Senior Manager, Global Physical Security Operations
Okx
Hong Kong
Who We Are
About the Team
About the Opportunity
What You’ll Be Doing
- Global Security Operations: Support the Director of Physical Security in implementing and continuously improving global physical security strategies, policies, standards, procedures, and operational programs, including cross-regional coordination and coverage as required.
- Executive Protection and Travel Security: Plan and coordinate risk-based protective security for executives and designated personnel, including threat and travel-risk assessments, secure transportation, vetted protective resources, and contingency planning.
- Physical Security Assessments: Conduct or coordinate security risk assessments of offices, facilities, sensitive work areas, and other company locations. Recommend and support appropriate improvements to access control, surveillance, visitor management, and emergency preparedness.
- Protective Intelligence and Threat Assessment: Monitor and assess geopolitical developments, security threats, and concerning activities affecting personnel or company interests. Evaluate available intelligence and coordinate practical, proportionate risk-mitigation measures with relevant stakeholders.
- Event and Corporate Security: Lead or coordinate physical security planning for corporate events, conferences, executive engagements, and other significant business activities, including venue assessments, protective arrangements, security staffing, and emergency planning.
- Incident Response and Crisis Preparedness: Serve as an operational security lead during significant incidents, threats, or emergencies, as designated. Coordinate response activities, personnel accountability, stakeholder communications, and post-incident improvements while supporting broader crisis-management and business-continuity efforts.
- Security Vendor Management: Oversee third-party security providers supporting executive protection, guarding, secure transportation, intelligence, event security, and other specialized services. Coordinate vendor selection, suitability assessments, performance monitoring, and service improvements with relevant stakeholders.
- Security Technology and Program Improvement: Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to strengthen security technologies, threat monitoring, emergency preparedness, operational reporting, and performance metrics. Identify security gaps, recommend corrective measures, and provide clear updates to leadership.
What We Look For In You
- 7+ years of relevant experience in corporate security, physical security operations, executive protection, protective intelligence, security risk management, law enforcement, military security, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating or managing physical security operations across multiple locations or jurisdictions, with practical experience in several relevant disciplines, such as executive protection, travel security, workplace security, threat assessment, incident response, or vendor management.
- Strong analytical skills and operational judgment, including the ability to assess incomplete or rapidly changing information, evaluate threats, and make sound, proportionate, risk-based decisions under pressure.
- Experience developing or implementing security risk assessments, operational plans, SOPs, emergency-response procedures, or comparable security programs, with an understanding of relevant physical security technologies and controls.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills, including experience working with senior executives, cross-functional teams, and external partners, while exercising discretion with sensitive information.
- Ability to operate effectively across cultures, time zones, and jurisdictions, including international travel and occasional support outside normal business hours. Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education, professional training, and practical experience.
Nice to Haves
- Corporate security experience within financial services, technology, fintech, digital assets, or another global or highly regulated industry.
- Prior experience in law enforcement, military, intelligence, diplomatic security, or another relevant public-sector security environment.
- Experience with protective intelligence, behavioral threat assessment, crisis management, emergency preparedness, or business-continuity support.
- Familiarity with GSOC operations, OSINT, geopolitical or travel-risk platforms, security analytics, and the intersection of physical security and cybersecurity.
- Relevant professional certifications, such as CPP, PSP, PCI, or comparable security or risk-management credentials, and/or emergency-response qualifications.
- Proficiency in additional languages relevant to APAC operations.
- Competitive total compensation package
- L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
- Various team building programs and company events
- Wellness and meal allowances
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
- More that we love to tell you along the process!
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