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This role provides leadership and strategic oversight for Williams' 24/7 corporate security and executive protection programs, ensuring continuous protection of employees, facilities, assets, and company leadership. The position is accountable for maintaining a highly trained and operationally ready security organization, directing around-the-clock security operations, assessing and mitigating risks, coordinating protective measures for executives and critical events, and strengthening emergency response capabilities. Through collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners, this leader drives a proactive security strategy, ensures compliance with applicable standards, and advances continuous improvement across security, protective services, and incident response functions.
Your work will challenge you, and with our values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Leads, schedules, and supervises personnel supporting a 24/7 armed security operation, ensuring adequate staffing, shift coverage, operational readiness, and continuity of security and protective services while coaching employees and managing performance
- Directs armed security force, incident response and escalation to protect people, facilities and assets within assigned areas
- Evaluates reported threats, suspicious activity and security concerns; recommends and implements proportionate protective measures in coordination with appropriate internal and external partners
- Coordinates advance planning, route and venue assessments, transportation security, contingency plans and protective coverage for executive movements and events
- Ensures team members maintain required licenses, firearms qualifications, training, equipment readiness and compliance with security policies, use-of-force standards and applicable legal requirements
- Conducts post-incident reviews, drills, inspections and performance reviews; identifies vulnerabilities and recommends improvements to protective procedures, staffing, equipment and response plans
- Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
- Required: High School Diploma or GED and a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in criminal justice, security management emergency management or related field; OR associate degree and minimum of five (5) years in criminal justice, security management, emergency management or a related field
- Preferred: Four (4) years of experience in executive protection, armed security, law enforcement, military protective services, physical security, dignitary protection or related protective operations
- Preferred: Two (2) years of leading or supervisory experience in related field
Certifications/Licenses:
- Required: Valid driver’s license
- Required: Ability to obtain and maintain all armed-security licenses, firearms qualifications and other credentials required for the assigned jurisdiction and duties
Other Requirements:
- Exhibits excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and deems safety an utmost priority
- Demonstrates aptitude and ability to embrace technology and applications to drive operational efficiency and streamline processes
- Must possess valid State Driver's License and clean driving record
- Knowledge of executive protection, close-protection principles, protective operations, and dignitary security practices
- Experienced in armed security operations, incident response, threat assessment, protective intelligence, workplace violence prevention, and security compliance requirements
- Ability to conduct advance planning, travel security assessments, venue evaluations, contingency planning, and risk mitigation activities
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including employee supervision, scheduling, coaching, performance management, incident documentation, and handling sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality
Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements:
- Shift Type: 8-hour Rotating, overtime as the need arises
- On-Call Requirements: 24/7 availability
- Evening/weekend/holiday work: As the need arises
- Availability expectations: 24/7 availability
- Travel required: 30-40% of the time
- Type of travel required: Domestic
- Overnight travel required: Yes
Physical and Environmental Work Requirements:
- Work setting: Both Office-Based and Field-Based
- Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs
- Must be able to stand for extended periods
- Must be able to walk long distances, including on uneven terrain
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
- Must be able to climb ladders, stairs, or scaffolding
- Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel, or crouch
- Physical stamina for long shifts or emergency response
- Requires the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Hard hats, gloves, safety glasses, flame resistant clothing, etc.
- Visual acuity
- Hearing ability for alarms, radio communication, etc.
We invest in our people in ways that actually show up in your day-to-day, not just on paper. Our Total Rewards are built to support how you work, live, and plan for what’s next.
Here’s a look at what that means:
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
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