Sr Global Protective Security Operations Specialist

Responsibilities

• Administration of the global travel security function, to include all systems, assessments, communications, vendor and stakeholder management associated with the delivery of a best-in-class travel security service.
• Review, assess, and support approval processes for travel to high-risk and restricted destinations in accordance with Illumina travel risk management policies and duty of care requirements.
• Conduct travel risk assessments and provide destination-specific security guidance, contingency planning, and security briefings for employees, executive leadership, and business-critical travellers.
• Utilize intelligence resources for travel-related threat information on a global basis, including internet, databases, public records, media, law enforcement, government sources, contracted services, and other related resources; determine local threat environment for travel to moderate-to-high-threat countries.
• Work with the Global Security Team and Illumina Security Operations Center (ISOC) to monitor, research, analyze and provide intelligence regarding emerging threats and trends worldwide that may impact Illumina campuses, operations, remote or on campus staff.
• Produce tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence products including travel advisories, country risk assessments, executive briefings, incident reports, and crisis updates to support business decision-making.
• Monitor global events and emerging risks that may impact traveling employees and provide timely recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead the design and implementation of comprehensive security plans for board or shareholder meetings, product launches, and large-scale corporate events.
• Manage venue security operations, including access control, crowd management, asset protection, and technical surveillance countermeasures.
• Support Illumina Crisis Management operations by providing timely and actionable intelligence in support of emerging crisis.
• Develop and deliver effective security awareness solutions to staff across the global footprint.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and executive reporting dashboards to measure program effectiveness, identify trends, and support data-driven decision making.
• Interface with other business areas and sectors to accomplish cooperative goals, representing Global Security in multidisciplinary initiatives.
• Build relationships with stakeholders internally and suppliers externally to support the delivery of the program.
• Assist with the implementation of employee safety programs that aid in the prevention of threats and violence in the workplace and support our incident response.
• Support regional security investigations, in conjunction with regional Security, HR, Legal, and Compliance.
• Liaising with Health and Safety counterparts to create and maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive security experience directly within corporate security, global intelligence, executive protection, or specialized military/law enforcement units.
• Minimum educational requirement of a bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience of working in a travel security or risk assessment function within a corporate environment or government agency.
• Investigative background with a history of successfully managing investigations, threat assessments, and threat monitoring.
• Experience planning and executing security protection operations.
• Understanding of global geopolitical issues and threats to/from various regions of the world and their impact to Illumina's business.
• Ability to adapt to an open, transparent, and highly collaborative corporate culture and effectively balance security with company values and business interests.
• Ability to manage in a fast-paced environment, and support the strategic direction of new programs.
• Demonstrated strong critical thinking and writing skills with abilities to communicate complex ideas and analysis in a brief, accurate, and relevant way to a variety of audiences up to senior executive management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and report writing skills (English); fluency in a second language preferred.
• Comfortable and confident to work and deliver unsupervised at the same time willing to take on additional work responsibilities and stand in for team members as required, demonstrating dependability.
• Proficiency in operational performance management with skills in technology enablement tools, platforms and systems.