Regional Security Leader - Southeast US

VulnU; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 88,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon Corporate Security in Nashville seeks an Area Security Manager to lead security operations across multiple sites in the Southeast region. You will develop and implement security plans, assess risks, coordinate incident response, and advise business leadership on proactive risk mitigation.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage vendors and security programs in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business or related field.
• 5+ years of facility/corporate security management, law enforcement, risk management, legal, or related industries experience.
• Experience in project/contract management.
• Experience working in an office environment.
• Experience managing service providers and vendors.
• 7+ years of security management in a multi-location global corporate environment experience.
• Experience in workplace violence, emergency response, crisis management, and business continuity practices.
• 10+ years of physical security experience.
• Experience with analytical tools and ability to dive deep into metrics and reporting.
• Master’s Degree in Business Management or equivalent, relevant certification, or experience.
• Working knowledge of legal contracts, budgeting, and key terms.
• Experience writing and publishing security standards and policies.
• Experience innovating and creating demonstrable security and business value-add with Artificial Intelligence.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Earn trust through key customer and stakeholder engagements, and liaison with external partners.
• 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.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident management

Contract management

Vendor management

Crisis response

Security analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Threat assessment

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s Degree in Business Management or equivalent

Tools

Analytical tools

Job description

Amazon Corporate Security in Nashville seeks an Area Security Manager to lead security operations across multiple sites in the Southeast region. You will develop and implement security plans, assess risks, coordinate incident response, and advise business leadership on proactive risk mitigation.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage vendors and security programs in a dynamic environment.