Senior Security Manager, Investigations Lead
As a Data Center Security Manager, you deliver full pieces of a project and make significant contributions with minimal guidance. You use your knowledge of security technology, data analysis, and data visualization to plan efforts of a team responsible for small to medium sized initiatives by delivering value-added perspectives and influencing project direction. You contribute to cross-team collaborations, identify and recommend multiple creative ways to solve defined problems. You also demonstrate the behaviors expected of all Googlers as captured in Google's cultural pillars, and you engage in community contributions to improve and sustain our culture and operations, making Google a better place to work.
As the Global Lead for Internal Investigations, you will transform fragmented regional practices into a unified, exceptional program governed by the CSRM Investigations Playbook. You are the primary architect of investigative consistency, closing historical knowledge gaps and ensuring that every case from DC policy violations to workplace violence is handled with the highest evidentiary standards. You bridge the gap between regional security teams and global partners like HR, Legal, and Global Investigations (GI). Your leadership ensures that investigative findings are not just completed, but are data-driven, defensible, and lead to systemic risk mitigation across the global fleet.
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $123,000-$180,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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Responsibilities
- Identify, evaluate, and monitor risks that could affect business activities and provide business leaders the information to make decisions.
- Develop, maintain, and execute protocols and practices to assess and mitigate threats to company assets, and recommend security solutions/tools to help mitigate vulnerabilities and automate tasks.
- Design and implement security operations programs and manage daily operations, ensure multiple technical infrastructure locations are in compliance with all regional governmental and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Conduct, assist, or provide guidance in investigations related to security/code of conduct risk and violations.
Minimum qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in project management.
- 5 years of experience in data center operations.
- 5 years of experience working on end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
- Experience working with international markets or managing relationships with international clients.
- Experience in the security domain.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certification as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), or Certified Protection Professional (CPP).
- Experience in forensic interviewing techniques (e.g., Wicklander-Zulawski or Reid), and within various cultural contexts.
- Experience with TACS Intake processes, insider risk frameworks, and collaborative investigations with intel partnerships.
- Experience in the Investigations Report Tool (IRT) and the ability to manage complex records management and naming conventions within shared evidentiary repositories.
- Understanding of international data privacy laws and the legalities of workplace surveillance in a corporate setting.