Vice President, Enterprise Security

About the Role

STACK Infrastructure is seeking a Vice President, Enterprise Security to serve as the senior security leader responsible for protecting the company's people, critical infrastructure, operations, executives, customers, and reputation across the Americas. This leader will establish and lead a scalable enterprise security program supporting corporate offices, operational data centers, construction sites, executive activities, and corporate events. The Vice President will build the organization, establish governance, influence executive decision-making, and ensure security capabilities evolve in alignment with STACK's rapid growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the executive advisor to senior leadership on enterprise security risks, emerging threats, and strategic security investments
• Present security strategy, performance metrics, and enterprise risk updates to Executive Leadership
• Own the physical security of STACK's corporate offices, operational data centers, and construction sites, including the advisory relationship with general contractors and verification of contractor security plans on the construction side
• Establish governance, policies, standards, performance metrics, and continuous improvement processes
• Develop the enterprise roadmap for physical security technologies, including access control, video security, visitor management, and emerging security solutions
• Participate in vulnerability and risk assessments with the accountability to develop and implement effective risk mitigation strategies
• Lead enterprise response to significant security incidents, investigations, and executive-level threat situations
• Support customer security reviews, audits, and due diligence activities
• Define a strategy and work with third-party security providers so that protective intelligence, assessment, and executive protection plans are effective, proportionate, lawful, and respectful of privacy and civil liberties
• Collaborate with key STACK stakeholders and clients to evaluate and plan for secure and safe events
• Support STACK's crisis management and business continuity programs
• Recruit and lead high-performing security leaders to execute strategic plans

Reporting Structure

• Reports to the SVP Enterprise Resilience
• Direct Reports: Region and Site Security Managers, Director of Protective Intelligence and Executive Protection, and Construction Security
• Location: Denver, CO preferred or any STACK Data Center Location
• Travel: Up to 50% to North American property locations

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years' progressively responsible leadership in corporate security
• Experience leading enterprise security programs within data centers, cloud infrastructure, critical infrastructure, technology, utilities, telecommunications, or similarly complex environments
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably within security management, criminal justice, emergency management, business, or engineering
• Direct experience standing up or leading broad range of security responsibilities including corporate offices, data centers, construction sites, executive protection, protective intelligence and crisis-management
• ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP) or equivalent senior security leadership experience
• Demonstrated success building organizations during periods of rapid growth
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead through collaboration across complex, dispersed organizations
• The sophistication to tell credible threats to safety apart from lawful community activity, protests, and civic engagement, and to keep security measures proportionate and privacy-respecting
• Demonstrated experience selecting, managing, and evaluating strategic security consulting firms and outsourced security providers
• Strong command of the legal, privacy, and civil-liberties dimensions of enterprise physical security
• Familiarity with enterprise physical security technology including IP video and network-based access control systems

Success Metrics

• Development of an enterprise security program that scales with STACK's growth
• Reduction of enterprise security risk through governance, standards, and risk-informed investments
• Strong partnerships with Development, Construction, Operations, Legal, Public Policy, Marketing, Human Resources, and Executive Leadership
• Effective implementation of protective intelligence, executive protection, and event security programs
• Successful leadership of strategic security initiatives and third-party partnerships
• Building and developing a high-performing enterprise security organization
• Security that protects people and property while sustaining trust and strong relationships in STACK's host communities

Pay

$228,960.00 - $263,940.00

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K program
• Flexible spending accounts
• Cell phone subsidy
• Peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs
• Events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues

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