We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Mar 2026

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Join us at Medtronic, where we are partnering across the industry to tackle systemic healthcare challenges with bold leadership. If you seek a challenging, energizing, and rewarding career that changes lives, we invite you to join our team. Become part of the next generation of life-changing medical technology, impacting patients worldwide.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This position is on-site, 4+ days/week at any U.S. Site.

The Director of Global Site Security is responsible for standardizing, optimizing, and operating Medtronic’s global site security ecosystem – guard force services, physical security technology, and facility hardening – while ensuring a positive, friction‑light employee and visitor experience. This role translates enterprise security strategy into consistent, scalable, and cost‑effective site‑level execution across manufacturing, R&D, distribution, and office locations worldwide.

This leader partners closely with Facilities, IT, HR, Real Estate, EHS, Technology Transformation, and regional business leaders to embed security into site design and daily operations – balancing risk reduction, compliance, and usability.

This position will be onsite, based at a Medtronic site in the contiguous United States:

• Mounds View, MN / Minneapolis, MN (Twin Cities Campus)

• Irvine, CA / Santa Ana, CA (Orange County Campus)

• Tempe, AZ

• Boulder, CO / Lafayette, CO (Colorado Campus)

• Danvers, MA or Billerica, MA (Greater Boston area)

• Dexter, MI

• Grand Rapids, MI

• Mystic, CT / North Haven, CT

• Warsaw, IN

• Memphis, TN

• Swedesboro, NJ

• Eatontown, NJ

• Fort Worth, TX

• Jacksonville, FL

• Miami Lakes, FL

Requires up to 30% travel per year.

As the Director of Global Site Security, your key responsibilities will be:

Global Site Security Standards & Governance

• Establish and maintain global site security standards, playbooks, and design guidelines covering guarding, access control, video surveillance, visitor management, and perimeter controls.

• Translate risk assessments into tiered site security requirements based on site criticality, threat profile, and regulatory needs.

• Drive consistency while allowing for region‑specific adaptations aligned with local law and culture.

Guard Force Strategy & Optimization

• Lead the global guard force program, including operating model, post standards, training requirements, and performance metrics.

• Rationalize guarding levels and contracts to optimize cost, coverage, and service quality.

• Own global vendor strategy: RFPs, contract negotiations, SLAs, KPIs, and continuous improvement with guarding providers.

Security Technology & Innovation

• Own the global roadmap for physical security technology, including:

  • Badge access and identity lifecycle management

  • Video surveillance and analytics

  • AI‑enabled monitoring and alerting

  • Visitor registration and experience platforms

  • Intrusion detection and duress systems

• Partner with IT and Technology Transformation to ensure secure, reliable, and privacy‑compliant system integration.

• Pilot and scale new technologies that improve security outcomes and employee experience.

Physical Barriers & Site Hardening

• Set standards for perimeter security, fencing, doors, turnstiles, and secure zones.

• Embed security requirements into new site selection, design reviews, renovations, and lease negotiations.