Senior Manager, Americas East Coast

Overview

VERSANT is a leading force in news, sports and entertainment - home to iconic and trusted brands that inspire, inform, and delight audiences. Our unique combination of content, technology and services enriches the cultural fabric, igniting passions, sparking conversations, and connecting people to what they love most. As an independent, publicly traded company, VERSANT brings together powerhouse cable networks - including USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), Oxygen, E!,

SYFY, and Golf Channel - with dynamic digital and direct-to-consumer brands such as Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now, Golf Pass, and Sports Engine. Together, these businesses reflect our commitment to delivering exceptional experiences across every screen and service. VERSANT is an industry-changing media company fueled by innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit.

VERSANT empowers creativity, embraces change, and drives connection in an ever-evolving world.

Versant’s Global Security team manages the company’s operational risks and advises the business on other commercial, strategic or reputational challenges, with functions covering audits & investigations, business resilience (incident & crisis management, business continuity), digital risk, event security, global operations & insights, health, safety & wellness, newsroom safety, executive protection and workplace security. The department covers a diverse technical portfolio leveraged to ensure risks are reasonably managed, security threats addressed, and disruptions limited in support of Versant’s strategic goals.

We are adding two Senior Managers, Risk & Security – 1x East Coast and 1x West Coast to our team. These are hybrid roles balancing requirements between remote and on-site working at our NYC and LA offices. The Senior Manager roles are also expected to travel up to 30% of the year both domestically and internationally. Versant requires a diligent and proactive risk and security approach - business operations must be safely enabled and not constrained.

The context in which we operate is fast-changing, risk is a part of the business, and we need creative and analytical contributors.

We are seeking solution-focused professionals to join our team and play a critical role supporting the company’s mission. Reporting to the global chief security officer, this Americas-based role will provide regional coverage working closely with departmental colleagues, newsrooms, business managers and other key stakeholders to deliver a range of risk and security services. Our work is challenging yet rewarding and we value deep customer familiarity and a sense of purpose.

A dedicated utility player with a broad range of relevant skills, knowledge and experience will be successful and have an opportunity to contribute and grow.

• Work with colleagues in Global Security to ensure relevant current and emerging risks to the organization and its people are effectively identified, assessed, communicated, and mitigated.
• Forge exceptional relationships with people across the company and its publications.
• Provide a source of sound judgement, advice and counsel to staff, contractors, and decision makers on risk, security and operational challenges.
• Contribute to all best practices adopted by the Global Security organization to include planning, process improvement, risk mitigation and responding to new challenges.
• Using already-established tools and systems, support functional goals and responsibilities in high-risk support, workplace & event security, training, equipment management and investigations.
• Play a key role supporting incident management through aggressive and active intervention, coordination, information provision and problem solving while providing compassionate and reasoned support to those involved.
• Participate in industry working groups and follow trends in risk management and digital and physical security, the threat landscape (especially as it relates to media companies), best practices and solutions, available technologies and service providers.
• Multi-task regarding communications and coordination, research, operational planning,…