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Director of Global Executive Protection Operations

Meta· Operations
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Menlo Park, CA$214k - $276k + equity + bonusFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior leader responsible for strategy, operating model, and end-to-end delivery of Meta's Global Executive Protection Operations, including 24/7 residential and transportation security, international travel protection, events/offsite protection, and crisis response affecting Meta's senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Own the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for Executive Protection Global Operations, balancing protective craft, technology investment, cost discipline, and business requirements
  • Design and build the Global Operations organization and operating model — establishing clear program ownership, standardized operating practices across regions, and the metrics by which program health and efficiency are measured
  • Lead, develop, and hold accountable a team of executive protection leads and program owners; build a leadership bench through external hiring and internal development
  • Own full financial accountability for the function — annual budget planning and execution, headcount and contingent workforce planning, vendor portfolio strategy and negotiation, and cost-per-outcome discipline across programs
  • Oversee global executive protection operations end to end, including 24/7 residential and transportation security, complex domestic and international executive travel, and protection for sensitive, high-visibility events and off-sites
  • Serve as the senior escalation authority for crises and critical incidents affecting Meta's executive leadership — natural disasters, geopolitical disruption, civil unrest, and direct threats to personal safety
  • Partner as a peer with Protective Intelligence and Threat Management to ensure a protective posture is driven by a current risk assessment, with clear ownership boundaries, shared standards, and disciplined escalation across the full threat lifecycle
  • Build and sustain executive-level cross-functional partnerships across Global Security, Legal, Privacy, HR, Employee Relations, Communications, Real Estate, Corporate Travel, and Security Engineering
  • Manage relationships and communications directly with Meta's senior executives and their staff, earning trust through discretion, responsiveness, and consistently sound judgment
  • Establish, govern, and continuously improve policies, standard operating procedures, training standards, and emergency response plans, ensuring alignment across the broader Global Security organization
  • Drive adoption of technology and AI-enabled capabilities across the function to improve protective effectiveness, decision speed, and operational efficiency, and reduce manual workload
  • Proactively manage organizational health — using employee engagement surveys, attrition data, and upward feedback to diagnose issues and foster a culture of safety and compliance
  • Ensure that the function operates responsibly: meeting legal, regulatory, privacy, and Code of Conduct obligations, maintaining documentation, and holding partners to standards
  • Represent Executive Protection and Threat Management in senior forums and act with delegated authority on operational, budgetary, and personnel decisions when required
  • Identify organization-wide gaps in capability, process, culture, and readiness, and drive forward-looking plans to close them

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of progressive experience in executive protection, corporate security, law enforcement, military, or intelligence operations (protecting corporate executives, senior government officials, or UHNW principals)
  • 6+ years of people leadership experience, including managing managers/senior individual contributors and building leadership bench
  • Experience building or restructuring a security/protective operations function with strategy, operating model, standards, and metrics
  • Proven accountability for a substantial operating budget (planning, forecasting, headcount, vendor management)
  • Track record leading global, geographically distributed operations and standardizing practices across regions
  • Ability to act as senior decision maker during crises with sound judgment
  • Exceptional executive presence and communication skills with C-suite stakeholders
  • Established track record of cross-functional partnerships and influence-based outcomes
  • Ability to translate protective intelligence/threat assessment into operational strategy and partner with intelligence/threat management
  • Proven ability to build and sustain healthy, high-performing organizations with measurable retention and engagement
  • Ability to operate through organizational change and ambiguity across multiple programs
  • Discretion and ethical integrity in handling highly sensitive matters; adherence to policies and security best practices
  • Familiarity with protective technologies and platforms (risk intelligence, travel risk, GPS, mass notification, emergency communications, command centers)
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (~25%), with flexible/non-standard schedules

Skills

Required:Executive protection strategyPeople leadershipBudgeting and financial stewardshipCrisis managementCross-functional partnershipC-suite stakeholder management
Nice to have:Protective technology & risk management

Benefits

  • Benefits information available at Meta benefits page
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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