Vantage Data Centers · 2 weeks ago
Director, Physical Security Standards and Assurance, NA
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $195K/yr
10+ years expVantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. The Director, Physical Security Governance will be responsible for designing, building, and leading the North American physical security governance program, ensuring security is delivered consistently and compliantly across all North American sites.
Data CenterInformation TechnologyIT InfrastructureTechnical Support
Responsibilities
Design and implement the North American Physical Security Governance Program, including governance models, operating frameworks, and control structures aligned with enterprise security objectives
Establish clear accountability, ownership, and decision rights across Physical Security Design, Delivery, Operations, Technology, and the Security Management Center (SMC)
Serve as the executive-level authority for physical security governance across North America, ensuring all sites operate under a unified framework
Develop, maintain, and govern all North American physical security policies, standards, and procedures, including but not limited to: Access control, Video surveillance, Guard force operations, Incident and threat management, Visitor management, Construction site security, Data center physical security controls
Ensure policies align with corporate risk, legal, compliance, privacy, and customer contractual obligations
Translate security standards into operationally executable procedures across all North American sites
Build and lead a Quality Assurance and Compliance function for physical security, including audit programs, control testing, site inspections, and validation of operating effectiveness
Define and manage corrective action and remediation programs resulting from audits, incidents, and performance gaps
Own the governance of all physical security after-action reviews, ensuring root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive controls are documented, tracked, and closed
Define and own the physical security performance framework, including key performance indicators (KPIs), key risk indicators (KRIs), and quality metrics
Establish measurable standards for: Policy compliance, Control effectiveness, Incident response quality, Training and certification completion, Site security performance
Ensure leadership and site teams have clear, data-driven visibility into security performance, risks, and trends
Design, develop, and govern the enterprise security training and awareness framework for North America, covering all employees, contractors, and site personnel, including: Physical security awareness and policy training, Workplace violence prevention and response, Threat awareness, reporting, and escalation, Visitor management and access control expectations, New-hire and new-site onboarding security training, Annual and recurring security awareness and compliance training
Own the creation, maintenance, and governance of all security training content, including standards, curricula, learning materials, and certification requirements
Ensure training programs remain aligned with evolving threats, regulatory requirements, customer security expectations, and internal risk priorities
Partner with Human Resources, Legal, Compliance, Operations, the Security Management Center (SMC), and Technology teams to embed security training into onboarding, lifecycle training, and daily business operations
Build and mature the Outreach and Engagement function to drive adoption of physical security governance across: Data center site leadership, Construction and delivery teams, Operations and IT, Corporate stakeholders, External partners, including law enforcement and relevant government agencies
Establish and maintain strong working relationships with local, state, and federal law enforcement and government entities to support incident response, investigations, emergency preparedness, and threat mitigation
Lead change management, communications, and stakeholder engagement to ensure security standards, expectations, and governance models are consistently understood and applied across the North American portfolio
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in physical security, risk management, compliance, or governance within data centers, critical infrastructure, or high-reliability environments
Proven experience building and scaling enterprise governance, compliance, or quality assurance programs
Deep understanding of physical security controls, guard force operations, access control systems, and surveillance technologies
Experience operating in audited, regulated, or customer-validated environments
Demonstrated ability to define metrics, KPIs, and control frameworks and hold organizations accountable to them
Preferred
Experience supporting hyperscale or colocation data centers
Background in audit, compliance, or quality management systems
Experience partnering with legal, risk, compliance, construction, IT, and operations teams
Familiarity with security platforms, incident management tools, and compliance tracking systems
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life and AD&D
Short and long-term disability coverage
Paid time off
Employee assistance
Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
Many other additional voluntary benefits
Company
Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers designs and develops data center campuses to large cloud providers, AI enterprises, and other tech-driven businesses.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.95BKey Investors
La CaisseWells FargoDigitalBridge
2026-01-15Debt Financing· $341.02M
2025-09-10Private Equity· $1.6B
2025-06-03Debt Financing· $5.82B
Leadership Team
Sureel Choksi
President and CEO
Corinne Chong
CFO, APAC
Recent News
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