Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Function/Team overview:
The Global Corporate Security team drives security operations for Amazon Corporate Security at corporate sites worldwide. Divided in three regions (Americas; Asia Pacific; and Europe, Middle East, and Africa) each led by a Head of Corporate Security, Global Corporate Security is a team of security experts who work closely together to protect and secure Amazon’s people and business.
Role overview:
Amazon Corporate Security is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, corporate security leader who embodies Amazon’s Leadership Principles, in particular, Customer Obsession, Ownership, Earn Trust, and Bias for Action, to join the team as an Area Security Manager for Southern California. The Area Security Manager reports to a Regional Security Manager, who leads a team of security experts. The Area Security Manager is responsible for implementation of all elements of the Corporate Security program at all Amazon corporate locations in their area of responsibility. The Area Security Manager supports the Regional Security Manager with delivery and oversight of the day-to-day security operations at multiple sites across multiple locations in a highly ambiguous and dynamically fluid environment. The Area Security Manager conducts security assessments, ensures that the corporate sites meet or exceed all requisite security standards, and manages incidents and supporting crisis response. Finally, the Area Security Manager provides security consultancy to local business leadership, develops plans to mitigate gaps in security controls, and manages the guarding and access control programs.
Key job responsibilities
Critical Deliverables:
Deliver best-in-class security services focused on enhancing the safety and security of all
Amazon employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Manage day-to-day security operations for a diverse portfolio of sites and customers with
unique requirements.
• Implement and improve security plans, policies, and programs.
• Coordinate security incident response.
• Respond to customer security concerns.
• Monitor the external threat environments in the defined area and take measures to
minimize security risk to the business to the dynamic security environment.
• Successfully align ACS metrics, goals, and strategic direction across the geographic area to
support the overall team and organizational mission.
• Earn trust through key customer and stakeholder engagements, and liaison with external
partners.
Routine Activities:
• Oversee guarding operations and hold guarding vendors accountable for the quality-of-
service delivery. This includes identifying opportunities for cost efficiencies and frugality.
• Build relationships through coordination with internal and external security partners
including local law enforcement.
• Develop and monitor performance metrics to track and improve individual, team, system,
and site performance. Implement effective, predictable, and measurable processes and
procedures to be communicated clearly among Amazon stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver plans, based on risk assessments, to close any potential gaps in
security controls.
• Conduct site security assessments and identify trends in findings and develop and
implement measures to address systemic issues.
• Plan and lead drills, tabletop exercises, and other security readiness activities across sites.
• Manage cross-functional projects and operations. Drive team(s)/partners to meet program
and/or product goals.
• Conduct initial incident investigations, triage incidents and collaborate with specialist
security teams to support the customer.
• Coordinate corporate security support to events.
• Support the maintenance and testing of business continuity plans.
• Conduct customer outreach and support organizational safety and security initiatives.
• Monitor physical security device installation, commissioning checks of new buildings; and
ongoing maintenance activities, including engagement with vendors.
Communications:
• Be the trusted security advisor and subject matter expert in the assigned area of
responsibility, through high quality communication and excellent briefing skills.
• Communicate accurately and in a timely manner with stakeholders at the tactical and
strategic level.
• Build and maintain close relationships with peers at other security functions at Amazon to
exchange and share security concerns and collaborate on closing gaps and building best
practices.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BA/BS degree or equivalent documented educational hours of course study
• 7 + years of experience with progressive program management roles or equivalent experience ideally on a corporate or government security team
Job Tags
Full time, For contractors, Local area, Worldwide,