Director - Physical Security

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Director - Physical Security - Carmel, IN

The Director of Physical Security is responsible for collaborating with key stakeholders to establish, maintain, and implement enterprise security requirements across Allegion’s global operations. This role involves protecting human and business capital, and shareholder value by directing physical security measures, including access control, visitor management, video surveillance, onsite service providers, incident response, executive protection, travel security, training, and education. The Director will also develop and execute a global physical security strategy, identify risks, implement mitigation measures, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. This position will report to the Vice President, EHS and Remediation, with a dotted line to the CISO (Chief Information and Security Officer), and will require adapting strategies to diverse cultural environments and establishing metrics to enhance security performance.

What You Will Do:

• Develop and execute a global physical security strategy, policies, long-term physical security initiatives, and overall targets for global operations that align with Allegion’s mission of keeping people safe and secure where they live, learn, work and visit.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to standardize physical security solutions, and collaborate with external partners to execute and service security systems and processes.
• Collaborate with business and product leaders, plant managers, cross-functional business leaders and IT to integrate physical security considerations into business processes, decision-making, and resource allocation and capital (CapEx) and long-range planning (LRP).
• Build a cross-functional network of strong partnerships with internal stakeholders including but not limited to cybersecurity, business and product leaders, engineering, operations, EHS, legal, HR, and external stakeholders including Physical Access Control System (PACS) partners, system integrators, security partners and service providers.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to integrate physical and cyber security measures, addressing the convergence of threats and ensuring a comprehensive security posture.
• Establish and implement robust processes, metrics, and leading and lagging KPIs to effectively monitor, measure, and enhance physical security performance; proactively identify and implement corrective actions for off-track metrics.
• Collaborate regularly with internal and external stakeholders to identify, prioritize and execute projects and mitigate risks.  
• Conduct regular physical security audits and assessments to identify vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop global standards and standard operating procedures for onsite security guard operations and partner with procurement to establish master service agreements (MSAs) to drive consistency across global operations.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to develop and maintain emergency response and business continuity plans for various security incidents; coordinate and ensure corporate alignment of local response plans.
• Maintain compliance with relevant security regulations, laws, and industry standards.
• Conduct or oversee investigations into security breaches, theft, or unauthorized access and coordinate with local teams and law enforcement, as necessary.
• Develop and implement comprehensive travel security protocols and executive protection measures to ensure the safety of employees during business travel and provide tailored security solutions for executives, VIPs, and other high-profile individuals.
• Provide security training and awareness programs to employees at all levels to enhance security consciousness, business and site awareness and preparedness, and mitigate security risks.
• Develop and implement security policies and procedures, which may include visitor management, security clearances, and incident reporting.
• Present strategic plans, initiatives, and performance updates regularly to senior leadership, business and site leaders, and others in the organization. 
• Stay updated with the latest security technologies and innovations to ensure the organization's physical security systems remain effective.
• Partner with Engineering team