Sub-Regional Head of Security

Location: LONDON, United Kingdom

Your role

The Subregional Head of Security is responsible for safeguarding Digital Realty’s assets, ensuring compliance, and maintaining operational continuity across the sub-region. The role leads security strategy execution, oversees physical security operations, and ensures alignment with global security standards through close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

 

 What you'll do

• Lead and implement sub-regional security strategy aligned with global objectives

• Oversee physical security operations including access control, CCTV and site security

• Act as escalation point for security incidents and drive resolution and prevention

• Manage security vendors, contracts, SLAs and performance

• Lead, coach and develop security teams across multiple sites

• Own sub-regional security budget, resource planning and cost optimisation

• Ensure compliance with security policies, audits and certifications (SOC2, ISO, PCI)

• Conduct risk assessments and maintain risk registers

• Partner with internal stakeholders and external agencies including law enforcement

• Support customer audits, site visits and security-related reporting

 

What you'll need

Experience & Qualifications 

• Significant experience in multi-site security management 

• Degree qualified and/or ASIS CPP (or equivalent) 

• Strong knowledge of security risk management and best practices 

• Experience managing third-party security providers 

• Strong financial and operational acumen 

• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Skills & Competencies 

• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving capability

• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills

• Strong communication and influencing skills 

• Customer-focused with a service excellence mindset 

• Resilient, adaptable and able to work under pressure 

• High integrity with a proactive and hands-on approach

 

About Us

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us. 

Training and Development

Join our Data Center Operations team and gain the support to succeed from day one. Our onboarding program prepares you to contribute meaningfully right away, with clear career pathways and continuous training to fuel your long-term growth. From onboarding to specialized development, we equip you with the skills and opportunities to make a lasting impact in operations. 

Safely Powering Progress

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress. 

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

The Subregional Head of Security is responsible for safeguarding Digital Realty’s assets, ensuring compliance, and maintaining operational continuity across the sub-region. The role leads security strategy execution, oversees physical security operations, and ensures alignment with global security standards through close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.