Security Senior Manager

Senior Manager of Integral Security and Asset Protection (GSAP) – Central Region, Colombia

Overview:

The Global Security and Asset Protection (GSAP) department at The Coca-Cola Company is tasked with safeguarding the company from security and high-risk issues that could jeopardize operations, consumer trust, brand reputation, and shareholder confidence. Our team provides world-class threat prevention and resolution across the global business system, implementing sophisticated security programs during major events, managing crisis situations, and ensuring business continuity.

We are seeking a Manager of Integral Security and Asset Protection in Colombia to lead security efforts in the central region, aligning with the company's global strategies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in risk management (safety and security), including prevention, monitoring, and leading crisis response initiatives, as well as emergency planning, ensuring the protection of our employees and infrastructure.

This position will require significant regional and occasional international travel. Candidates must have the right to live and work in Colombia, as no work permit or relocation assistance will be provided.

What You Will Do for Us:

• Incident Management: Manage incidents that may affect our business, creating and maintaining an efficient and integrated structure to prevent or resolve incidents without escalation.

• Business Resilience/Continuity: Support and lead business resilience and continuity programs, conduct validation programs, training sessions, and desktop exercises to enhance the region's preparedness.

• Security Audits: Conduct thorough security audits of company-owned facilities, develop corrective action plans, and ensure alignment with global GSAP programs.

• Travel Management: Collaborate with GSAP teams to create and manage travel security plans for executives and associates traveling to high-risk areas within and outside of Colombia.

• Investigations: Oversee and support investigations, including pre-employment screening, Code of Business Conduct investigations, as well as criminal and civil investigations as required.

• Executive Protection: Manage the executive protection program, including expatriate and mobility security, ensuring the safety of executives during travel and in residential settings.

• Event Security: Provide security guidance and oversee security management for marketing activations and major local and international events (e.g., World Cup, Olympics).

• Stakeholder Relationships: Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including local law enforcement, private security firms, and government officials, to support incident response and security strategy implementation.

• Security Training: Deliver subject-matter expert security training seminars on kidnap avoidance, information protection, safe travel, and workplace security to employees and partners in the region.

• Crisis Management: Lead the resolution of security-related incidents such as extortion, kidnapping, product contamination, or criminal attacks by utilizing security and law enforcement best practices.

• Additional Duties: Carry out any other security-related duties as assigned by or on behalf of the Director of Security LATAM and Chief Security Officer or their designee, ensuring alignment with The Coca-Cola Company’s global security goals.

Role Requirements:

• Education: Minimum bachelor’s degree in security, law enforcement, corporate resilience, international relations, or related field. Alternatively, a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in comprehensive security (security and safety), law enforcement, or corporate environments.

• Leadership and Execution: Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, prioritize competing demands, and execute under minimal supervision.

• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to establish and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including law enforcement, government officials, and security experts.

• Travel Risk and Executive Protection: Experience in conducting travel risk assessments and managing executive protection programs.

• Emerging Technologies and Associated Threats: Experience with and/or working knowledge of emerging technologies such as generative AI, including deepfakes, and how they may affect the company’s executives.

• Crisis and Incident Management: Experience with security incident and crisis management, with a thorough understanding of business continuity principles.

• Event Security: Hands-on experience in planning and managing security for large-scale events in high-risk environments.

• Language Skills: Fluent in Spanish  is essential; proficiency in English is required. Additional languages are advantageous.

Key Competencies:

• Risk Mitigation Strategies

• Security Program Development

• Strategic Collaboration with Law Enforcement and Security Agencies

• Cyber Security Awareness

• Event Security Management

• Executive Protection & Investigations

Travel Requirement:

This position requires 50% travel availability, including regional and international travel.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.