LATAM Regional Security Lead

Emerson; Colombia; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson is seeking a Regional Security Leader for Latin America to guide and govern security programs protecting employees, travelers, executives, assets, and operations. You will drive crisis management, travel risk, incident response, and executive protection while coordinating with HR, Legal, Compliance, and IT to advance security operations across multiple countries.

You will monitor risks, coordinate with stakeholders, manage budgets, and lead a regional security team to implement

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in corporate security, regional security management, law enforcement, military, intelligence, crisis management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading security operations across multiple countries, preferably within Latin America or other complex operating environments.
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent professional experience, required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Regional Security strategy and daily security operations for Latin America, ensuring alignment with Emerson Global Security policies, standards, and business priorities.
• Protect Emerson employees, travelers, visitors, executives, assets, and operations through proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, incident response, and continuous improvement of security programs.
• Monitor, analyze, and communicate regional security risks, emerging threats, geopolitical developments, crime trends, civil unrest, natural hazards, and other events that may impact employees, travelers, sites, or business continuity.
• Lead regional crisis management and incident response for security events, including workplace violence, threats, extortion, civil unrest, executive travel concerns, medical/security emergencies, and other critical incidents.Manage and continuously improve the regional travel risk management program, including traveler support, escalation protocols, high-risk travel reviews, pre-travel guidance, and coordination with global travel security providers and travel agency resources.
• Coordinate executive protection planning and security support for senior leadership visits, high-risk travel, special events, and other activities requiring enhanced security oversight.
• Partner with Human Resources, Legal, Compliance, EHS, Communications, Facilities, IT, and business leaders on workplace violence prevention, employee safety concerns, investigations, threat management, and sensitive security matters.
• Support internal investigations and maintain effective liaison relationships with law enforcement, government entities, industry groups, professional associations, intelligence sources, and trusted security networks.
• Manage the regional security contact network, including third-party security providers, consultants, protective services, intelligence vendors, and local response partners; escalated performance, quality, compliance, or service issues as required.
• Provide written reports, verbal briefings, incident updates, executive summaries, after-action reviews, and recommendations to Global Security leadership, regional business leaders, and other key stakeholders.
• Ensure crisis management, incident response, site security, and travel security procedures are current, tested, understood, and effective across the region.
• Drive security program governance through KPIs, dashboards, work plans, corrective actions, lessons learned, and evidence-based performance tracking.
• Support the development, implementation, and improvement of digital security tools, reporting platforms, mobile applications, automation capabilities, and AI-enabled opportunities that improve employee safety and reduce administrative workload.
• Lead, coach, and develop regional security team members and security points of contact, ensuring clear accountability, project execution, stakeholder engagement, and professional growth.
• Manage the regional security budget, vendor costs, service quality, and resource allocation to support operational requirements and business priorities.
• Maintain participation in relevant security organizations, forums, industry groups, and country councils to strengthen intelligence, benchmarking, and professional networks.
• Identify and advance strategic improvement opportunities and perform other responsibilities as assigned by Global Security leadership.

Skills

Regional security management

Crisis management

Executive protection

Threat assessment

Security operations

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Travel risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Emerson is seeking a Regional Security Leader for Latin America to guide and govern security programs protecting employees, travelers, executives, assets, and operations. You will drive crisis management, travel risk, incident response, and executive protection while coordinating with HR, Legal, Compliance, and IT to advance security operations across multiple countries.

You will monitor risks, coordinate with stakeholders, manage budgets, and lead a regional security team to implement