Americas Travel Security Lead

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Austin, TX · Corporate Functions

This role leads travel security for the Americas region at Apple, involving physical security assessments, vendor management, stakeholder collaboration, and project delivery. It requires extensive experience in travel security, particularly in Mexico, and strong analytical and communication skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Conduct on the ground physical security assessments in the Americas (AMR) region, including to Extreme, High or Medium Risk environments.
  2. Travel focused on the AMR region and globally as needed.
  3. Identify, assess and manage security vendors to help keep our employees safe within the region.
  4. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand how their business operates and how they can be better supported when they travel.
  5. Answer security questions from travelers from across our organization.

Skills

Required

  • Travel security
  • Risk assessment
  • Vendor management
  • Physical security assessments
  • Spanish language proficiency

Nice to have

  • Hostile environment training
  • Security risk management
  • Medical qualifications
  • Close protection qualifications
  • Project management
  • Portuguese language proficiency
  • Brazil travel expertise
  • Colombia travel expertise
  • Guatemala travel expertise

What the JD emphasized

  • 9+ years industry experience in a travel security capacity.
  • Experience building travel security strategies across the the Americas region, with a deep expertise in Mexico and the different risk environments within the country; including extensive travel across Mexico.
  • Fluent working Spanish language proficiency.
  • Deep experience of assessing and managing security vendors providing secure transportation and protection services.
  • Experience of conducting physical security assessments of locations, routes and hotels.