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System Director, Security and Emergency Management

Baptist Health Kentucky

Louisville, KY · Posted November 9, 2026

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Job Description:

Baptist Health is looking for a System Director, Security and Emergency Management to join our team in Louisville, KY!

The System Director of Security and Emergency Management provides enterprise leadership for Baptist Health's security, protective services, workplace violence prevention, crisis management, emergency preparedness, business continuity, operational resilience, and related preparedness programs.

The Director is responsible for the development, governance, implementation, testing, evaluation, and continuous improvement of enterprise frameworks that protect patients, visitors, employees, physicians, facilities, physical assets, and business operations while enabling Baptist Health hospitals, medical practices, ambulatory services, clinical support operations, corporate functions, and other business units to prepare for, respond to, continue operations through, and recover from significant threats and disruptions.

The position serves as an enterprise subject-matter expert and strategic advisor to senior executives, hospital and business-unit leadership, Information Technology, Clinical Operations, Facilities, Supply Chain, Communications, Human Resources, Risk Management, and other stakeholders regarding security, workplace violence prevention, emergency management, organizational resilience, and continuity risk. The Director establishes systemwide strategies, standards, and governance that promote consistent security and preparedness practices while supporting the operational needs of individual hospitals, practices, clinics, and other facilities.

The Director provides leadership during significant security incidents, operational disruptions, emergencies, and crisis events and maintains the enterprise frameworks necessary to support executive-level situational awareness, incident coordination, decision-making, protection of people and assets, continuity of critical functions, and organizational recovery.

The role also provides governance and strategic leadership for enterprise risks including workplace violence, threats to patients and employees, cyber events, infrastructure failures, severe weather, mass-casualty events, supply-chain disruption, utility failure, technology outages, and other security or operational events capable of disrupting patient care, threatening people or assets, or materially impacting Baptist Health operations. The Director partners with leaders across the system and external agencies to strengthen prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities and advance a coordinated, systemwide approach to organizational safety, security, and resilience.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or 10 years of applicable experience in lieu of degree.

Professional License/Certification in Healthcare Professional Organizations, Information Technology Organizations, Disaster Recovery or Emergency Management Organizations, and Project Management Organizations is encouraged.

Travel required.

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.