Director, Global Event Security

The Opportunity

Adobe is hiring a Director of Event Security to lead security strategy planning and implementation for all corporate events worldwide! This includes product launches developer conferences executive summits and employee gatherings. You will ensure that every event offers a secure and seamless experience for attendees executives employees and partners. The role bridges physical security executive protection crisis management and collaboration across departments. You will convert complex and evolving threats into scalable practical security programs that protect our people brand and intellectual property globally. You will guide a high-performing event security team while collaborating closely with Events Marketing Legal Facilities IT and senior leadership to embed security throughout event planning and delivery. As the foremost expert in event security at the company you will set the standard for event protectionmonitoring industry leaders adopting new technologies and continuously enhancing our approach!

What youll Do

• Lead and continue to build the global event security program including strategy policies standards and playbooks across regions and event types.
• Assess event risk considering geopolitical context venue conditions crowd dynamics and reputational risk.
• Plan and oversee security for corporate events including site surveys access control credentialing emergency response plans and communications.
• Oversee onsite security operations working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver safe wellexecuted events.
• Coordinate executive protection needs with the Protective Operations team for highprofile events and keynotes.
• Develop and maintain eventspecific incident response and crisis procedures including medical environmental and security threats.
• Act as a trusted security partner to Events Marketing Facilities Legal IT and Executive teams throughout the event lifecycle.
• Manage thirdparty security providers and event security budgets to support efficient and scalable execution.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Senior-level experience in physical or corporate security with clear ownership of event security programs.
• Demonstrated experience securing corporate events across multiple regions and regulatory environments up to 20000 attendees.
• Proven ability to plan and manage security operations for events of varying size and complexity.
• Working knowledge of access control surveillance systems and incident management tools.
• Experience managing thirdparty security vendors and onsite security teams.
• Strong incident response and crisis decisionmaking skills.
• Executive presence
• Willingness to travel and work flexible hours during events.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio Adobe Express Adobe Firefly Creative Cloud Adobe Experience Platform Adobe Experience Manager and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

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