About The Team
DoorDash is one of the world’s most trusted on-demand logistics platforms. The Global Safety and Security team exists to keep it that way, protecting our people, property, operations, brand, and reputation across all our markets. We manage risk and create value through agility, technology, and a people-first approach. Our DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt brands now span more than 40 countries, dozens of offices, and tens of thousands of employees. That growth demands a Corporate Safety and Security function built to match it.
About The Role
We are hiring a Director to lead and build our global Corporate Safety and Security function across our DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt brands. This is a build mandate, reporting directly to the Senior Director, Global Safety and Security. You will own the strategy, operating model, and execution of a unified corporate physical security program spanning every region of our global operations, establishing the standards, infrastructure, and team that will define this function.
The function is organized around five pillars: physical security infrastructure and operations; emergency preparedness and response; threat assessment and workplace violence prevention; safety, compliance, and risk management; and security awareness, training, and culture. You will build and own all five, simultaneously, globally, and largely from the ground up.
You will shape the strategic vision, own the global roadmap for corporate physical security, build high‑performing international teams, and drive measurable outcomes across each pillar. The role blends strategic leadership with direct operational execution. You will define the playbook, allocate resources, develop your team, and own the function’s priorities, standards, and direction. Success in the first year means the function has a clear operating model, a team taking shape, and measurable progress across all five pillars.
This role requires deep domain expertise, strong business acumen, and the ability to influence senior leaders across a fast‑moving, globally distributed organization. You will partner closely with Real Estate, Facilities, Workforce Strategy, IT, HR, Legal, and business leaders at all levels to embed physical security into how DoorDash operates. It requires executive presence, operational discipline, and a track record of building programs from the ground up. This role requires significant international travel, with an elevated tempo during the initial build phase, and is expected to be based in and work from our London office daily. The EMEA region hosts our highest concentration of offices globally, with London as the base for our real estate and workplace leadership, making it the natural center of gravity for this role.
Key Responsibilities
- Build a unified global access control program.
Own and execute enterprise‑grade physical access control across all corporate facilities. Establish layered identity controls, mobile‑first and biometric credentialing, automated provisioning and deprovisioning tied to employment and role, and consistent access experiences at every office. Ensure access is regularly audited, sensitive spaces have clear ownership, and the physical environment supports rather than impedes the employee experience.
- Stand up emergency preparedness at scale.
Build and certify Emergency Response Teams at every corporate location, publish and maintain Emergency Response Plans for all facilities, and establish severity levels, escalation protocols, and communications systems for rapid response. Build law enforcement and first responder relationships globally, and lead regular incident exercises and tabletop simulations.
- Build a threat assessment and workplace violence prevention program.
Establish a structured capability for threat intake, behavioural assessment, and case management to protect employees and enable early intervention. Define policies, cross‑functional escalation pathways, and response protocols that span all brands and jurisdictions. Partner with other Global Safety and Security functions, as well as HR, Legal, and business leaders, to build a program that is rigorous, jurisdiction‑aware, and locally calibrated across a globally diverse workforce.
- Build and run a global training and awareness program.
Ensure every employee knows emergency response procedures and how to reach the Global Operations Center. Drive First Aid, CPR, AED, and Stop the Bleed certification across a meaningful share of the corporate workforce. Develop a safety and security communications strategy that builds culture and delivers training in formats that actually stick.
- Own event safety and security.
Define risk management standards, policies, and procedures for corporate events globally. Set clear security requirements thresholds, ensure event hosts understand and follow the process, and deliver security planning, staffing, and incident response across all brands and regions.
- Drive global standardization and compliance.
Establish cradle‑to‑grave standardized safety and security integrations, implementations, and operations across all corporate offices. Ensure regulatory compliance with occupational health and safety and physical security requirements across all jurisdictions. Maintain policies with a regular review cadence and clear accountability for high‑value and sensitive assets.
- Run the function with operational discipline.
Own a multi‑million dollar budget with variance discipline and accurate accruals. Define vendor requirements, run competitive procurement, and hold suppliers to measurable performance standards. Maintain team engagement, deliver against functional OKRs, and ensure all corporate facilities are risk‑assessed and audited on a defined cadence.
Key Qualifications
- Leadership and ownership.
12+ years of experience in corporate safety and security, including 7+ years leading managers and teams with a global scope and cross‑functional impact—demonstrable record of building, not maintaining. Build high‑performing organizations, develop leaders, and set direction clearly. Stay close enough to the work to know when execution is falling short.
- Build experience.
Track record of building or significantly transforming a physical security function, not inheriting a mature one. Hired teams, selected and implemented technology, and established operating models that outlasted tenure.
- Multinational operational experience.
Operated physical security programs across multiple countries and jurisdictions, not managed them remotely. Understand how regulatory environments, cultural context, and vendor ecosystems differ across regions and how to build programs that work in all of them.
- Technical orientation.
Comfortable with physical security systems, including access control, video management, guest management, analytics, and hardware infrastructure. Pick up new technologies quickly, have strong opinions about what good looks like, own how systems are implemented and operated, and drive requirements processes that keep infrastructure aligned to what is actually happening in the field.
- Vendor accountability.
Experience managing physical security vendors and contract staffing at scale, with a track record of competitive procurement, enforced performance standards, and cost discipline across multi‑million dollar budgets.
- Execution under pressure.
Operate well in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments. Make sound decisions with incomplete information, sequence work thoughtfully, and maintain pace across competing priorities.
- Executive presence and communication.
Set direction with senior leaders, build cross‑functional alignment, and represent the function credibly at the executive level. Communicate clearly and without unnecessary complexity.
- Influence at scale.
Trusted cross‑functional partner who builds strong working relationships with Real Estate, Facilities, Workforce Strategy, HR, Legal, and IT, earning the confidence of business leaders by making security an enabler, not a friction point.
- AI fluency and appetite.
Use AI tools as a real part of how you work, not as a novelty. Understand where and how AI should shape physical security operations: automation, detection, analytics, workflow acceleration, and decision support. Genuine conviction about AI’s role in the function’s evolution and a real appetite to keep growing your own capability.
Why Join Us?
- Make a visible impact every day – Your work directly improves experiences for customers, partners, and riders.
- Learn fast in an entrepreneurial environment – Work close to the market with autonomy, pace, and real responsibility.
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