Senior Director, Global Security

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents.

The Senior Director, Global Security & Resilience provides strategic leadership and oversight of the organization’s global security and resilience programs, including physical security, travel and project security, insider risk, crisis management, and business continuity. This role is responsible for identifying and mitigating security risks; establishing enterprise standards and regional response protocols; and protecting the organization’s people, assets, operations, and reputation.

The Senior Director strengthens organizational resilience by ensuring the company can anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from security threats and operational disruptions while supporting business objectives and maintaining compliance with applicable security requirements and standards. This position is US Remote telework and US Citizenship is required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy, development, and execution of the organization’s global security and resilience programs, including physical security, travel and project security, insider risk, crisis management, and business continuity.
• Establish and maintain enterprise security and resilience policies, standards, procedures, and governance frameworks, with appropriate implementation at the business group, regional, and site levels.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate security risks and vulnerabilities affecting the organization’s people, facilities, assets, operations, and business activities.
• Develop and implement strategic security initiatives, including enterprise travel risk capabilities, business continuity planning, executive and Board security, physical security technology, and insider risk programs.
• Lead the company’s crisis management and business continuity capabilities, including the development of response protocols, crisis scenarios, exercises, and continuous improvement activities.
• Oversee the Travel and Project Security Program, including the company’s travel security risk platform and security support for employees and programs operating in higher-risk environments.
• Lead physical security operations and standards for company facilities, including site security assessments and development of risk-based recommendations and corrective actions.
• Direct the organization’s Insider Risk Program and associated prevention, awareness, mitigation, and response activities.
• Continuously monitor the global threat environment and emerging risks; assess potential impacts to the enterprise and provide timely briefings and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Partner with business and functional leadership to develop and implement risk mitigation and continuity strategies based on operational requirements and security risk profiles.
• Support business development, capture, and proposal activities by assessing security requirements, identifying operational risks, and developing security solutions that support customer requirements and company objectives.
• Develop and deliver security awareness and training programs that reinforce employee preparedness, duty of care, and organizational resilience.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of security programs, technologies, processes, and service providers and implement improvements based on risk, performance, and business requirements.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with internal stakeholders, government and industry counterparts, security providers, and other external organizations to monitor emerging risks and support company operations.
• Collaborate with Travel, Safety, Legal, Human Resources, Information Security, program operations, and other functional stakeholders to advance an integrated approach to enterprise security and resilience.
• Lead, develop, and mentor security professionals, fostering collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous professional development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Comprehensive knowledge of global security and resilience disciplines, including physical security, travel and project security, insider risk, crisis management, business continuity, and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of physical security technologies, including access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, and related security systems.
• Strong understanding of how security strategy supports corporate business objectives, global operations, customer re