Global Senior Physical Security Leader

Advanced Micro Devices; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is seeking a Global Senior Physical Security Manager to lead AMD's worldwide physical security program, safeguarding employees, facilities, prototypes, and high‑value assets across offices, labs, manufacturing environments, and supply chains.

You will shape security strategy, governance, and standards, directing Regional Security Managers and coordinating with Legal, HR, Facilities, IT, and Supply Chain to ensure resilience, compliance, and business enablement on a

Qualifications

• Progressive leadership in corporate physical security with global scope.
• Experience leading enterprise security operations, crisis management programs, GSOC functions, and distributed teams.
• Knowledge of physical security risk management, access control, video surveillance, alarm monitoring, investigations, and incident management.
• Experience developing global security policies, standards, metrics, executive reporting, and continuous improvement programs.
• Demonstrated success managing third‑party security providers, service contracts, budgets, KPIs, and SLAs.
• Experience within semiconductor, advanced technology, R&D, manufacturing, or other high‑value intellectual property environments.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, secure logistics, executive protection, major events, or site expansions.
• Familiarity with global regulatory, privacy, labor, and compliance considerations impacting physical security operations.
• Experience leveraging analytics, automation, and modern security technologies to improve performance and situational awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead global physical security strategy, governance framework, standards, and annual priorities.
• Manage and develop Regional Security Managers while driving consistency, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Oversee physical security operations for offices, laboratories, manufacturing environments, and other locations worldwide.
• Lead crisis management, emergency response, executive escalation, and incident readiness programs.
• Advance the maturity and effectiveness of AMD's Global Security Operations Center (GSOC).
• Direct global risk assessments, threat analysis, vulnerability management, and mitigation planning.
• Establish and govern global security policies, standards, SOPs, post orders, and control requirements.
• Oversee secure logistics programs protecting prototypes, intellectual property, and high‑value assets throughout the supply chain.
• Manage security suppliers and service providers, ensuring performance, compliance, cost efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Develop KPI, SLA, audit, and reporting programs that demonstrate security effectiveness and business value.
• Support acquisitions, new-site development, major business initiatives, and operational integrations through security planning and due diligence.
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders to strengthen security culture, training, awareness, and organizational resilience.
• Domestic and international travel required to support business operations, incident response, regional program reviews, and strategic initiatives.

Skills

Security leadership

GSOC operations

Crisis management

Global security program management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Security Management, Criminal Justice, Business, Risk Management, or related field

CPP, PSP, CISSP, CISM, CBCP certifications preferred

Tools

Video surveillance

Access control systems

Alarm monitoring

Security analytics

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is seeking a Global Senior Physical Security Manager to lead AMD's worldwide physical security program, safeguarding employees, facilities, prototypes, and high‑value assets across offices, labs, manufacturing environments, and supply chains.

You will shape security strategy, governance, and standards, directing Regional Security Managers and coordinating with Legal, HR, Facilities, IT, and Supply Chain to ensure resilience, compliance, and business enablement on a