Role Purpose
To establish and institutionalize a Global Physical Security Governance, Risk, Audit & Compliance framework for the Corporate Physical Security program, ensuring enterprise-wide physical risk visibility, control standardization, audit readiness, proactive risk mitigation, and cost governance across all global locations. This role complements enterprise risk and compliance functions by owning physical security-specific risk and control frameworks.
Role Context
Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance functions exist at an organizational level; however, this role is dedicated to translating those principles into the Physical Security domain. The role ensures that all physical security risks, controls, incidents, and vendor operations are governed through a structured, auditable, and risk-aligned framework globally.
Key Responsibilities (Physical Security Focus)
- Define and enforce global physical security policies, standards and minimum control baselines
- Establish physical security risk classification frameworks across sites, geographies and business units
- Translate enterprise risk frameworks into physical security controls, procedures and operating standards
- Lead vendor governance for guarding, system integrators and security service providers
- Design and implement global audit and compliance framework specific to physical security controls
- Drive centralized visibility of physical security incidents, risks and performance
- Ensure consistent implementation of SOPs, escalation protocols and control compliance across regions
- Establish governance for physical security budgets, cost control and spend visibility
Risk Mitigation & Physical Security Resilience
- Develop and operationalize a proactive physical security risk mitigation strategy
- Identify high-risk sites, assets and operations and implement targeted mitigation plans
- Drive structured root cause analysis (RCA) of incidents and ensure preventive control implementation
- Establish standardized incident severity classification and escalation framework
- Develop crisis response, emergency handling and business disruption mitigation playbooks
- Ensure physical security technology (CCTV, access control, AI analytics) is aligned to threat detection and mitigation outcomes
- Strengthen vendor-related risk controls and ensure compliance with defined security standards
- Enable shift from reactive incident management to proactive risk prevention across the physical security program
Stakeholder Relationships
- COO / Executive Leadership – enterprise physical security risk visibility and assurance
- Finance – physical security budget governance and cost controls
- Global IT – alignment of technology platforms (CCTV, ACS, AI) with security objectives
- GWS / Facilities – execution of site-level physical security operations
- Regional Security Leads – implementation and compliance to global standards
- Legal & Enterprise Compliance – alignment on regulatory requirements and investigations
- External Vendors and System Integrators – service quality, control adherence and performance governance
Key Outcomes
- Standardized physical security control framework across all geographies
- Improved visibility of physical security risks and incidents at enterprise level
- Audit-ready physical security governance structure
- Reduced repeat incidents through structured mitigation and control implementation
- Consistent vendor performance and accountability
- Enhanced physical security resilience and business continuity readiness
Experience & Leadership Requirements
15+ years of experience in Corporate Physical Security, Risk, Compliance or Audit roles. Proven experience in building governance frameworks, risk models, audit programs and vendor oversight within physical security environments. Ability to operate at enterprise leadership level with global stakeholder engagement.
