Global Security Governance Planning Lead

Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g. assets and data) and stewards a strong risk culture. Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights deep expertise and trusted advice so that across Vanguard leaders and crew drive faster stronger risk-informed decisions. Within GR&S the Enterprise Security and Fraud (ES&F) sub-division is responsible for the global protection of Vanguard crew property data and client assets. We are the trusted advisors that protect the pride of Vanguard with state-of-the-art security and fraud capabilities. We are a world-class destination of highly engaged passionate and diverse talent expected to continuously learn and develop in an ever-changing security landscape.

Our crew are our greatest resource by joining our team you will build collaborative long-term relationships and enjoy a suite of benefits that includes comprehensive health and wellness care work-life balance and an investment in your future at its core.

The Global Security Governance Planning Lead is an experienced planning professional who leads the design integration and governance of planning training and exercise standards for Global Physical Security (GPS). The role establishes governance frameworks doctrine and quality thresholds; partners with operational pillar leads across regions; and provides formal auditready recommendations to the Head of Governance.

This Planning Lead sets the enterprise approach and governing requirements for security plans playbooks and readiness validation while security pillar leadswho own daytoday operationsretain responsibility for plan content development execution and sustainment. The role ensures consistent application of policies and standards across the U.S. E.U. Australia and other locations and delivers executivelevel assessments of planning posture and operational readiness.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Defines and governs enterprise security planning and exercise doctrine for Global Physical Security including required structure minimum content quality thresholds and acceptance criteria under the direction of the Head of Governance.
• Leads development and maintenance of governance frameworks used across security pillars (site security executive protection travel and event security intelligence and investigations) ensuring consistent application of standards and operating rhythms.
• Sets the approach and standards for enterprise security plans and playbooks; operational teams develop execute and sustain approved plans in accordance with established governance requirements.
• Reviews security plans and playbooks against defined standards readiness criteria regulatory expectations and provides formal recommendations to the Head of Governance for review and approval.
• Evaluates planning and exercise outcomes to determine whether they demonstrate operational readiness to identify and prioritize capability gaps risks and remediation options.
• Establishes governance requirements for exercises including objectives scope and success criteria to validate plans and inform readiness assessments partnering with pillar leads to support execution.
• Provides governance oversight for multiyear security training and exercise programs aligning priorities cadence and validation objectives without assuming operational ownership.
• Maintains the enterprise security planning roadmap tracking governance improvement initiatives and maturity advancement across regions and pillars.
• Synthesizes operational input into impactbased analysis and escalates planning and readiness risks through established governance channels with recommended actions.
• Presents executivelevel assessments of security planning posture and readiness in enterprise forums supported by pillar leads or their designees to inform leadership decisionmaking.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in security emergency management business continuity or related fields with demonstrated responsibility for governance standards or program oversight functions.
• Experience establishing reviewing and governing enterpriselevel plans policies and procedures for large multisite or multinational organizations.
• Demonstrated capability applying and governing standards such as ASIS ISO NFPA and relevant regulatory requirements to define structure quality thresholds and compliance expectations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security planning processes with the ability to assess integration consistency and operational applicability across diverse regions and business environments.
• Proven success leading complex governance workstreams coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups security pillars and geographies without direct operational ownership.
• Experience using exercise and evaluation methodologies (such as HSEEP or equivalent) to establish validation objectives assess readiness outcomes and inform governance recommendations and remediation priorities.
• Experience evaluating training and exercise effectiveness including alignment to enterprise objectives readiness criteria and capability maturity without serving as the primary instructor or facilitator.
• Working knowledge of the Incident Command System or equivalent incident management frameworks with demonstrated ability to translate principles into governance planning and readiness assessment contexts for a multinational organization.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.