Senior Director - Security - (US-IL-Chicago - 60827)

Compensation: $180K - $180K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
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Overview:
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Today's business risk environments have become increasingly more severe, complex, and interdependent, both domestically and globally. The effective management of these environments is a fundamental requirement of business. Boards of Directors, shareholders, key stakeholders, and the public correctly expect organizations to identify and anticipate areas of risk and set in place a cohesive strategy across all functions to mitigate or reduce those risks. In addition, there is an expectation that management will respond in a highly effective manner to those events and incidents that threaten the assets of the organization. A proactive strategy for mitigation of the risk of loss ultimately provides a positive impact to profitability and is an organizational governance responsibility of senior management and governing boards.

Position Summary:
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Sr. Director of Corporate Security function includes the physical security of employees, facilities and assets. This Security executive is responsible for the organization's entire physical security posture including loss prevention and fraud prevention. This position also participates closely in related areas such as business continuity planning and privacy.
Reporting:
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This is the top security executive in the company. He or she will report directly to a senior functional executive, the Chief Operations Officer (COO.) He or she will oversee and coordinate security efforts across the company and will coordinate with human resources, communications, legal, facilities management and other groups to identify security initiatives and standards.

Responsibilities
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* Craft, influence, and direct an organization-wide protection strategy. Including an effective strategy to assess and mitigate risk, maintain continuity of operations, and safeguard the organization.
* Identify protection goals, objectives and metrics consistent with corporate strategic plan.
* Manage the development and implementation of national security policy, standards, guidelines and procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of security. Physical protection responsibilities will include asset protection, workplace violence prevention, access control systems, video surveillance, emergency response, executive coverage and more.
* Work with other executives to prioritize security initiatives and spending based on appropriate risk management and/or financial methodology.
* Oversee a network of security managers and vendors who safeguard the company's assets and computer systems, as well as the physical safety of employees and visitors.

Qualifications:
* * Must be an intelligent, articulate and persuasive leader who can serve as an effective advisor to the senior management team and who is able to communicate security-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff.
* Must be a strong leader with both technical and business skills, compatible with the corporate culture.
* Should have experience with business continuity planning, auditing, and risk management.
* Must have strong working knowledge of pertinent law and the law enforcement community.
* Must have a solid understanding of information technology and information security.

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