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Posted date: Jul 18, 2025
Category: Governance, Risk, & Compliance
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $169,750
Range: $116,900 - $222,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 100% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world we live in and the future we strive to create. Microsoft Global Security team focuses on building and delivering connected, accessible, sustainable, and secure campuses worldwide that have the best employee experiences. Our team protects Microsoft, its people, and assets in more than 190 countries. We are looking to hire a Group Program Manager - Physical Security and Risk to join our Global Security Risk Operations team. This role will be part of a team dedicated to protecting GitHub’s people, assets, and brand. In this remote role the candidate shall be responsible for managing a diversified portfolio of services within the security risk operations remit for GitHub. This role will be pivotal in supporting the Microsoft Global Security Leadership team and will collaborate closely with the internal and external stakeholders globally.In this role, the candidate will be responsible for providing program management support within the global security team globally with emphasis on life safety, risk reporting and delivering operational excellence. You will partner with security teams across multiple service lines and leverage Microsoft's world-class products and services to develop and deliver innovative and industry-leading Risk and physical security solutions in a close, team-oriented, inclusive, and diverse environment. This role will lead and manage GitHub’s Physical Security Risk Management, Intelligence Analysis, Travel Security, Security Education and Awareness, and Ergonomics programs and support GitHub’s Threat Management, Global Security Operations, Event Security, and Crisis Management teams.
Security Risk Management: Design, implement, and monitor controls to mitigate risks to infrastructure, business, people, and assets. Monitor and manage the effectiveness of measures taken to modify risks. Display a comprehensive understanding of risk assessment methodologies and crisis management.Security Program Management: Create and maintain physical security policies, protocols, and procedures in accordance with industry’s best practices and regulatory requirements. Lead and coordinate with third-party vendors/suppliers in the execution of security procedures, protocols, and processes. Design end-to-end processes and support the implementation of security systems. Manage security system integration and delivery. Ensure cost, schedule, quality, and standards are maintained for security systems. Emergency Preparedness Management: Develop and implement protocols for responding to security incidents, emergencies, and crises. Coordinate with relevant stakeholders locally and globally in managing security-related incidents. Develop public, private, and supplier partnerships.Compliance and Regulatory Adherence: Ensure compliance with relevant security and privacy laws, regulations, and standards. Keep abreast of changes in security legislation and adjust security protocols accordingly for sites globally.Communication: Display strong interpersonal communication skills and can translate and provide clarity to internal and external stakeholders. Present and communicate effectively at an executive level.Reporting and Documentation: Prepare reports, documentation, and presentations on security incidents, risk assessments, and program effectiveness for global security leadership and stakeholders.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications:5+ years experience in security program or program management or related field OR equivalent experience.Experience working with Security, Risk, and operational teams. Previous experience in creating risk intelligence reports across geographies and providing leadership with oral and written briefings.Ability to travel internationally (0-25%)Experience working with third-party vendors/suppliers
Additional or preferred qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Security, Intelligence, Risk Management, or related field AND 10+ years of experience in intelligence analysis, law enforcement, corporate security, security program or project management or related field OR equivalent experience.International Security experience in multiple disciplinesMaster of Arts or Master of Science degree in Risk Management, Intelligence Analysis, Business, or related field Deeper understanding of emerging risks impacting the tech industry and knowledge about digital innovations and risk trends. Security IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 1, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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