Published: Apr 25, 2025 - The Head of Security ensures the protection of company assets, personnel, and operations through effective security strategies. This role manages system modernization, regulatory compliance, and incident response protocols. The head also leads a security team and collaborates with authorities to mitigate risks.

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1. Head of Security, Northern Timberworks, Duluth, MN
- Job Summary:
- Provide advice and guidance for all matters relating to security regulations
- Provide compliance and enforcement for all matters relating to security regulations
- Provide logistical planning and coordination for all movements of protectively marked information
- Provide control and oversight of the mustering and auditing of all protectively marked information
- Closely liaise with National / International Intelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies
- Submit and process BPSS and SC clearance applications
- Closely liaise with National Security Vetting Authorities
- Maintain the Microsoft Access clearance database
- Be the prime point of contact for vetting activity
- Register, administer and muster Classified documentation
- Be responsible for the production of ID cards and the management of a new CCTV, Access Control and Alarm system
- Closely liaise with Global IT regarding networks, Cybersecurity, etc, to ensure requirements are met and governance and assurance are robust
- Establishing new offices and LIST X facilities and ensuring compliance
Skills on Resume:
- Security Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Information Control (Hard Skills)
- Logistical Planning (Hard Skills)
- Agency Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Vetting Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Access Management (Hard Skills)
- Cybersecurity Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Facility Setup (Hard Skills)
2. Head of Security, Patriot Biotech Inc., Knoxville, TN
Job Summary:
- Develop internal company security policies and procedures
- Manage and audit all 3rd party security, surveillance, and alarm vendors
- Train site managers on risk assessment, loss prevention, and safety protocols
- Manage all access control requests to include activation and deactivation of profiles, issuing parking passes and temp visitor access
- Monitor building/fire alarms and panic alarm activation to ensure proper response and/or dispatching along with the Police liaison
- Monitor physical security systems and respond/coordinate response to safety and security issues on location and for drivers on delivery routes
- Remain current with crime and economic trends in the community, participate in community events, and network with other security management professionals
- Perform various administrative tasks as assigned or directed
- Assisting with security projects, assigning access control badges, in-person calls for service, and other security activities
- Lead and develop internal investigations and loss prevention protocols
- Conduct regular safety and loss prevention audits for compliance with all accident and critical incidents, preventative standards, and programs
- Maintain accurate records and reports of all identified theft activity and related follow-up
- Report and manage security and theft claims with insurance companies, and internal incident reports
- Develop an occupational health, safety, and emergency response management program
- Identify and partner with internal and external “stakeholders”, ensuring collaboration and successful implementation
Skills on Resume:
- Policy Development (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Management (Hard Skills)
- Risk Training (Soft Skills)
- Access Control (Hard Skills)
- Alarm Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Incident Response (Soft Skills)
- Community Networking (Soft Skills)
- Investigation Leadership (Soft Skills)
3. Head of Security, Westview Cold Storage, Billings, MT
Job Summary:
- Provide technical and people leadership
- Build and develop the Security practice and collaborate with key business stakeholders to ensure that cybersecurity best practice is met
- Responsible for the delivery of essential cybersecurity projects
- Provide leadership to a world-class department of cybersecurity experts
- Responsible for department governance, including the management of budgets
- Develop and implement general office safety training programs for team members, e.g., housecleaning, lifting, trip/fall hazards, and self-evaluation of the workstation
- Evaluate the success of the program, identifying ongoing opportunities for improvement
- Direct and manage specific health and safety programs, e.g., Emergency Response, Hazardous Energy (lockout/tag-out), and conduct associated audits
- Proactively build positive relationships with local first responding agencies (fire department, police department, etc.), neighbors, and act as the first point of contact in the event of an emergency
- Develop a methodology for sites to execute physical and technology-based safety and security audits
- Propose recommendations based on industry best practices and experience
- Guide the Company sites on standard operating procedures for security vendors who operate at the Company sites
- Train local station employees on carrying out security objectives and share best practices
- Keep senior leadership informed of safety or security-related issues on an ongoing basis
Skills on Resume:
- Technical Leadership (Hard Skills)
- Practice Development (Soft Skills)
- Project Delivery (Hard Skills)
- Governance Management (Hard Skills)
- Safety Training (Hard Skills)
- Program Evaluation (Soft Skills)
- Agency Relations (Soft Skills)
- SOP Guidance (Hard Skills)
4. Head of Security, Silver Lake Industrial Coatings, Syracuse, NY
Job Summary:
- Understand the current PPS organisation including meetings with key stakeholders
- Design a sustainable organisation structure based on internal staff and outsourced activities
- Agree on objectives, KPI and Target service levels across all areas in the security domain
- Agree security dashboard that will be used to report status and manage improvements
- Agree separation of responsibilities between the Security and PPS regulatory compliance team (GDPR vs PCIDSS)
- Undertake a refresh and rebaselining of the Security Strategy and associated security policy framework
- Day-to-day management of the security team including regular meetings, objective setting and oversight
- Review all policy documents for completeness and best practices periodically
- Ensure continuous compliance with PCI DSS rather than focus on the annual Audit
- Set up and manage a sustainable SOC either in-house or outsourced
- Embedding members of the security within the development, systems and architecture teams to promote security by design
- Promote security and industry best practice, recommend additional certification and compliance for PPS
- Increase the visibility of Security so that it becomes an asset that will distinguish PPS as a trusted partner for clients, prospects and the wider Edenred organisation
- Attend relevant security events to maintain to date understanding of industry issues and increase the visibility of PPS within the payment card industry
Skills on Resume:
- Org Structuring (Hard Skills)
- KPI Setting (Hard Skills)
- Policy Refresh (Hard Skills)
- Team Management (Soft Skills)
- Compliance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- SOC Setup (Hard Skills)
- Security Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Industry Engagement (Soft Skills)
5. Head of Security, Oak Valley Electric, Bismarck, ND
Job Summary:
- Develop and implement the Security strategy for Zapp
- Hire and develop a highly-skilled team of Security Managers
- Identify and onboard partners to support Zapp in the following areas
- Provision of physical security for manned / unmanned Zapp locations
- Work with the Expansion team to onboard new facilities seamlessly
- Work with the Operations teams to undertake program/improvement works on Zapp employee and product security
- Work with the Finance teams to ensure that accurate budgets are created and managed for all Security expenditure
- Develop and implement a ticketing/response system that ensures response times to incidents are adequate and provides high-quality data/KPIs on Security spend and activity
- Lead and develop internal and client IT security strategy
- Identify skills required and build a team to deliver the security strategy
- Develop and implement a solution-focused security improvement plan for internal IT and client offering
- Work closely with the Client Support teams to implement security policies, protocols and procedures and make recommendations for improvements
- Set up, designing and delivery of client-facing paid work such as security reviews and security testing
- Set up and develop a commercially viable department, including developing security products and pricing models for clients and beyond
- Plan internal and client security audits and reporting on the results, whilst making practical recommendations for improvements
- Work closely with the Client Support teams to develop practical solutions so all IT projects are delivered within the security framework
Skills on Resume:
- Security Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Team Building (Soft Skills)
- Partner Onboarding (Soft Skills)
- Budget Planning (Hard Skills)
- Incident Response (Hard Skills)
- IT Security (Hard Skills)
- Client Solutions (Soft Skills)
- Audit Planning (Hard Skills)
6. Head of Security, Phoenix Toolworks, Mesa, AZ
Job Summary:
- Support Senior Leadership in meeting the Company’s security obligations
- Ensure physical Security measures effectively protect the business assets and people in line with identified threats
- Ensure effective security measures are adopted across all Company locations and the supply chain
- Lead and manage a dedicated and loyal security team
- Work closely with the IT department to ensure the cybersecurity element is compliant with their defense security obligations
- Deliver the duties of the Security Controller as outlined in the Cabinet Office Security Policy Framework
- Ensure full compliance with the Company’s contractual obligations
- Communicate cloud security-related concepts to the technical and non-technical team members
- Assist developers in performing security code review, developing and conducting vulnerability awareness training programs, and implementing a comprehensive set of secure processes
- Thoroughly understand DevOps ideologies with the ability to drive and communicate change, supporting DevOps/SecOps methodology within the organization
- Engineer and implement new cloud security tools to feed DevOps/SecOps processes to ensure the solvency of cloud compute resources
- Understand system security vulnerabilities and associated threats, and assess the overall security risks to the system
- Work directly with internal development teams, as well as prospects and customers, to establish and enforce IT security best practices, protection objectives, process improvements, and effective IT security controls
- Improve company security policies and technical standards
- Monitor security vulnerabilities and threats and provide mitigation recommendations to reduce identified security risks
- Perform system vulnerability scanning using approved software tools and automation
- Participate in designing and managing IT security strategy, including both infrastructure and applications
Skills on Resume:
- Security Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Physical Protection (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Cybersecurity Support (Hard Skills)
- Cloud Security (Hard Skills)
- DevSecOps Integration (Hard Skills)
- Threat Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Policy Improvement (Hard Skills)
7. Head of Security, Blackstone Aerospace, Wichita, KS
Job Summary:
- Provide the leadership role in developing and managing the Security business's growing pipeline and revenue in line with the regional ambitions
- Manage the OCD domains’ P&L within the territory - measure pipeline, orders, revenue, gross margin, quality and growth KPIs and staffing levels
- Provide World-Class Sales and Pre-Sales Support to encompass the relevant portfolio of cybersecurity offers
- Assist Sales teams to maximize the sale of services and solutions with Business Development activities by developing appropriate best practices, thought leadership and expertise (SME’s) in Security
- Assist on first-time implementations with the delivery teams (OCD) with the solution experts working in agile mode for the development and implementation of new solutions and services via Proof of Concepts and Customer pilots
- Develop and maintain high-level customer contacts for the maximization of business opportunities and resolution of conflicts
- Management and people development of the Security team including sales experts, solution experts and domain consultants
- Develop, lead and maintain close working relationships with strategic partners to create lead generation and promote Orange capabilities through Channels
- Interface with the Central Orange Cyberdefense teams to provide feedback on customer requirements
- Maintain Market intelligence and technology awareness and develop the Intellectual Capital of the OCD domain in the region
- Implement video surveillance and prioritize security initiatives
- Develop network access and monitoring policies
- Conduct security audits in all of Techo-Bloc’s locations
- Develop risk management assessments
Skills on Resume:
- Business Development (Soft Skills)
- P&L Management (Hard Skills)
- Sales Support (Soft Skills)
- Solution Delivery (Hard Skills)
- Client Relations (Soft Skills)
- Team Development (Soft Skills)
- Partner Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
8. Head of Security, Atlas Packaging Inc., Peoria, IL
Job Summary:
- Develop and implement security protocols and procedures
- Develop security vision and strategies, relating to all major sites of the company's operation, with consideration of annual security risk cycles
- Recruit and train security personnel and talent
- Planning and budget development and management
- Use technology, such as drones, cameras, etc
- Develop and train patrol and rapid response teams
- Liaise with local and federal security organisations
- Attend a meeting with other managers and departmental heads to determine operational security needs
- Review and provide reports to management on incidents and security breaches
- Ensure strict access control to company premises and facilities
- Gather and analyse data for the continuous improvement of company security as a whole
Skills on Resume:
- Security Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Talent Development (Soft Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Tech Utilization (Hard Skills)
- Rapid Response (Hard Skills)
- Agency Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Access Control (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
9. Head of Security, Crystal Coast Logistics, Wilmington, NC
Job Summary:
- Develop and execute security plans to meet the company's business objectives and to ensure security plans are reviewed on an ongoing basis
- Provide timely advice based on analysis/assessment of security risk/threat and impact (SRM) to enable well-informed business decisions on new business models/directions
- Provide functional and technical support and advice for all aspects of security management
- Formulate guidelines for security audits, conduct periodic security audits and submit recommendations to address areas for improvement
- Gather intelligence, plan and lead security operations against pilferage/theft of the company’s products, particularly belonging to the facilities, including those in transit
- Continuously review, implement and maintain effective security policy, procedures and practices to ensure the safety and protection of personnel, assets, information and business operational activities
- Plan and conduct security enquiries, investigations and reviews of security/whistle-blowing activities
- Coordinate risk and crisis management processes
- Ensure that proactive assessment of, planning for and management of risks and crises are carried out within the company
- Assist the business unit heads in mitigating security risks to personnel and assets
- Gather, interpret and disseminate information about the national security situation that may have an Impact on the business
- Support and coordinate any investigation and enforcement initiatives that the company or its key business partners may be involved in
- Provide timely security updates and advice to the leadership team on all matters concerning security threats or business interruptions involving security-related matters
Skills on Resume:
- Security Planning (Hard Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Technical Support (Hard Skills)
- Audit Management (Hard Skills)
- Theft Prevention (Hard Skills)
- Crisis Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Investigation Support (Hard Skills)
- Threat Advisory (Soft Skills)
10. Head of Security, Horizon Medical Devices, Omaha, NE
Job Summary:
- Help design systems and processes that identify security threats promptly
- Tracking risks and conducting ongoing security assessments related to PCI-DSS, SOC2, and Penetration testing
- Implementing a system of automation within the organization to ensure effective and efficient security controls
- Investigate incidents and implement solid plans of incident response, learning from past shortcomings to create ever more robust security protocols
- Stay on top of industry standards and ensure complete compliance
- Work with the product team and other engineers to understand financial services challenges and develop solutions to address them
- Envision cleaner, simpler ways to solve problems
- Analyze changing security requirements across the whole lifecycle of a product, and make sure these are met at every stage
- Evangelize security across the organization and within engineering practices
- Keep learning, keep growing and help the team do the same
- Strategic planning of the security function and driving improvements to policies and processes
- Oversee daily operations of security services, covering both gaming and non-gaming areas
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and maintain good relations with government agencies
- Lead the team to achieve Key Performance Indicators and develop their competencies for career progression
Skills on Resume:
- Threat Detection (Hard Skills)
- Risk Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Control Automation (Hard Skills)
- Incident Response (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Security Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Leadership (Soft Skills)
11. Head of Security, Pinnacle Textiles Group, Allentown, PA
Job Summary:
- Attract and retain extraordinary security talent, enabling the security team to scale rapidly and effectively
- Lead the development of the Security organization and enable it to scale to support a rapidly growing company
- Obtain input from Business Segments, Corporate Security, External Audits and other groups to design and develop the strategic direction for an Information Protection Program for studios and the Board of Directors
- Architect solutions to enable studios to operate in a secure environment that allows for the creative freedom to build games as they see fit
- Engineer, implement, and own the security solutions for the production network to enable fans globally while maintaining the highest standards to reduce toxicity, cheating, and fraud within intellectual property
- Provide expert counsel and mentorship to senior leadership on security and its impact across business strategy, programs, products/services, and operations
- Establish a program of ongoing education of the 2K community on security risks, terminology, and the need/responsibility for participation in the sometimes inconvenient truths of ongoing security management
- Maintaining focus on the preeminent goal of enabling the creative freedom for developers
- Responsible for the development of the 2K Information Security Strategy in alignment with Take-Two's enterprise strategies and roadmaps
- Validates and confirms the strategy with appropriate stakeholders
- Communicates it to the appropriate stakeholders throughout 2K and Take-Two
- Partner with Take-Two and other label security leaders on the shaping of all enterprise-wide strategies
- Establishes key Information Security reporting metrics related to Information Security Architecture and Engineering services
- Act as a resource and assist in resolving conflicts that arise in the implementation of security strategy, policies, and standards
Skills on Resume:
- Talent Management (Soft Skills)
- Org Development (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)
- Solution Architecture (Hard Skills)
- Security Engineering (Hard Skills)
- Leadership Counsel (Soft Skills)
- Security Education (Soft Skills)
- Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)
12. Head of Security, Verde Energy Solutions, Reno, NV
Job Summary:
- Participates in the ongoing development of the annual enterprise-wide Information Security Risk Assessment Methodology, as well as annual roll-up through 2K executive management, T2, and the Board of Directors
- Assists business segments in adopting risk assessment methodology by providing guidance, tools and templates
- Recommend risk avoidance strategies, risk mitigation actions and controls to 2K Business Segments and Take-Two enterprise functions
- Assists 2K, as well as Take-Two Security, with security design and architecture decisions for systems and applications that process, transmit, or store sensitive information
- Engineer, implement, and own the security solutions for the production network to enable fans globally while maintaining the highest standards to reduce toxicity, cheating, and fraud within intellectual property
- Participate alongside Take-Two and Rockstar security leadership across the enterprise, in the Entertainment Software Association Games Security Group (ESA GSG), contributing and gaining insights at an industry level
- Participate in Take-Two's Internal Audit activities and through transparency mechanisms, help to shape their priorities
- Work with the President of Acervus and leadership at Addepar to define vision, strategy, and business plan for the new placements business
- Setting objectives and targets, defining an operating model, hiring additional team members, and ensuring all activities are conducted to a high standard of quality and compliance
- Create a clear distribution strategy, leveraging marketing, Marketplace client specialists, and other Addepar client coverage teams
- Partner with these teams to showcase opportunities and drive demand
- Drive transactions with clients to meet and exceed concrete targets for both activities (client outreach, meetings, etc) and results (client usage, transactions, and revenues)
- Manage outside broker relationships, including negotiating referral agreements and referring “reverse inquiries” from Acervus clients to the appropriate partner
- Work with Compliance and Operations to develop policies, procedures, and frameworks to underwrite private securities for inclusion into the Marketplace
- Hire and manage additional team member(s) as justified by the business plan and results
Skills on Resume:
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Hard Skills)
- Security Architecture (Hard Skills)
- Industry Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Audit Participation (Hard Skills)
- Strategic Vision (Soft Skills)
- Team Expansion (Soft Skills)
- Client Management (Soft Skills)
13. Head of Security, IronCrest Manufacturing, Spokane, WA
Job Summary:
- Playing a pivotal role in a large-scale multi-million-pound security transformation program and developing a high-performing Security Operations function
- Threat and Vulnerability Management and Detection and Response functions
- Deliver Security Operations services across the organization
- Engage with the wider business to understand the risks and threats and use this to inform requirements for the Security Operations Centre
- Develop a hybrid SOC with the people, processes and technologies
- Detect and respond to sophisticated cybersecurity threats across all technologies
- Driving cultural change to ensure that detection and monitoring a key considerations when new applications, services and infrastructure are developed
- Collaborating with cyber strategy and architecture functions to maintain an ongoing Security Operations strategy to align with business objectives
- Designing and building SOCs
- Using cybersecurity frameworks
- Provide significant collaboration and stakeholder management across the organization
- Delivery of Security Operations services across the organisation
- Engagement with the wider business to understand the risks and threats and use this to inform requirements for the Security Operations Centre
- Development of a hybrid SOC with the people, processes and technologies required to detect and respond to sophisticated cybersecurity threats across all technologies
- Driving cultural change to ensure that detection and monitoring a key considerations when new applications, services and infrastructure are developed
- Collaborating with cyber strategy and architecture functions to maintain an ongoing Security Operations strategy to align with business objectives
Skills on Resume:
- Security Transformation (Hard Skills)
- Threat Detection (Hard Skills)
- SOC Development (Hard Skills)
- Cyber Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Cultural Change (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Framework Usage (Hard Skills)
- Risk Awareness (Soft Skills)
14. Head of Security, Blue Ridge Plastics, Asheville, NC
Job Summary:
- Support EWR Co leadership in the development and implementation of a strong behavioural Health and Safety culture for the EWR scheme
- Implement and maintain an accredited Health and Safety Management System
- Establish, manage, monitor and improve health and safety processes for EWR Co. staff that comply with Health and Safety regulatory requirements
- Set Health and Safety performance information and data requirements from internal and external parties
- Analyse and report on the health and safety performance of EWR Co. and its suppliers
- Assure on-site incident management procedures of key suppliers and coordinate EWR Co inputs (e.g., communications)
- Facilitate knowledge sharing on Health and Safety and train EWR Co staff
- Work with other functions of EWR Co to develop and manage the safety case/authorisation should EWR Co become the Infrastructure Manager
- Manage and nurture the ongoing relationship with the ORR and HSE on safety matters
- Implement, maintain, and monitor compliance with Health and Safety policies and procedures for the EWR Co. workplace
- Ensure there is appropriate accident and incident reporting and investigation at EWR Co. offices
- Implement, maintain and monitor compliance with security policies and procedures for EWR Co and personnel
- Proactively seek innovation, opportunities to increase efficiency, and drive wasted effort out of the programme
- Take responsibility for own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by adopting and working to the EWR Co. Health and Safety principles
- Promote inclusion and diversity in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues
Skills on Resume:
- Safety Culture (Soft Skills)
- System Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Process Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Incident Management (Hard Skills)
- Knowledge Sharing (Soft Skills)
- Policy Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Inclusive Leadership (Soft Skills)
15. Head of Security, Red River Technology, Lubbock, TX
Job Summary:
- Identify security initiatives, risks, issues, and compliance requirements
- Modernize and optimize the company’s various security systems (closed-circuit surveillance, access control, intrusion and burglar alarms) everywhere Techo-Bloc owns and operates plants or distribution centers
- Manage the development and implementation of global security policy, standards, guidelines and procedures
- Prepare, update emergency evacuation plans and coordinate staff when responding to emergencies and alarms
- Provide expertise to senior management on emerging threats that can impact security, safety, operations, or reputation
- Establish and maintain relationships and communication with local law enforcement in each jurisdiction or other related government agencies
- Gather security intelligence and implement preventative measures
- Supervise responses to security incidents and ensure compliance with company guidelines, as well as government laws and regulations
- Investigate security breaches, all likely criminal matters or serious ethical violations to limit potential exposure to liability
- Establish Techo-Bloc’s annual security budget and oversee all security-related expenses and invoices
- Develop and update policies, procedures and protocols regarding areas such as loss prevention and fraud prevention, and privacy
- Review reports on incidents and breaches and investigate and resolve issues
- Manage, recruit and train a team of +10 security staff members
- Oversee a network of vendors and directors who secure the company's assets
- Develop procedures to ensure the physical safety of employees and visitors
Skills on Resume:
- Security Planning (Hard Skills)
- System Modernization (Hard Skills)
- Policy Development (Hard Skills)
- Emergency Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Threat Advisory (Soft Skills)
- Agency Communication (Soft Skills)
- Intelligence Gathering (Hard Skills)
- Team Management (Soft Skills)