delivering security services at corporate or public sector activations, including comprehensive risk management solutions spanning the deployment of physical, technical, and operational security controls, and integration with third-party providers, federal and municipal public agencies, venue owners/managers, and production companies.
  • 5 years of experience leading geographically distributed security teams and managing multi-million-dollar operational budgets and vendor-partner ecosystems.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in security administration, business administration (MBA), emergency management, public administration (MPA), or related field.
  • 15 years of progressive leadership overseeing regional or global event security programs within multinational, fast-paced enterprise environments.
  • Demonstrated executive presence and experience delivering crisis decision briefings to C-suite and senior leadership.
  • Proven track record designing enterprise processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and contract management frameworks. Board certification in security or emergency management (e.g., CPP, PSP, CEM).
  • Ability to routinely travel domestically and internationally.

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