Director, Physical Security Enablement

Director, Physical Security Enablement

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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

The Director, Physical Security Enablement is a strategic leader that oversees the Physical Security Enablement organisation and Physical security program. Anticipates high-impact physical security issues within the Operations and Security teams and leads the development of strategies for mitigation. Budgets and forecasts global operational security training & documentation needs utilising expert industry knowledge and best practices. Collaborates with global and regional leaders to develop and implement the operational physical security strategy and systems roadmap.

Responsibilities

Processes

• Oversees physical security program and strategy, and is a key contributor to global physical security initiatives, business continuity process rollouts, and process development
• Collaborates on the strategic global development of the Data Centre operational strategy with other global, cross-functional thought leaders, and leads implementation of strategy

Project Management

• Develops and leads global plans
• Provides executive-level reporting and readouts on project statuses
• Oversees team who manages a portfolio of security projects, setting clear objectives, timelines and metrics for success, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget
• Leads cross-functional, global teams in developing and deploying implementation strategies for high-impact programs (e.g., global access management)
• Reviews and provides guidance as needed on project scheduling, budgeting, and administrative tasks

Data Centre Enablement

• Manages department resources and budget
• Sets key performance indicator goals at a global level and oversees global Operations Security & Compliance
• Partners with Global Physical Security and other Regional Physical Security teams, as well as local Data Center Operations teams to ensure physical security program alignment and overall security of critical infrastructure

Systems Support

• Possesses expert knowledge of security systems
• Identifies faults and provides recommendations for new procedures and systems
• Oversees the coordinates and management of Single Point of Failure (SPOF) and End of Life (EOL) reviews, including site physicals, assessments and remediation activities
• Responsible for vendor and manufacture relationships, escalation of systems errors and failures

Training

• Leads and champions recommendations for best practices
• Seen as an expert in industry-related knowledge
• Leads the development of industry knowledge and best security practices within the business

People Management

• Provides leadership, guidance and manages the Regional Security teams, including vendor management, performance results and strategy for improvement through individual and team meetings, as well as skip levels
• Develops and motivates team members, drives results within the team, perform analysis of employee feedback and create/implement action plans to drive improved results
• Directs team to work effectively and manages personnel details to include salaries, career growth, positioning, regular reviews, coaching and development
• Directs and reviews workload, staffing and leverage innovation to scale for future growth
• Build, lead and mentor a high performing, geographically diverse team of physical security professional
• Set clear goals and performance expectations through a compelling vision and personal example
• Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, making sure all team members stay aligned and motivated under common objectives
• Ability to allocate resources effectively, and evolve the security organizational structure to meet dynamic business needs

Design Engineering

• Leads new design methods and standards for new Data Centre design engineering efforts
• Leads and provides guidance to other employees within the job family
• Leads recommendations for alterations to design, development, implementation and analysis to improve quality of products, new technologies, procedures, and/or efficiencies
• Provides drawing reviews of both internal and cross-functional designs
• Oversees team responsible for the design, delivery, and commissioning of data centre security systems

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, Management, Business, or a related discipline preferred
• Proven experience in physical security leadership roles
• Proven success managing large-scale security programs and complex projects
• Certification with a major security system manufacturer preferred
• Data Centre/mission critical physical security experience required preferred
• Strong people manager experience is required
• Cyber security preferred however not necessary
• Ability to work with stake holders globally and regionally

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