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Director, Security

Invenergy · Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
Information Technology$149k–$206k/yrFull-time

Position Overview

The Director, Corporate Security is responsible for protecting the company’s critical assets—including generation facilities, corporate offices, and employees—through a proactive, risk-driven security program. This role leads the development and execution of an enterprise-wide security posture that anticipates threats, reduces vulnerabilities, and enables safe, resilient operations across all locations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy and execution of enterprise security programs protecting generation sites, offices, and personnel, including standards for physical security design, access control, surveillance, and site hardening.

  • Partner with Operations, EHS, and Development teams to ensure security is integrated across the full project lifecycle, including development, construction, and operations.

  • Develop and implement an enterprise security risk management (ESRM) framework aligned with business priorities, including ongoing assessment of threats, vulnerabilities, and geopolitical risks.

  • Drive a proactive security posture through intelligence, monitoring, and risk mitigation strategies, and define key security metrics to inform executive decision-making.

  • Own and lead the end-to-end corporate travel program, including policy, governance, vendor management, and employee experience, ensuring alignment with safety, cost, and operational efficiency.

  • Monitor global conditions and provide guidance and advisories to employees and leadership regarding travel-related risks.

  • Oversee and maintain a corporate investigations program addressing internal and external incidents, including theft, fraud, workplace violence, and threats to personnel or assets, in coordination with HR, IT, Legal, Compliance, and Internal Audit.

  • Identify trends and systemic risks arising from investigations and translate findings into preventative actions and improvements.

  • Partner with Reliability Compliance to ensure alignment with NERC Reliability Standards and CIP requirements, supporting compliance across low, medium and high impact systems.

  • Partner with crisis management and business continuity teams to support preparedness, exercises, and response efforts where security or travel risks are present, providing subject matter expertise on physical security and travel risk.

  • Build and maintain relationships with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and external security networks to strengthen situational awareness and response capabilities.

  • Collaborate with Risk Management and Procurement to incorporate security and resilience requirements into vendor risk management and third-party engagements.

  • Provide executive-level reporting on security risks, incidents, travel program performance, and overall program effectiveness.

  • Provide discreet security support and risk-informed guidance for senior leadership travel and key engagements, ensuring measures are commensurate with risk and aligned with business priorities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Criminal Justice, Security Management, or related field

  • 10+ years of experience in corporate, government, or law enforcement, including leadership roles

  • Experience with local law enforcement, threat intelligence, geopolitical analysis, investigations, security risk management within corporate security

  • Demonstrated experience protecting geographically dispersed operational assets (e.g., energy, infrastructure, industrial environments)

  • Experience managing or overseeing corporate travel programs and vendors preferred

  • Strong knowledge of risk management principles and security program development

  • Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally (~25%)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Professional certifications (CPP, PSP, PCI) preferred

  • Experience leading complex investigations, including threat management, insider risk, or protective intelligence

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Portuguese) preferred

Base Pay

$149,000.00 - $206,000.00 USD

Annual Bonus

30% - 40%

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