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Job Description:

• Competitive Salary: $150,000.00 annually, bonus eligibility, and auto allowance
• Work Site Location: Austin, TX
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, 401(k) with employer matching contributions, paid time off (PTO) policy, paid holidays, disability coverage, and life insurance options.
• Career Growth: Clear opportunity to grow into an Area Vice President role for a leader who successfully scales the market, strengthens the team, and delivers sustained performance.

• Travel up to 50% of the time.
• This is a highly visible market leadership role requiring regular travel across the market to stay close to the business, lead the team, and support continued growth.
• This position offers a monthly auto allowance in addition to salary.

• As the Area Vice President, you will lead a geographically dispersed market and be accountable for end-to-end performance. This role requires strong operational discipline, visible leadership, financial ownership, and the ability to lead a multifunctional team across multiple offices.
• Lead and scale a high-profile San Antonio market spanning San Antonio and Austin, with full accountability for operational performance, client success, and business results.
• Provide visible, hands-on leadership across the market, building alignment, driving execution, and strengthening performance across multiple locations.
• Build, develop, and inspire a strong leadership team across operations, client service, account management, and human capital support.
• Shape a culture of accountability, collaboration, urgency, and operational excellence that positions the market for sustained growth.
• Own market financial performance, including labor strategy, overtime control, staffing efficiency, and disciplined decision-making that drives profitability.
• Serve as the senior market leader for key client relationships, ensuring service excellence, responsiveness, and long-term partnership.
• Partner cross-functionally to support business growth, expansion opportunities, talent strategy, and seamless operational execution.
• Ensure the market operates with strong compliance, sound process discipline, and a leadership standard that reflects GardaWorld's values and brand.

• Leading a stable, growing market with confidence and discipline
• Building strong communication and collaboration across three offices
• Managing ongoing growth, especially within large, complex client environments
• Driving profitability through smart labor and operating decisions
• Creating a branch structure that can perform consistently without constant escalation or daily intervention
• Being a visible, credible leader to both clients and employees

• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in contract security, military operations, or a comparable labor-intensive, service-oriented environment
• 4+ years of management experience
• Proven ability to lead teams in a labor-intensive, service-driven environment
• Experience owning results across operations, people leadership, client partnership, and financial performance
• Strong comfort level with ambiguity, pace, and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Ability to lead distributed teams and create accountability across a multi-site operation
• Strong business judgment and comfort with metrics, labor management, and profitability levers
• A valid driver's license and driving record that meets company vehicle and insurance standards
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field, or equivalent experience
• Authorization to work in the United States
• Ability to pass an extensive screening process

• Results-driven and people-oriented
• Process-minded and operationally sharp
• Highly organized and self-directed
• Calm under pressure and adaptable in changing conditions
• Strong communicator with executive presence
• Financially disciplined and detail-oriented
• Comfortable being visible in the field and involved in all aspects of the business