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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Join us at Medtronic, where we are partnering across the industry to tackle systemic healthcare challenges with bold leadership. If you seek a challenging, energizing, and rewarding career that changes lives, we invite you to join our team. Become part of the next generation of life-changing medical technology, impacting patients worldwide.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This position is on-site, 4+ days/week at any U.S. Site.

The Director of Global Site Security is responsible for standardizing, optimizing, and operating Medtronic’s global site security ecosystem – guard force services, physical security technology, and facility hardening – while ensuring a positive, friction‑light employee and visitor experience. This role translates enterprise security strategy into consistent, scalable, and cost‑effective site‑level execution across manufacturing, R&D, distribution, and office locations worldwide.

This leader partners closely with Facilities, IT, HR, Real Estate, EHS, Technology Transformation, and regional business leaders to embed security into site design and daily operations – balancing risk reduction, compliance, and usability.

This position will be onsite, based at a Medtronic site in the contiguous United States:

• Mounds View, MN / Minneapolis, MN (Twin Cities Campus)

• Irvine, CA / Santa Ana, CA (Orange County Campus)

• Tempe, AZ

• Boulder, CO / Lafayette, CO (Colorado Campus)

• Danvers, MA or Billerica, MA (Greater Boston area)

• Dexter, MI

• Grand Rapids, MI

• Mystic, CT / North Haven, CT

• Warsaw, IN

• Memphis, TN

• Swedesboro, NJ

• Eatontown, NJ

• Fort Worth, TX

• Jacksonville, FL

• Miami Lakes, FL

Requires up to 30% travel per year.

As the Director of Global Site Security, your key responsibilities will be:

Global Site Security Standards & Governance

• Establish and maintain global site security standards, playbooks, and design guidelines covering guarding, access control, video surveillance, visitor management, and perimeter controls.

• Translate risk assessments into tiered site security requirements based on site criticality, threat profile, and regulatory needs.

• Drive consistency while allowing for region‑specific adaptations aligned with local law and culture.

Guard Force Strategy & Optimization

• Lead the global guard force program, including operating model, post standards, training requirements, and performance metrics.

• Rationalize guarding levels and contracts to optimize cost, coverage, and service quality.

• Own global vendor strategy: RFPs, contract negotiations, SLAs, KPIs, and continuous improvement with guarding providers.

Security Technology & Innovation

• Own the global roadmap for physical security technology, including:

  • Badge access and identity lifecycle management

  • Video surveillance and analytics

  • AI‑enabled monitoring and alerting

  • Visitor registration and experience platforms

  • Intrusion detection and duress systems

• Partner with IT and Technology Transformation to ensure secure, reliable, and privacy‑compliant system integration.

• Pilot and scale new technologies that improve security outcomes and employee experience.

Physical Barriers & Site Hardening

• Set standards for perimeter security, fencing, doors, turnstiles, and secure zones.

• Embed security requirements into new site selection, design reviews, renovations, and lease negotiations.

• Ensure security controls align with life safety, accessibility, and sustainability principles.

Employee & Visitor Experience

• Champion a hospitality‑minded security approach that protects people while enabling productivity and ease of movement.

• Reduce friction through smart design, automation, and clear communication.

• Partner with HR, Workplace Experience, and Communications to support onboarding, badge issuance, and visitor flows.

Metrics, Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• Define and track global site security KPIs (coverage, incidents, response times, cost efficiency, user satisfaction).

• Conduct periodic site assessments and audits to validate compliance with standards.

• Use data and insights to continuously improve security effectiveness and experience.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead a small global center‑led team and matrixed regional partners.

• Serve as the primary site‑security advisor to Facilities and regional leadership.

• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, and Risk on investigations and regulatory matters impacting sites.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements and your permanent address are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in physical security or site security operations within a multinational environment and 7+ years of managerial experience; OR an Advanced Degree with 8 years of progressive experience in physical security or site security operations within a multinational environment and 7+ years of managerial experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing guard force programs and physical security technologies at scale.

• Strong vendor management, contract negotiation, and budget optimization experience.

• Ability to influence without authority across regions and functions.

• Fluent English; additional languages a plus.

• Must maintain a current and valid Passport, with the ability to travel internationally up to 30%.

Nice to Have:

• Master’s degree or MBA.

• Professional certifications (CPP, PSP, or equivalent).

• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$156,800.00 - $235,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.