Director of Global Executive Protection Operations

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

3d•$214,000 - $276,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Meta is seeking an experienced security executive to lead Global Operations within our Global Security Executive Protection organization. Reporting to the Director of Executive Protection and Threat Management, this leader owns the strategy, operating model, and end-to-end delivery of executive protection operations globally — including 24/7 residential and transportation security, domestic and international executive travel, event and offsite protection, and crisis response affecting Meta's senior leadership. The role carries direct people leadership of a team of Executive Protection Leads and program owners, and full accountability for the performance, budget, and risk posture of the programs under it. This is a senior leadership seat within Executive Protection and Threat Management. The successful candidate will operate as a trusted deputy to the Director — representing the organization to executive stakeholders, carrying decision authority in the Director's absence, and partnering as a peer with the leaders of Protective Intelligence, Threat Management, Specialized Executive Protection Operations, Risk Management, and the Founder's protection team. Breadth matters as much as depth: this leader must be equally credible running multi-million-dollar budgets and vendor portfolios, navigating Legal, Privacy, HR, and Compliance obligations, and standing in a room with Meta's most senior leaders during a live incident. The successful candidate is a builder and can execute strategy— someone who exemplifies Meta's values, makes work happen with speed and simplicity, reduces complexity rather than adding to it, and develops leaders who go on to lead. They bring a high degree of discretion, sound judgment in time-sensitive, high-stakes situations, and a demonstrated record of building high-performing, healthy organizations in high-stakes environments.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive experience in executive protection, corporate security, law enforcement, military, or intelligence operations, including significant experience protecting corporate executives, senior government officials, or UHNW principals
6+ years of people leadership experience, including demonstrated success managing managers and/or senior individual contributors, and building a leadership bench through both external hiring and internal development
Demonstrated experience building or fundamentally restructuring a security or protective operations function — establishing strategy, operating model, standards, and metrics where little or no structure previously existed
Proven accountability for a substantial operating budget, including annual planning, forecasting, headcount and contingent workforce planning, and vendor negotiation and performance management
Track record of leading global, geographically distributed operations and standardizing practices across regions while respecting local legal, cultural, and operational realities
Demonstrated ability to act as the senior decision maker during crises and critical incidents, exercising sound judgment in time-sensitive situations with incomplete information
Exceptional executive presence and communication skills, with a proven ability to advise, influence, and build trust with C-suite executives, their staff, and senior cross-functional partners
Established record of forming effective partnerships across organizational boundaries and driving outcomes through influence rather than authority
Demonstrated ability to translate protective intelligence and threat assessment into operational strategy, and to partner effectively with intelligence and threat management functions
Proven ability to build and sustain healthy, high-performing organizations, with measurable results in retention, engagement, and manager effectiveness
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively through organizational change and ambiguity, including managing a portfolio of programs at different stages of maturity
Sound judgment in handling highly sensitive and confidential matters, with unimpeachable discretion, ethical integrity, and adherence to company policy and global security best practices
Familiarity with protective technologies and platforms — risk intelligence, travel risk, GPS tracking, mass notification, emergency communications, and command center operations
Ability and willingness to work a flexible, non-standard schedule and to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 25%), sometimes on short notice and to higher-risk locations

Nice To Haves

Ability to communicate in multiple languages, which supports coordination of executive protection operations across global regions
An advanced degree in a related field, or formal credentials such as a CPP, PSP, or an equivalent professional certification
Formal training in executive protection, protective operations, threat assessment, defensive driving, or emergency medical response
Experience as a second-in-command or deputy to a senior security executive, with demonstrated readiness to assume broader responsibility
Experience deploying technology or AI-enabled tooling to improve security operations at scale, in partnership with engineering teams
Prior work in large multinational technology organizations, high-growth companies, or complex matrixed environments. Experience in standing up or scaling 24/7 command center functions
Experience leading an enterprise crisis management or incident response function
Senior law enforcement, military, or intelligence community leadership experience
Experience leading executive protection for high-profile principals

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, and create a team that others at Meta want to join
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 — making rapid, high-consequence decisions and communicating clearly to executive stakeholders
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, modeling shared accountability for the outcomes
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 that 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 spanning multiple teams and act on them — while fostering a culture where people feel safe raising compliance and ethics concerns
Ensure that the function operates responsibly: meeting legal, regulatory, privacy, and Code of Conduct obligations, maintaining appropriate documentation, and holding the team and external partners to the same standard
Represent Executive Protection and Threat Management in senior forums and, when required, act with the Director's delegated authority on operational, budgetary, and personnel decisions
Identify organization-wide gaps in capability, process, culture, and readiness, and drive forward-looking plans to close them