Palo Alto Director Safety Security Operations - AMER/LATAM 

United States, California 

977951525

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Creativity counts! Work with senior leadership – and ultimately every employee – to translate company culture, values, and strategies into practical application for safety and security. We don’t want static “standards”, but we do want to clearly articulate certain principles and guidelines, as well as a continuously-evolving collection of best practices.

• Manage a high performing team of safety and security professionals around the world.

• Oversee and enhance all aspects of security operations across the AMER/LATAM region, including event security.

• Build emergency operational plans and playbooks.

• Ownership and accountability for all safety and security incidents and escalations, as well as the response to them.

• Operate as the global SME for all operational safety and physical security matters concerning Palo Alto Networks and its employees.

• Lead the identification, selection, career development and supervision of Safety and Security Operations Managers and support the Project Managers, Program Managers, Outsourced partners and subject matter experts as required to deliver products and services. You will also find and engage with best-in-class experts.

• Work closely with the real estate team to drive the physical & technical due diligence process.

• Deliver all Environmental, Health and Safety initiatives/objectives globally.

• Develop and manage budgets, timelines, and resourcing plans for major capital projects.

• Partner effectively with key groups such as IT, Places, Procurement, Finance, Legal and HR. Maintain regular communications with a variety of stakeholders, to ensure that all concerned parties are well informed.

• Represent Palo Alto Networks in certain external forums where our SAS program is a focus and leverage regular external interactions to keep Palo Alto Networks on the “leading-edge” of best practices in workplace safety and security.

• Drive both cost and operational efficiency through the program as it scales, while also continuously innovating.

• Be a champion for diversity and inclusion.

• Other duties, projects, and initiatives as assigned.

• Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time.

Your Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required/Master’s degree preferred – with broad exposure to both safety and security-related requirements, as well as strong business acumen skills.

• 10+ years relevant experience in corporate office environmental influencers, to include health, safety and security cultural requirements.

• Ability to build the program with growth and change in mind. Capable of leading the efforts to differentiate our offices from other companies, from the perspective of both customers and employees.

• Understand and advise the company as it relates to matters of compliance, efficiency and industry standards.

• Comfortable enough to constantly adapt to the terrain and circumstances of a fast-paced environment.

• Thorough understanding of relevant products and vendors, including EH&S, Systems Technology and Security service providers.

• Ability to set, manage, and deliver within a reasonable budget, as well as the ability to make decisions and trade-offs based on holistic financial metrics. You are detail-oriented, and have both left-brain and right-brain strengths.

• Superior language, written and oral, communication skills required.

• Sense of humor and commitment to professionalism.

• Frequent travel required.

• Dynamic and team oriented, with excellent interpersonal skills, business judgment, strategic thinking, superior work ethic.

• Able to work efficiently with cross-functional teams and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.

• Comfortable with ambiguity.

• Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of contractual and related matters.

• Spanish fluency is a plus.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $187000- $257500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.