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How much do head of physical security jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 23, 2026, the average yearly pay for head of physical security in the United States is $191,145.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $162,000.00 and $220,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a head of physical security do?

A Head of Physical Security is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of an organization's physical security program. This includes developing security policies, ensuring the protection of people, property, and assets, and coordinating security staff and systems such as surveillance, access control, and emergency response. They work closely with other departments to assess risks, implement preventive measures, and respond to incidents. Their goal is to create a safe environment and minimize security threats to the organization.

What are the main challenges faced by a head of physical security when implementing new security protocols across multiple sites?

One of the primary challenges for a Head of Physical Security is ensuring consistent implementation of security protocols across multiple locations, each with its own unique risks and operational practices. Coordinating with local teams, securing buy-in from leadership, and adapting protocols to meet both corporate standards and site-specific needs are critical. Additionally, staying current with evolving security technologies and compliance requirements can be demanding, requiring ongoing training and communication. Proactive collaboration and regular audits are key to overcoming these challenges and maintaining a robust security posture company-wide.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a head of physical security, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Head Of Physical Security, you need expertise in risk assessment, security operations, and crisis management, typically backed by a degree in criminal justice or a related field and relevant experience. Familiarity with security technologies such as access control systems, CCTV, and incident management software, as well as certifications like CPP (Certified Protection Professional), are commonly required. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills set exceptional candidates apart in overseeing teams and collaborating across departments. These competencies are crucial for protecting organizational assets, ensuring regulatory compliance, and effectively responding to evolving security threats.

What is the difference between Head Of Physical Security vs Security Manager?

AspectHead Of Physical SecuritySecurity Manager
ResponsibilitiesOversees all physical security strategies, policies, and team management at an organizational levelManages day-to-day security operations, staff, and incident response within a specific site or region
CredentialsTypically requires security management certifications, leadership experience, and industry-specific knowledgeOften requires security certifications, operational experience, and team management skills
Work EnvironmentStrategic, executive-level environment overseeing multiple security teams or locationsOperational environment focused on daily security activities and staff supervision

The Head Of Physical Security focuses on strategic planning and leadership across an organization, while the Security Manager handles daily security operations and staff management. Both roles require relevant certifications and experience, but their scope and responsibilities differ significantly.

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Infographic showing various Head Of Physical Security job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 76% Full Time, 18% Part Time, 1% Temporary, 3% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 97% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 2% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $191,145 per year, or $91.9 per hour.

Head of Physical Security

Marvell

Santa Clara, CA

Full-time

Re-posted 22 days ago


Job description

About Marvell

Marvell's semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities.

At Marvell, you can affect the arc of individual lives, lift the trajectory of entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation, above and beyond fleeting trends, Marvell is a place to thrive, learn, and lead.

Your Team, Your Impact

Marvell Technology is a global leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, powering the systems that move, process, store, and secure the world's data. From custom silicon and advanced networking to optical connectivity, storage, compute, and AI infrastructure, Marvell's technology sits at the center of the next generation of cloud, carrier, enterprise, automotive, and industrial systems.
This is a defining moment for the semiconductor industry. AI and accelerated computing are reshaping data center architecture from the ground up, requiring new approaches to scale-in, scale-up, scale-out, and scale-across infrastructure. Marvell is helping solve those challenges with high-performance, energy-efficient silicon and connectivity platforms that enable the world's most advanced digital infrastructure.
As Marvell continues to grow globally, we are building the physical security capabilities required to protect our people, workplaces, innovation, operations, customers, and reputation at enterprise scale. We are seeking a Head of Global Physical Security to create, mature, and lead a world-class global physical security program for one of the most important technology companies in the semiconductor ecosystem.

What You Can Expect

You will lead Marvell's global physical security function, including an operating model that currently includes approximately 50 team members, with a significant portion of the team delivered through contractor and vendor partnerships. This is a high-impact leadership role that will partner closely with Workplace, Facilities, Real Estate, IT, Cybersecurity, Legal, HR, Executive Leadership, Corporate Communications, Travel, EHS, and regional business leaders.

You will be the global enterprise owner for physical security strategy, governance, standards, incident response, executive advisory, vendor performance, security technology, and operational excellence. You will also have the opportunity to build stronger connectivity between physical security, cyber response, business continuity, travel risk, and crisis management through the development of a modern, intelligence-led security operating model.

This role is ideal for a hands-on, enterprise-minded leader who can move comfortably from executive briefings to site-level risk reviews, from policy creation to incident response, and from strategic planning to real-time operational execution.

As Head of Global Physical Security, you will define and lead Marvell's global strategy for protecting employees, visitors, customers, vendors, facilities, intellectual property, critical business operations, and executive leadership.

You will build a risk-based, globally consistent physical security program that supports Marvell's business strategy and reflects the complexity of a global semiconductor company operating across corporate offices, engineering sites, labs, customer-facing locations, and high-value technology environments.

Key responsibilities include:

Global Strategy, Governance, and Program Leadership

  • Develop and communicate Marvell's global physical security strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, enterprise risk, workplace strategy, and executive expectations.
  • Establish a corporate-wide Strategic Physical Security Program with clear governance, operating rhythms, service levels, KPIs, escalation paths, and executive reporting.
  • Create, update, and enforce global physical security policies, standards, playbooks, procedures, and controls aligned with industry best practices, applicable laws, and regional requirements.
  • Build a scalable global operating model that balances enterprise consistency with local execution across regions and sites.
  • Serve as Marvell's senior subject matter expert on physical security risk, workplace safety, threat response, and security posture.

Protection of People, Workplaces, and Operations

  • Protect Marvell employees, contractors, visitors, customers, vendors, executives, and facilities through proactive risk identification, prevention, response, and continuous improvement.
  • Lead the development of workplace security programs covering access control, visitor management, CCTV / video surveillance, intrusion detection, alarms, badge governance, lobby security, mail and package screening, parking, perimeter protection, and sensitive-area controls.
  • Ensure physical security measures are effective, reliable, properly maintained, and appropriate for the risk profile of each site.
  • Establish global standards for security at offices, labs, engineering spaces, events, executive visits, customer meetings, and high-profile internal gatherings.
  • Embed security into the planning, design, construction, renovation, and commissioning of new and existing Marvell facilities.

Risk, Intelligence, Crisis Management, and Incident Response

  • Develop a global physical security risk assessment framework that identifies vulnerabilities, prioritizes remediation, and drives measurable risk reduction.
  • Conduct and oversee audits, inspections, site assessments, tabletop exercises, and post-incident reviews.
  • Lead Marvell's response to significant physical security threats, incidents, workplace violence concerns, protests, natural disasters, geopolitical disruptions, executive threats, and other crises affecting people or facilities.
  • Build a stronger threat-monitoring and intelligence capability to assess emerging risks across Marvell's global footprint.
  • Develop and lead international travel safety protocols, including traveler education, risk monitoring, active traveler tracking, escalation procedures, and emergency support.
  • Partner with Cybersecurity, IT, and business continuity teams to establish a Fusion Center model that integrates cyber response, physical security, threat intelligence, travel risk, emergency response, and IT help desk coordination.

Security Technology, GSOC, and Operational Excellence

  • Evaluate, modernize, and govern Marvell's global security technology ecosystem, including access control, video management systems, intrusion detection, emergency notification, visitor management, mass communication, analytics, alarm monitoring, and incident management tools.
  • Define the roadmap for a Global Security Operations Center capability, including 24/7 monitoring, intelligence collection, incident triage, escalation, reporting, and after-action analysis.
  • Ensure security systems are integrated, reliable, auditable, and aligned with operational, compliance, and customer expectations.
  • Develop a metrics-driven operating model that gives leaders visibility into security posture, incidents, risk trends, vendor performance, remediation progress, and budget impact.
  • Drive standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across Marvell's global physical security operations.

Vendor, Contractor, Budget, and Team Leadership

  • Lead, train, and develop a global security team composed of employees, contractors, vendors, and regional partners.
  • Oversee security vendor strategy, selection, contracting, performance management, service quality, compliance, cost control, and continuous improvement.
  • Manage a significant global security budget, ensuring investments are prioritized based on risk, business impact, operational effectiveness, and long-term scalability.
  • Build a high-accountability culture across internal and external security resources.
  • Create training, awareness, and education programs that help employees understand security protocols, emergency procedures, travel safety expectations, and incident reporting channels.

Executive Advisory, Investigations, and External Partnerships

  • Advise senior executives on physical security risk, protective measures, emerging threats, incident response, and strategic investments.
  • Prepare clear, concise, executive-ready briefings on global security posture, major incidents, program maturity, and risk mitigation plans.
  • Lead or support investigations involving major physical security incidents, workplace threats, facility intrusions, theft, suspicious activity, executive concerns, or other significant events.
  • Build trusted relationships with law enforcement, emergency management agencies, intelligence-sharing organizations, industry security associations, peer companies, and relevant public-private security groups.
  • Represent Marvell externally as an experienced, credible, and business-oriented security leader.

This is a rare opportunity to build and elevate a global physical security function at a technology company whose products are foundational to AI, cloud, networking, and next-generation data infrastructure.

You can expect:

  • Enterprise-level scope: You will shape the global security strategy for a semiconductor leader with employees, operations, customers, and partners across multiple regions.
  • A build-and-transform mandate: This is not a maintenance role. You will assess the current state, define the future state, and build the roadmap to get there.
  • Executive visibility: You will regularly advise senior leadership and influence decisions that affect employee safety, workplace strategy, business continuity, and risk posture.
  • Cutting-edge business context: You will support teams working on advanced semiconductor technologies that enable AI infrastructure, cloud-scale systems, data movement, optical connectivity, custom silicon, networking, and storage.
  • Cross-functional partnership: You will work across Cybersecurity, IT, Workplace, Legal, HR, Facilities, Real Estate, EHS, Communications, Finance, Procurement, and business units.
  • Global complexity: You will lead across geographies, cultures, regulatory environments, travel risks, geopolitical developments, and site-specific operating needs.
  • A culture of rigor and innovation: Marvell values integrity, customer-focused innovation, thorough execution, and collaboration. This role requires a leader who can bring those same behaviors to a modern global security program.
  • A full-time in-office leadership environment: This role is based in the office five days per week. Remote and hybrid arrangements are not available for this position.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a proven global physical security leader who combines strategic vision, operational discipline, executive presence, and hands-on crisis leadership. The ideal candidate has built or transformed a global security function in a complex, high-growth, technology, semiconductor, data center, manufacturing, infrastructure, or multinational corporate environment.

Required Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive experience in physical security, corporate security, global security operations, executive protection, crisis management, law enforcement, military, intelligence, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of leadership experience managing global, regional, or multi-site physical security programs.
  • Demonstrated experience building enterprise security strategy, governance frameworks, security policies, standards, operating procedures, and global program roadmaps.
  • Strong background in access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, alarm monitoring, visitor management, GSOC operations, emergency notification, and security technology platforms.
  • Proven ability to lead crisis response, workplace incident response, threat assessment, travel risk, executive protection, investigations, and emergency management.
  • Experience managing contract security providers, systems integrators, consultants, and other security vendors at scale.
  • Demonstrated success managing significant budgets, complex projects, and competing priorities across global regions.
  • Experience advising executive leaders and presenting security risks, recommendations, metrics, and investment priorities in a clear, business-oriented manner.
  • Strong understanding of security requirements for corporate offices, engineering sites, labs, customer visits, high-value technology environments, and construction projects.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in semiconductor, technology, data center, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, or critical infrastructure environments.
  • Experience building or maturing a GSOC, Fusion Center, threat intelligence function, or integrated physical / cyber incident response model.
  • Experience with global travel risk management, geopolitical monitoring, and international employee support.
  • Experience embedding physical security requirements into design, construction, renovation, and commissioning of facilities.
  • Familiarity with security-related compliance frameworks, audit readiness, privacy considerations, data protection expectations, and customer security requirements.
  • CPP, PSP, PCI, CISSP, PMP, or other relevant security, risk, resilience, or project management certification.
  • Bachelor's degree in security management, criminal justice, business, risk management, international relations, engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

Leadership Characteristics

  • Strategic, structured, and decisive.
  • Calm and credible under pressure.
  • Able to translate complex risk into clear business decisions.
  • Comfortable operating at both executive and site level.
  • Highly collaborative across functions and geographies.
  • Skilled at building trust with employees, executives, vendors, public agencies, and peer organizations.
  • Metrics-driven and committed to continuous improvement.