Chief Security and Safety Officer; Senior Vice President

Chief Security and Safety Officer (Senior Vice President) - News Corp

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/Disabled/Vets

Job Description :

Position – Chief Security and Safety Officer (Senior Vice President)

Location – 1211 6th Avenue

News Corp is seeking a Chief Security and Safety Officer (SVP) to serve as the enterprise-wide leader for global physical security, health, safety, and resilience functions.

The SVP acts as the company’s primary authority on physical security, workplace safety, crisis and incident management, investigations, executive protection, travel and event security, and business continuity, ensuring consistent global standards while enabling local execution. This role is both highly strategic and operationally grounded, requiring executive presence, strong judgment, and deep subject‑matter expertise.

The role interfaces with each Business Unit’s Health, Safety, and Security functions and also has direct accountability for the Safety and Security of Harper Collins, Relator, The New York Post, HQ, The Sun, the Times US, and Storyful business units day‑to‑day. This role is also accountable for managing the 24/7 Global Security Operations Centre for the company.

This role reports to the Global Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) providing insight into enterprise risk posture, preparedness, and emerging threats relevant to a global media organization.

• Serve as Head of Global Security, with end‑to‑end accountability for physical security, health & safety, investigations, emergency response, executive protection, travel and event security, and business continuity.
• Build, lead, and continuously evolve a global security function, including organizational design, talent strategy, and governance.
• Establish a long‑term vision, strategy, and multi‑year roadmap working with the BU security leads, supporting a geographically distributed employee base, high‑risk news gathering and business operations.
• Communicate the value of security and workplace safety across all levels of the organization, reinforcing a strong culture of preparedness and resilience.

• Direct accountability for the close protection, safety and security of News Corp’s CEO and NEOs.
• Accountability for the safety and security of the News Corp Board members when they are attending board meetings.
• Accountable for event security for CEO and Board members when they attend internal and external events associated with Board meetings.

• Lead enterprise‑wide physical security, health, and safety risk management in alignment with corporate risk frameworks.
• Evolve and automate, where appropriate, global security standards, processes, and operations.
• Ensure compliance with global and local regulations, internal audit requirements, and industry best practices, including NIST, ISO, ASIS International, and related standards.
• Conduct audits, assessments, and reviews of security and safety programs, with regular reporting to executive leadership and governance forums.

• Responsible for leading the 24/7 global security operations, including GSOC strategy, policies, and operating procedures.
• Act as the executive point of accountability for incident response, crisis management, and disaster recovery across global operations.
• Partner with Legal, HR, IT, Cybersecurity, Communications, and People teams to manage and resolve corporate security incidents.
• Lead investigations and serve as the senior liaison with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies where required.
• Ensure robust incident command structures, training, and documentation for a wide range of global emergency scenarios.

• Lead global health, life safety, and workplace security programs to protect employees across diverse operating environments.
• Partner closely with HR on employee‑related security and safety matters, including individual and…