Director of Governance, NA

Vantage Data Centers

49d • Remote

About The Position

About Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Role Summary The Director, Physical Security Governance will be responsible for designing, building, and leading Vantage Data Centers’ North American physical security governance program from inception through full operational maturity. This role establishes the framework that ensures security is delivered consistently, compliantly, and at scale across all North American sites, while enabling the business to grow with confidence. This leader will own the policies, quality assurance, compliance oversight, performance measurement, and continuous-improvement mechanisms that transform physical security from site-based execution into a governed, measurable, enterprise-grade program. This position serves as the central authority for how physical security is defined, governed, measured, and improved across Vantage Data Centers’ North American portfolio.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in physical security, risk management, compliance, or governance within data centers, critical infrastructure, or high-reliability environments.
• Proven experience building and scaling enterprise governance, compliance, or quality assurance programs.
• Deep understanding of physical security controls, guard force operations, access control systems, and surveillance technologies.
• Experience operating in audited, regulated, or customer-validated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to define metrics, KPIs, and control frameworks and hold organizations accountable to them.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting hyperscale or colocation data centers.
• Background in audit, compliance, or quality management systems.
• Experience partnering with legal, risk, compliance, construction, IT, and operations teams.
• Familiarity with security platforms, incident management tools, and compliance tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• Security Governance & Program Leadership Design and implement the North American Physical Security Governance Program, including governance models, operating frameworks, and control structures aligned with enterprise security objectives.
• Establish clear accountability, ownership, and decision rights across Physical Security Design, Delivery, Operations, Technology, and the Security Management Center (SMC).
• Serve as the executive-level authority for physical security governance across North America, ensuring all sites operate under a unified framework.
• Policy, Standards & Procedures Develop, maintain, and govern all North American physical security policies, standards, and procedures, including but not limited to: Access control Video surveillance Guard force operations Incident and threat management Visitor management Construction site security Data center physical security controls Ensure policies align with corporate risk, legal, compliance, privacy, and customer contractual obligations.
• Translate security standards into operationally executable procedures across all North American sites.
• Quality Assurance, Audits & Continuous Improvement Build and lead a Quality Assurance and Compliance function for physical security, including audit programs, control testing, site inspections, and validation of operating effectiveness.
• Define and manage corrective action and remediation programs resulting from audits, incidents, and performance gaps.
• Own the governance of all physical security after-action reviews, ensuring root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive controls are documented, tracked, and closed.
• Performance Management, KPIs & Metrics Define and own the physical security performance framework, including key performance indicators (KPIs), key risk indicators (KRIs), and quality metrics.
• Establish measurable standards for: Policy compliance Control effectiveness Incident response quality Training and certification completion Site security performance Ensure leadership and site teams have clear, data-driven visibility into security performance, risks, and trends.
• Training, Certification & Enablement Design, develop, and govern the enterprise security training and awareness framework for North America, covering all employees, contractors, and site personnel, including: Physical security awareness and policy training Workplace violence prevention and response Threat awareness, reporting, and escalation Visitor management and access control expectations New-hire and new-site onboarding security training Annual and recurring security awareness and compliance training Own the creation, maintenance, and governance of all security training content, including standards, curricula, learning materials, and certification requirements.
• Ensure training programs remain aligned with evolving threats, regulatory requirements, customer security expectations, and internal risk priorities.
• Partner with Human Resources, Legal, Compliance, Operations, the Security Management Center (SMC), and Technology teams to embed security training into onboarding, lifecycle training, and daily business operations.
• Outreach, Engagement & Program Adoption Build and mature the Outreach and Engagement function to drive adoption of physical security governance across: Data center site leadership Construction and delivery teams Operations and IT Corporate stakeholders External partners, including law enforcement and relevant government agencies Establish and maintain strong working relationships with local, state, and federal law enforcement and government entities to support incident response, investigations, emergency preparedness, and threat mitigation.
• Lead change management, communications, and stakeholder engagement to ensure security standards, expectations, and governance models are consistently understood and applied across the North American portfolio.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees