Director, Enterprise Physical Security

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Encompass Health is the leader in the inpatient rehabilitation industry, you’ll feel the Encompass Health difference as soon as you join. We collaborate and provide high-quality, compassionate, individualized care for our patients, allowing us time to get to know them and help them achieve their goals during their rehabilitation journey.

Position Purpose

The Director of Enterprise Physical Security assists with the development and leadership of Encompass Health Corporation’s enterprise physical security function. This is a foundational role responsible for aiding in defining the strategy, governance framework, and operating model that protect people, assets, and infrastructure across corporate offices, rehabilitation hospitals and active construction projects. The DEPS is responsible for directly operating security programs for corporate and OpCo environments. This role serves as a liaison between other departments regarding physical security procedures and partners closely with the Information Security function to ensure a unified security posture as EHC rapidly scales across geographies, facility types, and threat profiles. The DEPS establishes guidelines for the use of security equipment and types of equipment used at the corporate office and in our hospitals.

***This position must sit at our Home Office in Birmingham, AL 

***Relocation assistance provided

Responsibilities & Tasks

• Assists in defining and executing a risk-based physical security and safety strategy that encompasses enterprise-wide governance, security policies, standards, procedures, compliance requirements, and KPIs

• Maintains relationships with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies within the EHC operational footprint to ensure effective and efficient response to physical security threats

• Ensures physical security operations are conducted in compliance with federal, state and local regulations.

• Develops and operates security programs for the corporate office, rehabilitation hospitals, and construction sites (access control, surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, mail/package screening)

• Manages executive protection, travel security, workplace violence prevention, and geopolitical risk monitoring programs

• Partners with construction and real estate teams to embed security into facility design, construction, and commissioning

• Establishes the enterprise physical security governance framework, including standards and compliance controls aligned with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27002, NIST 800-53, PCI-DSS, and customer requirements for data center physical security

• Partners with the Encompass Health Corporate Safety & Security Committee and third-party security providers to ensure year-round secure operations and compliance readiness

• Develops and operates enterprise security technology including a Physical Security Operations Center (PSOC) for 24/7 monitoring, alerting, and response across corporate, hospital, and new construction facilities with defined escalation and coordination protocols 

• Works with all departments to develop policies and procedures for using physical security and security equipment including Data Loss Prevention, Forensics, EnCase and eDiscovery requirements

• Conducts internal investigations as required in partnership with EHC Legal and HR organizations

• Reviews quotes and product recommendations to help hospitals obtain physical security equipment.

• Develops corporate facility emergency procedures and contributes to enterprise business continuity and disaster recovery planning from a physical security perspective for the corporate campus and hospitals

• Leads physical security incident response, escalation, investigation, and after-action reporting for corporate environments, and coordinates cross-site incident protocols with security leadership

• Compiles trending reports for security events to find anomalous activity warranting investigation.

• Organizes, plans, and manages time effectively to complete assignments and mandatory training

License or Certification: 

• Valid state driver’s license required.

• CPR certification preferred.

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