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Versant Media · 18 hours ago

Senior Manager, Americas East Coast

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$110K/yr - $140K/yr

VERSANT Media is a leading force in news, sports, and entertainment, and they are seeking a Senior Manager for their Global Security team. This role involves managing operational risks and advising on various strategic and reputational challenges while providing regional coverage and support for risk and security services.

BroadcastingInformation TechnologyMedia and Entertainment

Responsibilities

Work with colleagues in Global Security to ensure relevant current and emerging risks to the organization and its people are effectively identified, assessed, communicated, and mitigated

Forge exceptional relationships with people across the company and its publications

Provide a source of sound judgement, advice and counsel to staff, contractors, and decision makers on risk, security and operational challenges

Contribute to all best practices adopted by the Global Security organization to include planning, process improvement, risk mitigation and responding to new challenges

Using already-established tools and systems, support functional goals and responsibilities in high-risk support, workplace & event security, training, equipment management and investigations

Play a key role supporting incident management through aggressive and active intervention, coordination, information provision and problem solving while providing compassionate and reasoned support to those involved

Participate in industry working groups and follow trends in risk management and digital and physical security, the threat landscape (especially as it relates to media companies), best practices and solutions, available technologies and service providers

Multi-task regarding communications and coordination, research, operational planning, logistics, and administrative tasks

Qualification

Risk managementSecurity solutionsCrisis managementIncident managementEmergency responseTraining solutionsAnalytical thinkingFluency in SpanishFluency in PortugueseCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Experienced in applying risk management, security, and training solutions

Experienced in implementing procedures that resolve operational and security issues associated with challenging safety and security situations in austere, less developed, and/or conflict environments

Experienced in successfully handling incidents and emergency situations from identification and support to review and analysis. This includes communicating with leaders and working with all stakeholders to ensure business resilience

Willing and able to travel ~30% of the year both within and outside of the United States

Willing and able to work on-site at our NYC and LA offices, as required

Interested in global events with a good understanding of how social/political/conflict dynamics can affect risk

Mission focused and committed with the willingness to handle a sometimes-irregular schedule and dive into ambiguous, challenging situations

A critical thinker with the ability to understand complex situations and provide unique solutions

A collegial, dynamic, and proactive contributor with a desire for continuous learning, development, and career growth

A sound verbal and written communicator with the ability to: Brief and influence effectively, Translate complex technical concepts into understandable terms, Carefully share information and tailor your style and approach depending on the audience