Director, Protective Services

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced security leader to lead protective services within our Global Security organization. This role will manage a team of security professionals to oversee the safety and security of Sandisk employees and executives across four key functional areas – executive security, travel security, event security, and protective intelligence. This position will report to the Chief Security Officer and will liaise closely with the head of Security Operations, members of the executive leadership team, and other key stakeholders to monitor and manage threats and proactively mitigate security risks associated with travel and events. This role will serve as a trusted and strategic partner across the organization, balancing effective risk management with our collaborative, innovative, and people-first culture.

Key Competencies

• Outstanding ability to engage with C-suite executives and build trusted relationships with key stakeholders across all organizational levels.
• Proven track record leading high-performing protective-services teams with utmost discretion and strict confidentiality.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with exceptional execution skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with cross-cultural competency for global operations.
• Crisis leadership and sound decision-making under pressure and in ambiguous environments.
• Previous government intelligence, national security, threat analysis, law enforcement, and/or related government experience preferred.
• Ability and willingness to work irregular work hours to handle emergencies and off-hour security needs.

Qualifications

• Required:
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise security, law enforcement, or military with at least 3 years of experience in executive protection.
• Proven experience managing protective-services teams for public officials or multinational corporations.
• Strong background in physical and personal risk assessment, threat intelligence, crisis management, and emergency response.

PREFERRED

• Law enforcement and/or intelligence background preferred.
• Professional certifications (CPP, ITPM, and others) preferred.

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 09/23/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

Compensation & Benefits Details

- An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.

- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.

- You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.