Physical Security Specialist

Do you believe that creators should have the ability to get paid for the value they give to their fans?

We do, which is why we're building Patreon, a platform that powers membership services for creators with established followings. Patreon strives to provide creators with insight, education, and tools that make it possible to retain creative control while running their creative business, so creators can focus on creating and energizing their fanbases.

Our user base has doubled in the last year alone, and we have paid over $2 billion directly to creators on our platform. In order to support this level of growth, Patreon is looking for a  Physical Security Specialist  to join our Workplace (RE-WS)  team.

What you will do:

• Design, develop, and implement physical security operations for all Patreon offices 
• Design and implement operational standards for security systems, stay on top of security trends and new threats/technologies
• Perform physical security risk and threat assessments at our offices
• Complete Safety audits
• Deploys procedures, standards, training, and methods for identifying/protecting employees/offices against theft, assault, vandalism, and physical harm at the workplace 
• Performs executive risk assessment and mitigation plan
• Work with IT, and real estate to establish physical security build standards 
• Involved in the office builds process to carry out physical security for new offices
• Work with the legal team to define physical security policies for Patreon’s global offices
• Responsible for day to day physical security operations 
• Oversight of the reception team 
• Design a visitor management process 
• Maintain relationships with IT and Information security 
• Design the program around scaling physical security at Patreon  

Skills and experience you possess:

• A minimum of 5 years combined experience of physical security, law enforcement, and/or military
• Knowledge of risk-threat analysis
• In depth SME around vulnerability assessments, and enterprise security monitoring
• Executive protection principles and concepts
• Workplace access control systems, emergency response planning and investigative practices and protocols
• CPR/First Aid certification
• APP, CPP, or PSP certified 

Projects you may work on:

• Global badge roll out
• Global badging system roll out  
• Workplace physical threat analysis 

What you will have the chance to learn:

• Building a team from scratch 
• Creating processes where none exist today 
• Working closely with founding leaders

Who you'll work with:

At Patreon, you'll join a high-performing and highly-empathetic team of people who proudly work on fulfilling our mission of funding the creative class. Our culture of creator-first, thoughtful teammates keeps work creative, stretching, and rewarding.

Our Core Behaviors:

• Put Creators First. Patreon is nothing without our creators. 
• Achieve Ambitious Outcomes. Set, measure, and accomplish goals that deliver massive value to our creators and patrons. 
• Cultivate Inclusion. We want an environment that retains and engages the diverse teams we build.
• Bias Towards Action. When in doubt, we take the next best step, then course correct when needed. We go out of our way to fix problems when we see them. We take ownership seriously.
• Be Candid and Kind. Be extremely caring and extremely direct in all you do at Patreon, especially when it comes to giving positive and constructive feedback. 
• Be Curious. You don’t know it all, and that’s the fun part. Everything gets better when you’re curious. Things get more interesting, more clear, and more approachable. When you bring curiosity into the workplace, you’re growing yourself, your teammates, and Patreon as a whole.

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