Vice President – Security Operations, North America/Latin America

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors .

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE ROLE

Live Nation Entertainment’s Corporate Security team is looking for an execution-oriented Vice President of Security Operations for North and Latin America. This position, reporting to the Chief Security Officer (CSO), helps oversee and coordinate best practice security efforts across the company. The candidate’s direct reports will include geographically dispersed Senior Directors and Directors of Security within separate divisions.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Serve as the primary back-up to the CSO for security operations within the North America and Latin America regions.
• Assist in vetting outside resources, reviewing security contracts, overseeing investigations and security operations, and crisis/incident management and response planning.
• Assist the CSO to identify security goals, objectives, and metrics consistent with the corporate strategic plan.
• Assist the CSO with oversight of a network of security operations directors who promote global security best practices and objectives within the individual business lines.
• Facilitate and maintain relationships with regional, Federal and international law enforcement and related government agencies.
• Participate in brainstorming, ideas generation and budget/operations planning with the CSO and others to set priorities and goals for each year, solve identified challenges and prioritize/plan activities.
• Achieve a working knowledge of Live Nation Entertainment’s business lines, assets, policies, operations, people, and objectives.
• Help identify appropriate security technologies and solutions that will positively impact operations, fan experience and business objectives.
• Assist with the hiring of Directors for all security business lines. Provide guidance, liaison, and assistance as needed to facilitate success in meeting global physical security goals/objectives.
• Assist the CSO to lead operational risk management activities related to the physical security of Live Nation’s venues, employees, vendors, fans, and artists to enhance the value of the company and the brand.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• 20+ years of professional experience within security-related organizations leading live entertainment, law enforcement and/or intelligence operations.
• Must be highly flexible, creative, comfortable with ambiguity, and committed to win-win solutions to complex issues.
• Must be an intelligent, articulate, proactive and persuasive leader who can serve as an effective member of a dispersed team.
• Must be able to discuss, evaluate, and negotiate security-related concepts with a broad audience of technical and non-technical staff.
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree required, Graduate degree a plus
• Should have experience with change management and operating in a highly decentralized organizational structure.

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and childcare cash, infertility support
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program
• HEALTH: Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets

Live Nation’s policy regarding vaccinations and masking will evolve based upon updated regulations and factors related to COVID-19. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated or have received a negative COVID test within [24] hours of entering an office.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

New York Hiring Range*: $180,000 - $225,000

**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. It is estimated based on what a successful New York City applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York City. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the NY Law, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

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The expected compensation for this position in California is:

$180,000.00 USD - $225,000.00 USD

The expected compensation for this position in New York City is:

$180,000.00 USD - $225,000.00 USD

**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law and the New York Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law . It is estimated based on what a successful California or New York City applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in California or New York City or perform the position from California or New York City. Similar positions located outside of California or New York City will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California and NYC Laws, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.