Physical Security Senior Manager

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The role

To develop the entity’s international physical security system, including oversight, standards, and operations. It ensures the organization protects its people, information, and assets in a multi-jurisdiction office network and during major events. This role offers senior assurance, risk leadership, and crisis advisory. It supports consistent, proportionate security controls. These controls meet legal requirements and align with the Arms' risk appetite and operational resilience obligations.

All Arm offices globally (owned/leased), labs, partner-facing locations, and major organization events. Coordinate worldwide security operations by ensuring consistent guarding and supervision. Handle blocking issues, lead entry management and visitor oversight. Identify and follow crucial indicators for leading incident resolution, system functionality, and vendor delivery.

Internal Relationships

Workplace leadership (Facilities, H&S), including property portfolio. Global, Regional, and local site management across the organization

External Relations

Building landlords and leading agents (including shared-space governance)

What you will do

Lead the transformation and maturation of security operations from legacy practices to a scalable, intelligence-led capability aligned to Enterprise Security and business risk. Develop and implement a multi-year Physical Security roadmap, crafting frameworks, standards, and operating models that support consistent, risk-based security across global sites.

Executive Protection

Develop and supervise a risk-based Executive Protection program, ensuring appropriate protection measures for executive leadership across offices, travel, and events. Strategy, Governance & Risk Leadership

Support Physical Security Director to define and maintain the global physical security strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned to Arm’s priorities, growth, and risk appetite.

Global Standards, Policy & Control Framework

Own and maintain the organization’s physical security policy and technical/operational standards.

Converged Security & Data/Privacy Compliance

Partner with Cyber Security (Part of Enterprise Security) and Enterprise IT to ensure physical security controls integrate with cybersecurity and information protection (e.g., secure areas, badge-to-network logic where applicable).

Incident & Crisis Leadership

Serve as the organization’s senior physical security advisor during major incidents, crises and heightened threat periods.

Travel / Event Security Oversight

Set the organization’s security requirements for major events, including risk-tiering, minimum controls, and critical issue routes.

Supplier & Commercial Oversight

Define the global supplier strategy for physical security (guarding, systems, monitoring, risk intelligence).

Capability, Training & Culture

Set the capability framework and training standards for security participants (Facilities, Office Management, Event Owners, Reception).

Non-exhaustive list of key outcomes and measures of success

Clear, adopted and embedded global security standards with transparent exceptions management.

Qualifications

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