Manager, Stadium Security and Venue Services

Join the team shaping the future of Australia’s game.

This is your chance to do work that has real impact, in an organisation that moves fast, aims high and plays a meaningful role in the lives of millions across the country through football. Every role at the AFL helps progress the game, so more people can love it, connect with it and see what is possible through it.

At Marvel Stadium, that impact extends to one of Australia’s leading sports and entertainment venues. From AFL match days to concerts, international sport, major events, functions and precinct experiences, your work helps bring millions of patrons together and deliver memorable moments in the heart of Melbourne.

The opportunity

Marvel Stadium is one of Australia’s premier venues, hosting major sporting and entertainment events while operating as a vibrant precinct 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

As Manager, Stadium Security and Venue Services, you will provide strategic leadership across all security operations, ensuring the safe, secure and efficient delivery of events and day-to-day stadium operations. Reporting to the Head of Stadium Operations, you will lead a critical function that protects people, assets and operations while driving continuous improvement across security services, systems and procedures.

This is a senior leadership role with significant responsibility, influence and autonomy, requiring strong judgement, operational expertise and the ability to lead in high-pressure environments.

What you’ll own

You’ll lead the security strategy and operational delivery across Marvel Stadium, ensuring a proactive, intelligence-led and risk-based approach to venue security, emergency preparedness and stakeholder engagement.

You’ll add value through:

• Leading and delivering the stadium-wide security strategy across the venue, car park and surrounding precinct
• Providing oversight of all security operations, including event security, crowd management, control room operations and service entry functions
• Identifying, assessing and mitigating operational security risks across a complex and high-profile venue environment
• Leading and developing a high-performing security team, including senior leaders, operational teams and contracted service providers
• Managing security service providers, performance outcomes, workforce deployment models and budgets
• Acting as the senior escalation point for security incidents, emergencies and critical operational issues
• Driving emergency preparedness, response planning and operational readiness across the venue
• Building strong relationships with emergency services, government agencies, event promoters, AFL stakeholders and venue partners
• Providing strategic advice to senior leaders on security risks, planning and operational readiness
• Overseeing security management plans, risk assessments and operational security planning for events
• Ensuring compliance with legislative, licensing and organisational requirements
• Using data, insights and technology to continuously improve safety, security, operational resilience and customer experience

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience leading security operations within a major venue, stadium, critical infrastructure or similarly complex environment
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-layered teams, including senior leaders, operational teams and contractors
• Strong experience managing outsourced service models, vendor performance and contract delivery
• Extensive experience in incident management, emergency response and security risk management
• Experience supporting major events, crowded places or large-scale public environments
• Exceptional leadership capability with the ability to set direction, drive accountability and build high-performing teams
• Sound judgement and confidence making decisions in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders and external agencies
• Advanced risk assessment, situational awareness and problem-solving capability
• Ability to connect strategic planning with operational execution and delivery
• Current Victorian Security Licence
• Current First Aid and CPR certification
• Flexibility to support event operations, including weekends, evenings and peak event periods

Why you’ll love being on our team

At the AFL, you will be part of a values-led team that aims high, backs each other and brings energy, care and integrity to work that matters. This is a place where people play to win, play as one team and play with passion, while always staying grounded in fairness, inclusion and respect. We work hard, support each other and create the conditions for our people to grow, perform and thrive.

What you can look forward to:

• Play The Day Your Way, our flexible approach to working life, built to support you on game day and every day
• My Development, with coaching, mentoring, on-the-job learning and formal development to help you keep building your game
• Play Well, our health and wellbeing programme designed to support a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy workplace
• My Benefits, giving you access to a range of partner offers and discounts through our AFL Corporate Partners
• AFL Silver Memberships for permanent team members, so you can enjoy the action at Marvel Stadium and the MCG with family and friends
• 6 months paid primary parental leave with no qualification period for permanent team members

Everyone has a place here

Our game brings people together, and we want our workplace to do the same.

We are committed to building a culture of belonging and an environment where people feel respected, included and able to thrive, and where diversity of background, experience and perspective makes us stronger.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

Whether you’re a footy fan or new to our game, we welcome everyone to apply. We know great candidates don’t always tick every box. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience doesn’t perfectly match the job description.

The AFL is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our care. Please note, we undertake several screening processes to ensure this commitment is upheld, this includes ensuring the successful candidate to this position holds a valid employee Working with Children/Vulnerable People Check and a satisfactory criminal history record check.

Ready to play your part?

Applications close 19 July 2026