Head of Physical Security
About Marvell
Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities. At Marvell, you can affect the arc of individual lives, lift the trajectory of entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation, above and beyond fleeting trends, Marvell is a place to thrive, learn, and lead.
Your Team, Your Impact
Marvell Technology is a global leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, powering the systems that move, process, store, and secure the world’s data. From custom silicon and advanced networking to optical connectivity, storage, compute, and AI infrastructure, Marvell’s technology sits at the center of the next generation of cloud, carrier, enterprise, automotive, and industrial systems. This is a defining moment for the semiconductor industry. AI and accelerated computing are reshaping data center architecture from the ground up, requiring new approaches to scale-in, scale-up, scale-out, and scale-across infrastructure. Marvell is helping solve those challenges with high-performance, energy-efficient silicon and connectivity platforms that enable the world’s most advanced digital infrastructure.
Head of Global Physical Security
We are seeking a Head of Global Physical Security to create, mature, and lead a world-class global physical security program for one of the most important technology companies in the semiconductor ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and communicate Marvell’s global physical security strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, enterprise risk, workplace strategy, and executive expectations.
Establish a corporate-wide Strategic Physical Security Program with clear governance, operating rhythms, service levels, KPIs, escalation paths, and executive reporting.
Create, update, and enforce global physical security policies, standards, playbooks, procedures, and controls aligned with industry best practices, applicable laws, and regional requirements.
Serve as Marvell’s senior subject matter expert on physical security risk, workplace safety, threat response, and security posture.
Protect Marvell employees, contractors, visitors, customers, vendors, executives, and facilities through proactive risk identification, prevention, response, and continuous improvement.
Lead the development of workplace security programs covering access control, visitor management, CCTV / video surveillance, intrusion detection, alarms, badge governance, lobby security, mail and package screening, parking, perimeter protection, and sensitive-area controls.
Ensure physical security measures are effective, reliable, properly maintained, and appropriate for the risk profile of each site.
Embed security into the planning, design, construction, renovation, and commissioning of new and existing Marvell facilities.
Develop a global physical security risk assessment framework that identifies vulnerabilities, prioritizes remediation, and drives measurable risk reduction.
Conduct and oversee audits, inspections, site assessments, tabletop exercises, and post-incident reviews.
Lead Marvell’s response to significant physical security threats, incidents, workplace violence concerns, protests, natural disasters, geopolitical disruptions, executive threats, and other crises affecting people or facilities.
Develop and lead international travel safety protocols, including traveler education, risk monitoring, active traveler tracking, escalation procedures, and emergency support.
Partner with Cybersecurity, IT, and business continuity teams to establish a Fusion Center model that integrates cyber response, physical security, threat intelligence, travel risk, emergency response, and IT help desk coordination.
Evaluate, modernize, and govern Marvell’s global security technology ecosystem, including access control, video management systems, intrusion detection, emergency notification, visitor management, mass communication, analytics, alarm monitoring, and incident management tools.
Define the roadmap for a Global Security Operations Center capability, including 24/7 monitoring, intelligence collection, incident triage, escalation, reporting, and after-action analysis.
Ensure security systems are integrated, reliable, auditable, and aligned with operational, compliance, and customer expectations.
Develop a metrics-driven operating model that gives leaders visibility into security posture, incidents, risk trends, vendor performance, remediation progress, and budget impact.
Drive standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across Marvell’s global physical security operations.
Lead, train, and develop a global security team composed of employees, contractors, vendors, and regional partners.
Oversee security vendor strategy, selection, contracting, performance management, service quality, compliance, cost control, and continuous improvement.
Manage a significant global security budget, ensuring investments are prioritized based on risk, business impact, operational effectiveness, and long-term scalability.
Create training, awareness, and education programs that help employees understand security protocols, emergency procedures, travel safety expectations, and incident reporting channels.
Advise senior executives on physical security risk, protective measures, emerging threats, incident response, and strategic investments.
Prepare clear, concise, executive-ready briefings on global security posture, major incidents, program maturity, and risk mitigation plans.
Lead or support investigations involving major physical security incidents, workplace threats, facility intrusions, theft, suspicious activity, executive concerns, or other significant events.
Build trusted relationships with law enforcement, emergency management agencies, intelligence-sharing organizations, industry security associations, peer companies, and relevant public-private security groups.
Represent Marvell externally as an experienced, credible, and business-oriented security leader.
Required Qualifications
15+ years of progressive experience in physical security, corporate security, global security operations, executive protection, crisis management, law enforcement, military, intelligence, or a related field.
8+ years of leadership experience managing global, regional, or multi-site physical security programs.
Demonstrated experience building enterprise security strategy, governance frameworks, security policies, standards, operating procedures, and global program roadmaps.
Strong background in access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, alarm monitoring, visitor management, GSOC operations, emergency notification, and security technology platforms.
Proven ability to lead crisis response, workplace incident response, threat assessment, travel risk, executive protection, investigations, and emergency management.
Experience managing contract security providers, systems integrators, consultants, and other security vendors.