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Head of Risk Management & Security

Minnesota Historical Society•St Paul, MN
•Onsite

About The Position

The Minnesota Historical Society seeks a leader to provide strategic design and professional administration for its enterprise risk management, compliance, and security programs. The role develops, implements, and maintains risk management strategies to protect staff, visitors, collections, facilities, information, and the organization’s reputation. Working in the Shared Services division, the position leads risk assessment, policy development, compliance initiatives, emergency preparedness planning, and security operations. It collaborates across the organization to identify risks, implement mitigation strategies, support organizational resilience, and ensure compliance with applicable policies, standards, and regulations. The position leads and coordinates enterprise risk management, physical security, emergency preparedness, and business continuity programs, and provides direction and oversight for assigned staff and departmental resources. It is a full-time, regular supervisory position, approximately 2,080 hours annually, based at the History Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The schedule must be flexible to accommodate emergency on-call notices or weekend security demands, and the role requires regular travel to MNHS properties statewide.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Corporate Risk, or a functionally parallel field.
  • Eight years of progressively responsible experience in risk management, security, emergency management, compliance, business continuity, or related fields.
  • Three years of direct supervisory experience leading multi-tiered protective or compliance-driven teams.
  • Proven understanding of modern Enterprise Risk Management frameworks, risk register tracking models, and key risk indicator (KRI) data collection.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate multi-faceted financial budgets, optimizing daily operational expenditures alongside capital infrastructure allocations.
  • Ability to maintain a flexible operational schedule and respond to emergency on-call notices or weekend security demands as necessary.
  • Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel regularly to historical landmarks, libraries, and museum properties statewide.

Nice To Haves

  • Specialized risk or protection credentials, including Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), or Professional in Risk Management (PRM).
  • Prior experience working within preservation facilities, historical societies, cultural complexes, university networks, or museums housing archival artifacts.
  • Familiarity with evaluating automated cloud architecture security parameters, software vendor risk assessments, and the structural application of NIST CSF standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate enterprise risk management programs to identify, assess, and mitigate organizational risks.
  • Lead physical security, emergency preparedness, and business continuity programs across MNHS.
  • Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for assigned staff and departmental resources.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain risk management strategies that protect MNHS staff, visitors, collections, facilities, information, and reputation.
  • Lead risk assessment, policy development, compliance initiatives, emergency preparedness planning, and security operations.
  • Collaborate across MNHS to implement risk mitigation strategies, support organizational resilience, and ensure compliance with applicable policies, standards, and regulations.

Benefits

  • Eligible to participate in the State Employee Group Insurance Program.
  • Eligible to participate in a retirement program with employer contribution.
  • Vacation and sick time accruals.
  • Additional paid holidays.

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