Strategic Security Director - Hybrid Protective Services

Security Management Resources (SMR Group); United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Security Management Resources helps nonprofit organizations identify top security leaders. We seek a Director of Security and Protective Services who will build and drive a comprehensive security program across multiple locations in the New York metropolitan area.

The role requires hands-on leadership, clear communication, and a focus on protecting people, assets, and information. The successful candidate will balance long-term strategy with day-to-day operational needs, oversee security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in security studies, security administration, security management, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of increasingly responsible experience in security or related discipline, with progression into leadership or program management roles.
• Experience leading a security department or organization-wide program with strategy, operations, policies, vendors, or multiple locations.
• Hands-on knowledge of facility security, access control, surveillance, incident response, security provider management, and protective operations.
• Experience leveraging intelligence to investigate, assess, and manage threats to individuals, workplaces, or events.
• Experience creating or improving emergency plans, directing or supporting crisis response, and implementing post-incident corrective actions.
• Able to meet in-person obligations and accommodate travel and flexible on-call schedules.

Responsibilities

• Build a cohesive security program with clear priorities, accountability, policies, and measures of progress.
• Maintain reliable office security operations across locations through vendor oversight and access procedures.
• Establish a disciplined threat-management process with protective intelligence and escalation indicators.
• Arrange protection for leadership, employees, travel, and events matching exposure.
• Select and improve physical security technologies and facility safeguards with internal stakeholders.
• Prepare the organization for emergencies via plans, exercises, and coordinated response.
• Coordinate investigations, personnel security practices, and sensitive information safeguards with HR and legal.
• Provide executives with clear recommendations and maintain relations with law enforcement, building management, and security partners.
• Foster a collaborative security culture aligned with the organization’s purpose.

Skills

Security leadership

Threat assessment

Incident response

Vendor management

Access control

Protective operations

Crisis planning

Protective intelligence

Interagency coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in security studies / related field

Job description

Security Management Resources helps nonprofit organizations identify top security leaders. We seek a Director of Security and Protective Services who will build and drive a comprehensive security program across multiple locations in the New York metropolitan area.

The role requires hands-on leadership, clear communication, and a focus on protecting people, assets, and information. The successful candidate will balance long-term strategy with day-to-day operational needs, oversee security