Director, Global Event Security

The Opportunity

Adobe is hiring a Director of Event Security to lead security strategy, planning, and implementation for all corporate events worldwide! This includes product launches, developer conferences, executive summits, and employee gatherings. You will ensure that every event offers a secure and seamless experience for attendees, executives, employees, and partners. The role bridges physical security, executive protection, crisis management, and collaboration across departments. You will convert complex and evolving threats into scalable, practical security programs that protect our people, brand, and intellectual property globally. You will guide a high-performing event security team while collaborating closely with Events, Marketing, Legal, Facilities, IT, and senior leadership to embed security throughout event planning and delivery. As the foremost expert in event security at the company, you will set the standard for event protection—monitoring industry leaders, adopting new technologies, and continuously enhancing our approach!

What you'll Do

• Lead and continue to build the global event security program, including strategy, policies, standards, and playbooks across regions and event types.
• Assess event risk, considering geopolitical context, venue conditions, crowd dynamics, and reputational risk.
• Plan and oversee security for corporate events, including site surveys, access control, credentialing, emergency response plans, and communications.
• Oversee on‑site security operations, working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver safe, well‑executed events.
• Coordinate executive protection needs with the Protective Operations team for high‑profile events and keynotes.
• Develop and maintain event‑specific incident response and crisis procedures, including medical, environmental, and security threats.
• Act as a trusted security partner to Events, Marketing, Facilities, Legal, IT, and Executive teams throughout the event lifecycle.
• Manage third‑party security providers and event security budgets to support efficient and scalable execution.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Senior-level experience in physical or corporate security with clear ownership of event security programs.
• Demonstrated experience securing corporate events across multiple regions and regulatory environments, up to 20,000+ attendees.
• Proven ability to plan and manage security operations for events of varying size and complexity.
• Working knowledge of access control, surveillance systems, and incident management tools.
• Experience managing third‑party security vendors and on‑site security teams.
• Strong incident response and crisis decision‑making skills.
• Executive presence
• Willingness to travel and work flexible hours during events.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $147,800 -- $289,900 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

 



In California, the pay range for this position is $200,200 - $289,900


At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

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Colorado:

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If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

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