Executive Protection Leader

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo's vision is to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,600 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 32 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 263,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on Fortune's 2019 rankings of America's largest corporations.

Corporate Properties Group

The Corporate Properties Group manages one of the largest corporate real estate portfolios in the world. Our experienced real estate team knows the Wells Fargo lines of business and supports:

• 7,100 sites in 35 countries, including more than 6,449 retail locations, more than 11,000 ATMs and 639 administrative sites.
• 85 million square feet of managed space

Corporate Security

The Corporate Security team within the Corporate Properties Group keeps our employees, customers and assets safe. The team employs advanced security equipment and security protocol, to minimize the possibility of loss, damage, and threat to Wells Fargo assets or personnel from any kind of security breach and exposure.

The Role

Reporting to the Chief Physical Security Officer, leads the Executive Protection Service team with global responsibilities. This leader will be responsible for:

• Managing and directing the EPS department in all of the company's geographic regions
• Serving as primary personal security contact to CEO, operating committee, lines of business partners, local/federal law enforcement and private sector counterparts
• Evaluating processes, standards, and goals to ensure program effectiveness, service levels are met, and related policies and procedures are consistently applied
• Ensuring systems are operating efficiently and effectively
• Participating in and/or leading special projects based upon problems, needs of the department, and the organization
• Maintaining awareness of industry trends to assist in developing and maintaining a proactive and effective physical security program
• Accountable for strategic planning, risk management and fiscal management of assigned program and the execution of assigned projects
• Frequently on call beyond normal working hours to supervise and assist at corporate facilities, meetings and special events
• All activities are managed with minimal management oversight or supervision required by the Chief Physical Security Officer
• Promoting a safe, secure, and ethical business environment for all employees and customers
• Leading strategic planning, business objective development and execution, and management of all assigned security functions  
• Developing and implementing physical security guidelines, policies, procedures, standards, and training 
• Leading complex security projects and program improvement initiatives across country and internationally
• Routinely communicating security trends, strategies, and incident data to senior management and makes formal presentations to support business objectives
• Serving on senior level company committees and industry peer working groups
• Maintaining a high degree of expertise and knowledge specific to physical security, security equipment and applications, applicable laws, regulatory trends, industry benchmarking, emerging issues, and internal guidelines and policies, services, and business processes
• Proactive physical security management/regulatory compliance

The Candidate

Leadership, integrity, and credibility will be determining factors in selection.  Successful candidates will be articulate and possess a demonstrated leadership capability; they will be impressive in their inter-personal effectiveness and with regard to their accomplishments.  These roles require leaders with strong relationship management, influencing, vision, and execution skills.  A key differentiator will be the ability to understand and operate successfully in a complex, heavily matrixed corporate environment.  These roles require a sense of urgency, passion for results, and personal accountability for achievement.

The successful candidate will work closely with other senior leaders across the company in the development and execution of company risk management strategies.  Accordingly, critical success factors will include the ability to develop partnerships with many business and functional areas.

• 10+ years of security experience

• Experience leading an Executive Protection program
• Demonstrated physical security program development and implementation
• Demonstrated familiarity with the physical security industry processes, policies, and standards
• Experience with corporate policies pertaining to customer authentication, site physical security, and systems access
• Strong violence free workplace program development skills, workplace threat assessment skills and threat mitigation strategy development
• Demonstrated knowledge of physical security technology related to access control, video, and alarm systems
• Proven ability to operate efficiently and effectively in a high-pressure time sensitive environment
• Ability to handle confidential material in a professional manner
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Security Management, Criminology or related field
• Certification-CPP or PSP (or equivalent)
• Ability to interact with integrity and a high level of professionalism with all levels of team members and management
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
• Ability to take on a high level of responsibility, initiative, and accountability
• Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) skills
• Self-starter, with a proven ability to think both strategically and tactically, diagnose opportunities and implement operationally often in ambiguous environments
• Ability to successfully foster collaboration and results across diverse teams and global locations and build effective business and support partnerships with all levels of team members
• Management skills including proven ability to execute with quality and urgency within definitive timelines for completion while balancing multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to build positive, trusting work relationships with clients, vendors, peers and partners
• Excellent and proactive consulting, collaborative, influencing and partnering abilities with business executives/leaders and partners while exhibiting strong diplomacy skills
• Strong negotiation and creative thinking skills
• Leader capable of attracting, mentoring, retaining and promoting talented and productive staff
• Ability to be neutral/independent while providing strong credible challenges where necessary
• Strong reputation of integrity, accuracy, consistency, strategic vision and detail

All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.



Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.

Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.