Security Specialist - Santa Clara

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a highly experienced and well-rounded Security Specialist to support its headquarters location in Santa Clara, California. The company is experiencing significant growth, leading to an active infrastructure pipeline. The Global Security Operations (GSO) team is responsible for the strategic development, risk oversight, and execution of security operations across all company locations. As a member of the Headquarters Campus team, you will play an important role in the company's success. This role combines physical security and asset protection expertise with program management, investigative knowledge, workplace threat assessment, and crisis response capabilities to protect personnel, intellectual property, and physical assets. The ideal candidate will be a proven corporate security practitioner with the ability to collaborate across multiple business functions and external response agencies. This is a new position based in the greater Sunnyvale/Santa Clara area, supporting the greater North America security team and the local headquarters. You will partner with external public agencies, local business unit leaders, functional subject-matter-experts (Real Estate, EHS, BCP, IT), Finance, Legal, Employee Relations, Procurement, and other stakeholders to align on business requirements and common goals. This role will provide investigative capabilities, audit support, and workplace violence threat assessment, along with analytical and project-based deliverables to support operational security plans and objectives. This position reports to the Sr. Security Manager of California for Global Security Operations and is based in Santa Clara, CA. The role requires travel up to 20%.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a corporate security related field.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field required.
Demonstrated experience in leading and conducting investigations.
Workplace violence and Behavioral Threat Analysis & Management (BTAM) experience.
Demonstrated collaboration skills across own organization and partner organizations (IT, Legal, Employee Relations, Facilities, Finance, etc.) to drive and deliver exceptional service.
Ability to influence cross-functional teams.
Deep knowledge of industry best practices and performance metrics.
Experience in safety, business continuity, state-of-the-art asset protection systems and emergency management.
Skilled in strategic planning and global security program management.
Customer-focused and service-oriented mindset.
Strong organizational and decision-making skills.
Excellent presentation and communication abilities.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, AI tools and common security applications.
Capable of influencing leadership and working in a matrixed environment.
A very mature individual with the right balance of confidence and humility.
Process oriented while also strongly developing and relying on interpersonal relationships across the company.
Ability to connect equally well upwards, downwards and sideways in the organization.
Self-motivated and driven towards excellence.

Responsibilities

Support the Global Security Operations team in North America, particularly in Santa Clara, to build strong working relationships with senior level stakeholders and key business partners.
Design and implement security awareness and training programs in partnership with internal stakeholders.
Partner with peer groups in Compliance, Legal and Employee Relations to effectively manage workplace threats and security investigations.
Build relationships with business unit partners and technical security project management teams to scope security requirements based on established principles and guidelines.
Conduct audits and reviews of supply chain processes, manufacturing facilities, labs and warehouses to ensure proper handling of critical intellectual property and security risks.
Create security marketing, training, awareness and branding for Global Security initiatives.
Establish policy and procedures.