US Country Security Manager

Introduction

At IBM Legal, Regulatory Affairs & General Counsel, we provide the guidance and oversight that enable IBM to innovate responsibly and operate with integrity. Our teams manage complex legal, regulatory, and compliance matters across the globe. Ensuring trust with clients, partners, and communities. Working in Legal and Regulatory Affairs means tackling diverse challenges, from intellectual property and data privacy to corporate governance and ethical business practices. You'll collaborate with colleagues worldwide to protect IBM's interests while supporting growth and innovation. With continuous learning, global exposure, and opportunities to shape the future of technology through law and policy, IBM offers a unique environment to build your career while making a meaningful impact.

Your role and responsibilities

The US Country Security Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for Corporate Security across IBM's United States portfolio. The role is accountable for translating IBM Corporate Security strategy into a consistent, risk-based security posture across the country. This includes physical security, crisis and incident management, threat and risk management, security operations, government and law-enforcement engagement, and oversight of critical locations.

Based in Washington, DC, the role operates in a complex stakeholder environment and serves as a senior Corporate Security representative with business leaders, enabling functions, government stakeholders and external partners. The position leads through other security professionals and is accountable for national priorities, risk decisions and outcomes.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Country security leadership

• Own the overall security posture and security operating model for the United States.
• Translate global Corporate Security strategy and standards into proportionate US requirements.
• Establish country priorities based on business criticality, threat, vulnerability and consequence.
• Provide senior leadership and escalation for significant security issues.

Risk and threat management

• Maintain a current view of security risk across the US portfolio.
• Ensure material risks and vulnerabilities are identified, assessed, escalated and appropriately treated.
• Partner with Security Intelligence, Investigations and other specialist teams to anticipate and manage

emerging risks.

Operational leadership

• Provide functional direction and governance across US security operations.
• Establish clear performance standards and drive consistency across locations.
• Ensure critical locations receive security resources proportionate to their risk and business importance.
• Drive continuous improvement and modernization of the US security model.

Crisis and incident management

• Provide senior Corporate Security leadership during significant US incidents.
• Support crisis-management structures and executive decision-making.
• Ensure lessons from incidents and exercises result in measurable improvements.

Government and external engagement

• Develop strategic relationships with federal, state and local law-enforcement and relevant government

agencies.

• Represent Corporate Security on matters requiring senior external engagement.
• Coordinate with IBM Government and Regulatory Affairs and other functions where appropriate.

Business partnership

• Build strong relationships with business leaders and with Legal, HR, Real Estate, Resiliency, IT and other

enabling functions.

• Provide clear advice to leadership on security risk, options and trade-offs.
• Balance protection requirements against business objectives, cost and operational impact.

Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week, subject to business needs.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Typically 10 or more years of progressively responsible experience in corporate security, government, law

enforcement, military security, intelligence, protective security or a comparable field.

• Demonstrated experience leading security across a large or complex organization.
• Strong crisis and incident-management capability.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of physical security, threat assessment and security risk management.
• Experience managing contracted security services and significant security expenditure.
• Excellent written and verbal executive communication skills.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• CPP, PSP or comparable professional security qualification.
• FEMA ICS/NIMS or comparable incident-management training.
• Experience operating in a multinational corporate environment.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

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ABOUT IBM

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.