Principal - Global Event Security and Risk Management
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Wikimedia FoundationNonprofit, Risk Management
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries... please note that we are currently able to hire in the following: US States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Countries: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom., Ability to meet with colleagues across a range of time zones, particularly from UTC-8 to UTC+1.Full-TimeSenior
Salary145,429 - 223,286 USD per year
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Job Details
- Languages
- Written and oral fluency in English.
- Required Skills
- Risk Management
Requirements
- Substantial professional experience in corporate and physical security across diverse geographic and political contexts.
- Experience working in the Global South is highly valued.
- Substantial experience in a leadership role involving risk management.
- Substantial experience developing, communicating, and executing emergency response plans.
- Strong networking and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize geopolitical trends.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to summarize complex information for an executive audience.
- Ability to remain calm and focused in high-stakes, ambiguous, or crisis situations.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with subject-matter experts in threat modeling and contingency planning.
- Experience using digital security tools for maintaining secure communications at events.
- Written and oral fluency in English.
- Willingness to undertake moderate international travel (4-6 trips per year).
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain an understanding of environments and challenges facing Wikimedia volunteers worldwide to define physical security best practices.
- Strengthen the Foundation’s enterprise risk management approach, including policy development and implementation.
- Lead risk and gap assessments by consulting with internal subject matter experts across technology, brand, operations, and legal domains.
- Improve organizational expertise in identifying and mitigating physical security threats to staff, communities, and affiliates.
- Lead risk assessments for Foundation-funded community conferences and communicate findings to stakeholders.
- Create and implement emergency response plans for physical security threats, coordinating with law enforcement and external consultants.
- Provide crisis support and serve as an on-call point of contact for emergency alerts and incident response.
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