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Security Manager (SG10)

Columbus, OH · On-site

Ensure event intelligence and assessments support operational decision-making and risk reduction efforts. Incident Response & Coordination * Serve as the primary escalation point for high-priority ...

US Tech Solutions

Data Security analyst

Columbus, OH · On-site

Assesses security and/or compliance of university systems; responsible for assessing, monitoring and analyzing data, identifying security, risk or compliance issues and/or events Leveraging job aids ...

CREST ENTERTAINMENT LLC

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General Manager (GM)

Columbus, OH · On-site

$70K - $90K/yr

Maintain all licenses and permits required for restaurant, events, and nightlife operations. * Implement risk mitigation strategies, especially for late-night operations. * Handle escalated guest ...

CREST ENTERTAINMENT LLC

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General Manager (GM)

Columbus, OH · On-site

$70K - $90K/yr

Maintain all licenses and permits required for restaurant, events, and nightlife operations. * Implement risk mitigation strategies, especially for late-night operations. * Handle escalated guest ...

NetJets & EJM

Safety Investigator

Columbus, OH · On-site

... events, incidents, accidents, and identified hazards. This role actively participates in the Safety Risk Management (SRM) process, collaborating with operational departments and third-party providers ...

Surge Staffing

Cyber Security Analyst

Columbus, OH · On-site

$70K - $85K/yr

Will manage a company's IT security and risk, as well as analyzing and identifying security ... Correlate all reported events from various multiple systems and network areas where potential ...

Telhio Credit Union

VP, Financial Crimes

Columbus, OH · On-site

Own fraud risk reporting and escalation, including communication of material fraud events, trends, losses, and control effectiveness to executive leadership and the Board. * Provide independent ...

Pinkerton

Agent

Columbus, OH

$35/hr

... high risk terminations, workforce disruptions, natural disaster, civil unrest, and threat monitoring. * Transport the client to and from company location and/or events. * Secure the client ...

INSocial Risk Advisors

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Personal Account Manager

Westerville, OH

$45K - $65K/yr

... events, getting GOOGLE reviews! * Be efficient and willing to improve efficiency, helping to find ways to streamline processes. * Use technology tools provided to the fullest extant and be willing to ...

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How much do event risk jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 7, 2026, the average hourly pay for event risk in Columbus, OH is $16.65, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $13.94 and $18.56 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is an event risk professional?

Event risk professionals are specialists who identify, assess, and manage potential risks associated with events, such as conferences, festivals, or corporate gatherings. Their role includes analyzing possible threats—like safety hazards, financial losses, or reputational damage—and developing strategies to mitigate these risks. They work closely with event planners, security teams, and insurance providers to ensure that events run smoothly and safely. By proactively addressing potential issues, event risk professionals help protect attendees, organizers, and stakeholders from unforeseen problems.

What skills and qualifications are needed to thrive as an event risk manager?

To thrive as an Event Risk Manager, you need expertise in risk assessment, crisis management, and event planning, often supported by a degree in risk management or a related field. Familiarity with risk analysis software, incident management systems, and relevant certifications such as Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) is highly valuable. Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills help you coordinate effectively under pressure and ensure stakeholder confidence. These skills are crucial for proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing risks to ensure safe and successful events.

What are common challenges faced by professionals in event risk roles, and how can they be managed?

Professionals in Event Risk roles often face challenges such as rapidly changing circumstances, unexpected incidents, and ensuring all stakeholders are adequately informed and prepared. Managing these challenges requires strong communication, thorough risk assessments, and contingency planning. Collaborating closely with event planners, security teams, and vendors is essential to anticipate potential issues and implement effective mitigation strategies. Continuous monitoring during events and conducting post-event reviews also help improve future risk management practices.

What is the difference between Event Risk vs Event Coordinator?

AspectEvent RiskEvent Coordinator
Primary FocusIdentifying and managing risks associated with eventsPlanning, organizing, and executing events
Required CredentialsRisk management certifications, safety trainingEvent planning certifications, organizational skills
Work EnvironmentRisk assessment sites, event venuesEvent locations, client meetings
Industry UsageCorporate, entertainment, sports eventsWeddings, conferences, festivals

While Event Risk specialists focus on identifying and mitigating potential hazards to ensure event safety, Event Coordinators handle the overall planning and execution of events. Both roles are essential in the event industry but serve different functions to ensure successful and safe events.

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Infographic showing various Event Risk job openings in Columbus, OH as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 71% Full Time, and 29% Part Time. Highlights an 81% In-person, and 19% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $34,624 per year, or $16.6 per hour.

Sr. Director, Global Cybersecurity

Vertiv Co

Westerville, OH • On-site

Full-time

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Company rating: 6.7 out of 10

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376th of 487 rated machine equipment manufacturers

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Job Summary

The Sr. Director, Global Cybersecurity will be responsible for ensuring technical information security is strategically implemented globally across all of IT, R&D and Manufacturing. 

In this role, you'll report directly to the Chief Information Security Officer and lead the teams responsible systems implementation, detections and security tuning of network, internet edge, vulnerability management and endpoint systems. 

For this role we're looking for someone who is a strategic thinker who can effectively lead operations and be hands on with all the security technology in use. The top candidate is technical but can seamlessly develop a strategy but communicate it to both technical and non-technical audiences.  

Our company is global, therefore we expect you to be great at building and leading global teams.

This position will be based onsite at Vertiv's Westerville, OH - HQ location.

Responsibilities:

 Strategy & Program Leadership 

  • Lead cross-domain execution of the enterprise cybersecurity strategy established by the CISO, translating it into an annual rolling operating roadmap in alignment with enterprise risk, business objectives, and the evolving threat landscape.
  • Serve as the CISO's enterprise IT security deputy, supporting executive, regulatory, audit committee, customer, and operational engagements as delegated by the CISO.
  • Partner with both IT and senior business leaders to integrate a cybersecurity strategy with corporate digital transformation initiatives, M&A activity, and global expansion priorities.
  • Aggressively manage security vendor relationships, and strategic technology investments through mandatory technical quarterly business reviews. 
  • Provide the CISO quarterly reviews with quantified metrics: business contextualized security events, quantified systems tuning based on events data and security platform specific assessments and metrics focused on completeness of implementation and event driven tuning.

Architecture, Engineering & Cyber Defense

Execute the following three core cybersecurity domains through subordinate leaders: 

    1.  Cybersecurity Architecture - accountable for enterprise security architecture, secure-by-design principles and leading OT/ICS security.

    2.  Cybersecurity Engineering - responsible for the configuration, deployment, and operation of technical security systems and tools across all environments.

    3.  Cyber Defense - encompassing proactive-tuning, threat intelligence, security monitoring, incident response, and forensic investigation across global operations.

  • Assess and drive security capabilities - across cloud, identity, endpoint, network, infrastructure, OT, and manufacturing environments, with measurable improvement in the enterprise risk posture.
  • Oversee security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence programs, ensuring rapid response and clear executive communication during significant security events.
  • Lead technical cyber investigations and incident recovery efforts, providing technically correct direction, drive strict adherence to all incident procedures and provide accurate and routine reporting to the CISO and Head of Infrastructure and Applications.
  • Establish fiercely hold teams accountable to cybersecurity KPIs. Automate reporting using dashboards and build company specific function reports demonstrating program maturity and enterprise risk posture over time.
  • We are ISO 27001 and the expectation is you lead cybersecurity alignment with this framework and be knowledgeable to talk through how ISO 27001 crosswalks to other frameworks we align to, including NIST CSF and CMMC.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Change Leadership

  • Drive enterprise security transformation by championing a security-first culture, advocating for risk-informed decision-making, and partnering with IT, Legal, HR, Engineering, Finance, and Compliance leaders.
  • Lead cybersecurity integration for new business activities, acquisitions, divestitures, mitigating emerging risks before they materialize.
  • Enforce a collaborative team mindset through clear and accurate communication of risk and partnership. 
  • Uphold change management practices in full alignment with the Infrastructure and Application team.

People Leadership

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of cybersecurity managers and senior professionals, building organizational depth, succession readiness, and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Define and firmly uphold performance expectations, and champion talent development programs that attract and retain top cybersecurity talent across multiple specialized domains.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 12 or more years of IT Infrastructure technical and progressive technical Information Security/Cybersecurity experience.
  • 7 or more years of progressive cybersecurity leadership experience managing programs, teams, and strategic initiatives.
  • Verifiable current ISC2 CISSP certification. 
  • Demonstrated experience presenting cybersecurity complex cybersecurity topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Work from Westerville, OH office with the ability to travel up to 15% of the time in the US and internationally.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

  • High-Performance Culture
  • Customer Focus
  • Operational Excellence
  • Innovation
  • Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

  • Own it
  • Act with urgency
  • Foster a customer-first mindset
  • Think big and execute
  • Lead by example
  • Drive continuous improvement
  • Learn and seek out development
  • Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email tohelp.join@vertiv.com.

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Work Authorization

No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability.

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