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Edged

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51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

B2B • Energy

Edged is a data center operator that develops and operates ultra‑efficient, high‑density colocation and build‑to‑suit facilities optimized for hyperscale, enterprise, and AI workloads. The company markets a gigawatt‑scale network across North America (with expansion activity in Europe), offering multi‑tenant colocation, single‑tenant turnkey builds, and powered‑shell options with carrier‑neutral connectivity. Edged emphasizes sustainability — low portfolio PUE (around 1. 15), liquid and air cooling options, closed‑loop waterless cooling, and large water and energy savings — and targets customers needing high rack densities and next‑generation GPU/inference infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Serve as strategic partner to the Operational function by overseeing all program requirements for physical security, compliance and business continuity • Oversee the physical security, compliance and business continuity team supporting Edged North America • Set clear expectations and goals for performance and leadership behavior aligned with Edged values, department objectives, driving respect, accountability and excellence in the department • Develop operating models, headcount support, performance KPI’s, investment decisions and operating procedures • Create multi year roadmap for the security, risk and compliance operations across data center and corporate environments • Define policies, procedures, standards and operating procedures that reduce risk, drive consistency, meet customer needs and ensure sites are audit ready • Establish KPI scorecards metrics for the department and lead monthly and quarterly business reviews • Oversee risk assessments for the physical security of the sites, closely collaborating with those performing similar functions with cyber security • Drives standard for the basis of design around physical security systems, including site testing • Supports cross-functional teams such as sales, IT and Facility operations teams by responding to requests for information related to physical security. • Evaluates and implements technology to use for access control, CCTV surveillance, audit trails, remote alarm monitoring & response, and directly deploys these technologies with support of the project management and site security team. • Build and execute the enterprise physical security strategy for all data center, offices, and critical infrastructure locations. • Establish and maintain physical security policies, standards, and operating procedures. • Oversee: (Access control systems, CCTV and video management, Intrusion detection systems, Visitor management, Security operations and monitoring, Guard force management, Badge administration, Key and asset management) • Conduct security risk assessments for new facilities and existing sites. • Lead investigations involving physical security incidents, theft, workplace violence, unauthorized access, or security policy violations. • Develop executive reporting and security metrics • Own the organization's compliance programs supporting: (SOC 2 Type II & ISO/IEC 27001/PCI) • Coordinate annual audits, assessments, and evidence collection. • Partner with Information Security and Internal Audit to maintain audit readiness throughout the year. • Track and ensure all corrective action plans remediation activities. • Maintain security policies, procedures, and control documentation. • Perform enterprise risk assessments and recommend mitigation strategies. • Track compliance KPIs and provide regular reporting to executive leadership. • Maintain a customer and audit ready operating stance across all the data centers • Develop, implement, and maintain the enterprise Business Continuity Management (BCM) program • Lead Business Impact Analyses (BIA) across departments. • Develop and maintain: Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), Crisis Management Plans & Emergency Response Procedures • Disaster Recovery coordination with IT • Plan and facilitate tabletop exercises and operational simulations • Coordinate incident response during major operational disruptions • Drive continuous improvement based on lessons learned

🎯 Requirements

• MS/BS degree from a four-year university in business administration, criminal justice, information security, business administration or related fields (Masters preferred) • 8-10+ years of progressive experience in corporate security, physical security operations, data center security, critical infrastructure security or related security leadership roles. • 7+ years of leadership experience managing leaders, multi-site programs and teams in a 24/7 or critical infrastructure environment • Experience with compliance, risk management or business continuity • Experience in data center, cloud, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, or highly regulated environments • Experience leading large scale contract guard force and services across multiple geographies • Experience with product implementation consulting, training material development, product onboarding, and project and account administration • Experience leading budget strategy, forecasting and capital investment allocation • Experience collaborating with facility management & operational teams • Experience working and presenting to internal and external stakeholders • Excellent interpersonal skills • Excellent time management and team delegation and leadership • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

🏖️ Benefits

• flexibility and endless growth opportunities • Ability to harness skills and talents to add value