Global Director, Physical Security

The Global Director, Physical Security is a senior leader responsible for developing and translating WSP's global physical security policy, frameworks, standards, and technology roadmap into consistent, scalable execution across the global portfolio of offices, laboratories, and warehouses.

Key Accountabilities:

Global Strategy, Policy and Governance

• Implement the global physical security strategy and operating model
• Drive adoption of global physical security policies, standards, control frameworks, procedures, and governance requirements
• Create implementation plans, tools, guidance, and reporting
• Maintain a structured exception and escalation process
• Prepare program updates, risk insights, and recommendations

Security Operations

• Provide global oversight of day-to-day physical security operations
• Establish consistent operating requirements for guarding, access management, visitor management, alarm response, incident escalation, key management, and other site security services
• Define service expectations, performance measures, and escalation paths
• Monitor operational performance and recurring issues
• Support the development and maintenance of local site security plans

Security Risk Assessments and Control Assurance

• Lead the rollout and ongoing management of the global physical security risk assessment program
• Ensure sites are assessed using the approved tiering model, controls matrix, and risk-scoring methodology
• Oversee the prioritization, tracking, and closure of identified security gaps and remediation actions
• Maintain a consolidated view of portfolio risk, control maturity, exceptions, and improvement priorities

Security Technology and Implementation

• Lead execution of the global physical security technology roadmap
• Oversee global and regional implementation initiatives
• Promote consistent use of approved technology standards
• Partner with Information Technology, cybersecurity, privacy, procurement, and project teams

Real Estate and Capital Project Integration

• Embed physical security requirements into new builds, relocations, renovations, lease events, and major restacks
• Provide or coordinate security input during site selection, due diligence, programming, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover
• Review project designs for alignment with the approved building tier, controls matrix, design standards, technology standards, and local risk profile

Vendor, Budget and Performance Management

• Oversee the performance of security integrators, guarding providers, monitoring providers, and other physical security vendors
• Contribute to sourcing strategies, scopes of work, service-level requirements, evaluation criteria, and contract governance
• Develop operational and capital forecasts for physical security programs, technology, and remediation initiatives
• Track cost, service, risk, and implementation performance

Stakeholder and Team Leadership

• Act as a trusted physical security partner to global and regional Workplace leaders and key corporate functions
• Lead through a matrixed global structure
• Build security awareness and capability through guidance, communications, training, and communities of practice
• Develop direct reports and extended team members

Success Measures

• Consistent adoption of global physical security policies, standards, tiering, and control requirements
• Improved visibility of portfolio risk, control gaps, remediation status, and operational performance
• Timely completion of security assessments and risk-based remediation plans
• On-time, controlled delivery of security technology and capital initiatives
• Reliable security operations with clear service expectations, escalation paths, and vendor accountability

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Security Management, Criminal Justice, Risk Management, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Typically 12 or more years of progressive corporate physical security experience
• Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise physical security programs, policies, standards, risk assessments, and control frameworks
• Strong operational experience overseeing security services and physical security technology

Knowledge and Capabilities

• Strong knowledge of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, alarm monitoring, guarding, and associated operating practices
• Practical knowledge of physical security risk assessment, site tiering, control assurance, incident escalation, and remediation planning
• Ability to convert strategy and policy into scalable processes, implementation plans, tools, and measurable outcomes
• Strong program and project leadership skills
• Commercial capability in vendor governance, sourcing, contract performance, budgeting, and business-case development
• Excellent stakeholder management, written communication, and executive presentation skills

Leadership Profile

• Execution-focused and able to move global frameworks from design into sustained operation
• Comfortable balancing global consistency with justified regional and site-level flexibility
• Data-driven, structured, and focused on measurable risk reduction and service improvement
• Collaborative and able to build credibility across Workplace, business, technical, and corporate functions