Lead, Event Security Operations, Americas
Boulder, CO, USA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Boulder, CO, USA
New York, NY, USA
Sunnyvale, CA, USA - Experience
- 10 years leading event security organizations; 5 years leading distributed teams and managing multi-million-dollar budgets. Preferred: 15 years of progressive event security leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in security administration, business management, emergency management, public administration, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads strategy and delivery of event security across the Americas, managing teams, vendors, budgets, stakeholder coordination, and crisis response for major events.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop distributed security teams; establish event security governance, playbooks, and procedures.
- Direct incident command and coordinate comprehensive risk mitigation for high-impact events with internal teams and public-safety agencies.
- Manage multi-million-dollar budgets, security vendors, and contract compliance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a specified related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience leading event security organizations and delivering security services with comprehensive risk management and third-party/public-agency coordination.
- 5 years of experience leading geographically distributed security teams and managing multi-million-dollar budgets and vendor ecosystems.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a related field; 15 years of progressive event security leadership is also preferred.
- Executive crisis-briefing experience; proven process and contract-framework design; security or emergency-management certification (e.g., CPP, PSP, CEM); ability to travel domestically and internationally.
Pay
$204000 - $284000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), Service Level Agreement (SLAs)
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