Senior Director, Global Security Operations
Mimecast
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • Texas • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Serve as a key strategic and operational partner to the VP, Global Security, helping translate enterprise priorities into execution across the global security program
- Advise on operating model maturity, performance trends, organizational priorities, and investment decisions that strengthen resilience, consistency, and long-term capability across the global security function
- Drive execution of the enterprise strategy and multi-year roadmap for global security operations across corporate and data center environments
- Translate company strategy, customer commitments, contractual requirements, and risk priorities into globally applicable operating standards, governance models, and measurable performance expectations
- Define policies, procedures, standards, and operating controls that promote consistent, resilient, and audit-ready performance across the global estate while allowing for appropriate regional flexibility
- Shape budget strategy, resource allocation, and investment priorities for Security Operations, balancing disciplined spend , total cost of ownership, and long-term capability needs
- Establish executive KPI scorecards, operating reviews, and performance reporting that provide leadership with clear visibility into maturity, risk, service reliability, cost performance, and improvement priorities
- Advance functional maturity through standardization, performance management, corrective action discipline, change management, and targeted process transformation
- Build a scalable operating model supported by standardized processes, globally consistent routines, and clear ownership across geographies
- Set the enterprise direction for global security operations delivery across regions, sites, and programs, driving consistent performance, resilience, and accountability at scale
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive experience in corporate security, physical security operations, data center security, critical infrastructure security, or related security leadership roles in complex operating environments
- 7+ years of leadership experience managing leaders, multi-site programs, or geographically distributed teams in a 24x7 or high-availability environment
- Experience leading security operations across multiple regions or global environments with responsibility for enterprise standards, governance, and measurable performance outcomes
- Experience shaping, influencing, and executing strategy for incident response, crisis management, investigations, and operational recovery
- Experience leading large-scale vendor, contract guard force, and third-party service performance across multiple geographies
- Experience supporting audits, compliance programs, customer security requirements, and remediation of systemic control gaps
- Experience building executive KPI scorecards, operating reviews, and data-driven performance management processes
- Experience leading budget strategy, forecasting, investment prioritization, and resource allocation
- Experience partnering with executive stakeholders and building leadership depth to strengthen scalable, standardized operations
Benefits
- Option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Access to mental health resources and employee assistance program
- Competitive pay, performance bonus, 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Generous paid time off and holidays
- Parental leave
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Hard Skills & Tools
corporate securityphysical security operationsdata center securitycritical infrastructure securityincident responsecrisis managementinvestigationsoperational recoveryperformance managementbudget strategy
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic partnershipinfluencingexecutionresource allocationperformance reportingchange managementstandardizationaccountabilitycommunication