Senior Director, Security and Safety

Capital Health (US) • Lawrence Township, NJ

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About The Position

Capital Health is seeking a Senior Director, Security and Safety to provide strategic and operational governance for system-wide security and safety programs. The role ensures programs align with organizational priorities, patient care needs, and applicable requirements across Capital Health facilities and departments.

The Senior Director directs and develops the Director, Security and other assigned leaders, and establishes multi-year strategies, annual priorities, policies, procedures, standards, and key performance indicators. Through subordinate leadership, the role oversees daily security operations, including staffing, deployment, contracted services, access control, patrols, and incident response. It also leads enterprise physical security risk assessments, mitigation planning, security technology investments, and capital improvement priorities.

The position partners with clinical and corporate functions on workplace violence prevention and the safety of employees, patients, and visitors. It provides executive oversight of serious incidents, sensitive investigations, threat assessments, and corrective actions, and coordinates security-related emergency preparedness and response planning with designated leaders. The Senior Director also oversees security-related regulatory and accreditation readiness, budgets, vendor and contract performance, and resource allocation; serves as an organizational liaison to law enforcement and community safety partners; and reports program and risk information to executive leadership and governance committees.

This position is scheduled for 40 hours per week. The listed pay range is based on a full-time equivalent position; no specific salary range is provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational governance for system-wide security and safety programs, aligned with organizational priorities, patient care needs, and applicable requirements.
• Direct, coach, evaluate, and hold accountable the Director, Security and other assigned leaders; establish reporting relationships, performance goals, succession plans, and staffing plans.
• Establish multi-year security and safety strategies, annual priorities, policies, procedures, standards, and key performance indicators.
• Oversee daily security operations through subordinate leadership, including deployment, staffing, contracted services, access control, patrols, and incident response.
• Lead enterprise physical security risk assessments, mitigation plans, security technology investments, and capital improvement priorities.
• Partner with clinical, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Facilities, Emergency Management, Risk Management, Compliance, and other stakeholders on workplace violence prevention and employee, patient, and visitor safety initiatives.
• Provide executive oversight of serious security incidents, sensitive investigations, threat assessments, and corrective actions while preserving confidentiality and due process.
• Coordinate security-related emergency preparedness, incident command participation, drills, and response planning with designated emergency management and clinical leaders.
• Oversee security-related regulatory and accreditation readiness, audits, documentation, training, and corrective action plans in partnership with responsible compliance and safety functions.
• Develop and administer operating and capital budgets; evaluate expenditures, vendor performance, contracts, resource allocation, and financial stewardship.
• Serve as the senior organizational liaison, as appropriate, to local, state, and federal law enforcement, emergency response agencies, and community safety partners.
• Present risk, incident, staffing, financial, and program-effectiveness reports and recommendations to executive leadership and relevant governance committees.
• Drive system-wide consistency in security training, incident reporting, trend analysis, continuous improvement, and service standards across Capital Health locations.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and organizational change efforts that strengthen security culture, readiness, resilience, and a safe environment of care.
• Perform other related duties as assigned consistent with the scope of senior leadership responsibilities.

Benefits

• Medical plan
• Prescription drug coverage and in-house employee pharmacy
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Retirement savings and investment plan
• Basic group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Supplemental group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Long-term disability benefits
• Short-term disability benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Commuter transit benefits
• Commuter parking benefits
• Supplemental and voluntary life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Voluntary legal services
• Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary identity theft insurance
• Voluntary pet insurance
• Paid time-off program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed