AVP Corporate Security & Safety

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The Assistant Vice President Corporate Security and Safety leads an integrated enterprise-wide program that protects the organizations people facilities operations executives and reputation. This executive brings a proactive intelligence-informed approach to physical security personnel safety workplace violence travel and crisis-related risks across corporate field and remote work environments.

Working closely with leaders in Human Resources Employee Relations Legal Corporate Investigations Risk Management Facilities Technology and business operations the AVP translates emerging threats and operational realities into practical strategies clear policies and effective response capabilities. The role serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership balancing strategic program leadership with visible hands-on accountability for security and safety outcomes.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Security and Safety Leadership

• Develop implement and continuously improve a risk-based corporate security and safety strategy aligned with the organizations business objectives culture and risk tolerance.

• Lead the assessment and mitigation of threats to employees executives visitors facilities operations and brand reputation across domestic and international locations as applicable.

• Establish security and safety governance policies standards performance measures and reporting that provide senior leaders with meaningful visibility into risk incidents program maturity and emerging issues.

• Partner across the enterprise to ensure security and safety considerations are embedded in business planning workplace design operating decisions and crisis preparedness.

Threat Management and Protective Services

• Lead the organizations workplace violence prevention and threat-management program in partnership with Employee Relations Human Resources Legal Corporate Investigations and other key stakeholders.

• Direct the evaluation escalation and management of threats involving employees facilities executives and company events including remote and field-based work environments.

• Assess executive-protection requirements and direct appropriate protective measures for senior leaders including the CEO based on risk business need and organizational protocol.

• Oversee security support for business travel corporate aviation high-profile events and other activities requiring enhanced protective planning.

• Maintain productive external relationships with governmental agencies and relevant private-sector counterparts.

Operations Technology and Intelligence Analysis

• Provide strategic and operational oversight of physical security systems and technologies including access control video surveillance intrusion detection visitor management alarm monitoring and related protective systems.

• Direct security operations incident response investigations vendor performance and service-provider relationships to ensure consistent and effective protection across the organization.

• Build and lead an intelligence-led predictive approach to emerging workplace and enterprise risk positioning the function at the forefront of evolving threats to employees executives facilities travel and business operations and translating domestic and international intelligence into proactive prevention rather than reactive response.

• Advance the effective use of technology data and analytics to strengthen situational awareness incident management investigations and decision-making.

• Partner with Technology and Information Security leaders on converged risks including insider threat information-related aspects of physical security incidents and technology-enabled threats while respecting clear ownership boundaries.

Safety Emergency Preparedness and Resilience

• Lead the organizations life-safety and emergency-management programs and partner with enterprise crisis-management leadership to support crisis-preparedness efforts ensuring that plans are current scalable tested and aligned with operational needs.

• Contribute security and safety expertise to the development maintenance and execution of the Crisis Management Plan and serve as an active member of the Crisis Management Response Team in support of enterprise crisis-management leadership.

• Direct emergency exercises tabletop simulations drills training and after-action reviews to strengthen organizational readiness and continuous improvement.

• Partner with Facilities Human Resources Risk Management and business leaders to identify and address workplace safety hazards ergonomics concerns regulatory requirements and other employee-safety issues.

• Support business continuity and resilience planning by ensuring security and safety risks are incorporated into response and recovery strategies.

Talent Financial and Stakeholder Leadership

• Lead develop and retain a high-performing security and safety team; establish clear expectations build bench strength and promote succession planning for critical roles.

• Create a culture of prevention accountability service sound judgment and continuous learning across the security and safety function.

• Manage departmental budgets external-provider expenditures capital investments and resource allocation to deliver measurable value and appropriate risk reduction.

• Prepare and present concise decision-oriented reports on security and safety metrics incidents trends strategic initiatives and resource needs to senior leadership.

• Represent the organization with professionalism discretion integrity and sound judgment during routine operations and high-consequence events.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in security management criminal justice risk management business safety emergency management or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred

• A demonstrated commitment to continued professional education and development staying current with the evolving security technology and regulatory landscape relevant to the organizations industry and global footprint.

• Ten or more years of progressively responsible corporate security safety law-enforcement public-sector security risk-management or related experience including significant leadership responsibility.

• At least five years of experience leading security safety or protective-services teams programs budgets and external vendors.

• Demonstrated experience leading workplace violence prevention and threat-management efforts physical-security operations emergency preparedness crisis response and executive or travel security.

• Experience operating in a complex multi-site matrixed organization; experience supporting a national or global enterprise is preferred.

• Knowledge of relevant safety life-safety security and emergency-management regulatory requirements and industry practices.

In certain jurisdictions CNA is legally required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this District of Columbia California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Maryland Massachusetts New York and Washington the national base pay range for this job level is $152000 to $242000 determinations are based on various factors including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and location. CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees and their family members achieve their physical financial emotional and social wellbeing goals. For a detailed look at CNAs benefits please visit.

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