Hiring: Physical Security Standards & Training Manager Company: EdgeConneX Location: Herndon, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:28:18 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : C++, ELT About the job Required Skills: •Own, maintain and version the corporate physical security standards framework, ensuring it is consistent, current and benchmarked against recognized standards •Translate policy and regulatory requirements into clear, deliverable standards, procedures and control descriptions usable at site and regional level. •Govern the document control, review cadence and change-management process for all security standards and procedures. •Maintain the control library and map controls to the obligations they satisfy across customers, regulators and certification schemes. •Own and operate the internal physical security assurance program - planning, scheduling and conducting control assessments and audits across sites and functions. •Track findings, agree remediation with control owners, and verify closure; report assurance status into the quarterly ELT risk reporting cycle. •Act as the single point of coordination for external and customer audits, maintaining audit-ready evidence and managing assessor engagement. •Maintain the assurance evidence repository and the schedule of certifications, attestations and renewals. Qualifications: •Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate written policy into clear, deliverable standards and to evidence practice to customers, certifiers and leadership. •Solid functional working knowledge of recognized physical security and resilience standards and how to translate them into deliverable controls at site and regional level. •Demonstrated capacity to plan and run an internal assurance and audit program, tracking findings to closure and reporting status to leadership. •Demonstrated capacity to deliver on-site training to security personnel on physical security standards, systems and processes, and to design competency frameworks, including records, refreshers and assessment. •Sound judgement, discretion and the credibility to hold control owners and vendors to account. •Strong organization and document-control discipline, with consistent, audit-ready record-keeping and evidence management. •Able to direct staff and coordinate external assessors and training vendors in a fast-moving, distributed environment. •Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (security, risk, compliance, business administration or similar), or equivalent vocational experience. •Demonstrable experience designing and running an assurance, audit or compliance program in a physical security, risk or operational environment, with responsibility for managing findings to closure. •Relevant certification such as CPP, PSP, Lead Auditor (ISO 22301/27001), or equivalent assurance or training credentials (desirable). Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!