Senior Director, Physical Security Governance & Protection

WesBanco, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

WesBanco, Inc. seeks a Director of Physical Security Governance & Protective Intelligence to lead the bank’s enterprise physical security governance program.

The role sets strategy, policy, standards, risk assessment methodology, oversight, reporting, and continuous improvement for protecting employees, customers, facilities, and assets. The position acts as the bank's senior advisor on physical security risk, protective intelligence, threat management, workplace violence prevention, executive

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of physical security governance, risk management, threat assessment, protective intelligence, workplace violence prevention, investigations, and crisis management.
• Ability to distinguish governance and oversight responsibilities from first-line operational execution and to influence outcomes without relying on direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive briefings, board-level reporting, policies, standards, risk assessments, and incident summaries.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and executes the enterprise physical security strategy, governance framework, and multi-year program roadmap aligned to the Bank's risk appetite and business priorities.
• Establishes and maintains physical security policies, standards, control requirements, and risk assessment criteria, and defines clear roles, decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability between governance and first-line operational teams.
• Provides oversight and constructive challenge of physical security operations, control execution, incident management, technology services, and third-party performance without assuming responsibility for daily operations.
• Leads enterprise and location-based physical security risk assessments, maintains the physical security risk register, and develops key risk indicators, metrics, and executive reporting to track risks, gaps, remediation, and program effectiveness.
• Develops and oversees a protective intelligence and threat management capability, assessing threats involving workplace violence, targeted violence, robbery, civil unrest, insider activity, criminal trends, executives, employees, facilities, and critical operations.
• Provides timely, risk-based threat briefings and recommendations to senior leadership and appropriate stakeholders.

Skills

Physical security governance

Risk management

Threat assessment

Protective intelligence

Workplace violence prevention

Crisis management

Executive briefing

Interagency liaison

Policy development

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Substantial related experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Access control

Video surveillance

Intrusion detection

Alarm monitoring

Visitor management

Duress systems

Job description

WesBanco, Inc. seeks a Director of Physical Security Governance & Protective Intelligence to lead the bank’s enterprise physical security governance program.

The role sets strategy, policy, standards, risk assessment methodology, oversight, reporting, and continuous improvement for protecting employees, customers, facilities, and assets. The position acts as the bank's senior advisor on physical security risk, protective intelligence, threat management, workplace violence prevention, executive