Director, Security

About the Job

About Riot Platforms
Riot’s (NASDAQ: RIOT) vision is to be the world’s most trusted platform for powering and building digital infrastructure.

Riot’s mission is to empower the future of digital infrastructure by positively impacting the sectors, networks, and communities that we touch. We believe that the combination of an innovative spirit and strong community partnership allows the Company to achieve best‑in‑class execution and create successful outcomes.

Riot is a Bitcoin‑driven industry leader in the development of large‑scale data centers and bitcoin mining applications. The Company’s vertically integrated strategy spans Bitcoin mining, engineering, and the development of large‑scale data center projects designed to support the growing demand for high‑density computing. Riot currently operates Bitcoin mining facilities in central Texas and Kentucky, with engineering and fabrication capabilities in Denver and Houston.

The Company is now expanding into data center development, strengthening its position as a foundational builder in the digital economy.

At Riot, we’re building the future of digital infrastructure. Our team members have unparalleled opportunities to work on groundbreaking initiatives. Through technical excellence and strategic execution, Riot has positioned itself as a leader in the industry driving advancements that continue to set new benchmarks in digital infrastructure.

We are trailblazers. Problem solvers. People who thrive in fast‑paced environments, communicate clearly, and bring relentless focus to efficiency and execution.

Riot Platforms is seeking a Director, Security to provide proactive leadership, expertise, and oversight for a comprehensive, best‑practices security program across the enterprise—including data centers, critical infrastructure, and high‑value sites. This role strengthens safety, minimizes risk and liability, and oversees violence prevention, training and awareness, threat assessment, incident response, physical security upgrades, and related policies. The Director will partner closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement, as well as internal stakeholders, to deliver timely responses that align with safety, quality, management, and financial priorities.

• Oversee global organizational security, Company Global Security Operations Center (GSOC), including developing and enforcing physical security standards for all Riot data centers, hosting environments, and critical technology facilities.
• Oversee the site & office security teams.
• Continuously evaluate and adjust controls for emerging threats to data center and bitcoin mining environments (e.g., unauthorized access, sabotage, insider risk, and physical impacts to power/cooling systems).
• Oversee travel and event security plans.
• Review and regularly audit organizational policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with the VP, Security on hiring, firing, and business partnership risk assessments.
• Establish and oversee the execution of goals, plans, objectives, policies and procedures related to employee personal safety and security, violence prevention, security incident investigations, emergency response, and coordination with law enforcement agencies.
• Oversee the development of a comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention program (awareness, reporting, training, and response).
• Serve as a key advisor to Executives on physical risk to Riot’s facilities and potential business/operational impacts.
• Develop and monitor security operations budget; ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures. Forecast and justify capital and operational security expenditures specific to data center environments, including physical hardening, monitoring, and redundancy.
• Lead or support investigations involving facility access abuses, equipment tampering, and incidents impacting critical infrastructure.
• Participate in identifying capital expenditure projects for security, recommending and prioritizing investments that strengthen data center resilience (access control, monitoring, incident response).
• Assure compliance with all applicable codes…