Head of Corporate Security & Risk Management

F5 Networks Australia; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 is seeking a senior corporate security leader to define and drive our enterprise security strategy across global sites and executive protection programs. The role covers policy, risk assessment, travel security, and incident response to safeguard executives and critical operations.

You will collaborate with Workplace/Facilities, HR, Legal, and Travel partners to implement standards and ensure duty-of-care. A proactive, globally minded approach is required.

Responsibilities

• Corporate security strategy: Define and run a multi-year corporate security strategy and operating model aligned to enterprise risk appetite, business growth, and the company's global footprint.
• Physical security policy and standards: Establish and maintain enterprise physical security policies and tiered site standards (access control, video surveillance, visitor management, alarm monitoring, guard services, secure areas) aligned with the ASIS Physical Asset Protection standard and industry best practice.
• Physical security oversight: Provide independent oversight of site security programs operated by Workplace/Facilities through site risk assessments, compliance reviews, and control testing. Approve security design requirements for new sites, renovations, and major events.
• Travel risk policy and standards: Own the enterprise travel risk management policy, aligned with ISO 31030, including destination risk ratings, high-risk travel approval, pre-travel briefings, traveler tracking requirements, and medical/security assistance and evacuation standards.
• Travel program oversight: Oversee the travel risk program delivered by Corporate Travel and third-party providers. Monitor compliance, provider performance, and incident response, and confirm duty-of-care obligations are met for employees, contractors, and accompanying travelers.
• Executive protection program ownership: Build and lead the Executive Protection program for the CEO, designated executives, and Board members, including individual risk and needs assessments, protective coverage levels, residential security assessments, secure transportation, and event and travel advance work.
• Protective intelligence: Run protective intelligence and threat assessment for executives and the company, including monitoring of online threats and exposure of executives\' personal information, behavioral threat assessment, and coordination with law enforcement on threats of concern.
• Executive protection vendor and budget management: Select, contract, and manage protective services, secure transport, and intelligence vendors. Own program budget, performance metrics, and cost-to-risk justification, including support for compensation committee and proxy disclosure of security benefits.
• Security risk assessment: Conduct enterprise security risk assessments that establish baselines, rank risks across sites, travel destinations, and individuals, and drive risk-based allocation of resources.
• Incident and crisis management: Serve as the corporate security lead within enterprise crisis management for workplace violence, civil unrest, terrorism, natural disasters, and threats to executives. Integrate with Business Continuity and Enterprise Resilience plans.
• Workplace violence prevention: Set the workplace violence prevention policy and lead the cross-functional threat management team with HR.

Job description

F5 is seeking a senior corporate security leader to define and drive our enterprise security strategy across global sites and executive protection programs. The role covers policy, risk assessment, travel security, and incident response to safeguard executives and critical operations.

You will collaborate with Workplace/Facilities, HR, Legal, and Travel partners to implement standards and ensure duty-of-care. A proactive, globally minded approach is required.