18-Year Insider Shapes Workforce Future
Securitas Security Services USA‘s promoted Laura Kamijima to Vice President, People and Experience–a nod to her near-18 years climbing their ranks, now steering enterprise people strat in a global security beast.
Not a flash hire–this crowns homegrown muscle for a future-proof crew. In security’s grind, her rise screams commitment to people who keep the world safe.
Securitas Lifelong Ladder Climb
Laura‘s poster-child for one-org evolution–360 biz/people/ops view from trenches.
Her path:
- VP, People & Experience (2026–Present)
- Sr Director, TA & HR Corp Services
- Director Policy Admin & TA
- Regional HR Director
- Director Employee Relations
- Regional HR Manager
- Area HR Manager
- HR Manager
- HR Specialist
Inst’l lore + modern HR firepower.
People & Experience Command
Laura now owns employee journeys end-to-end: Hire/onboard to growth/perf/stick.
Key beats:
- Enterprise people experience strat
- TA biz-growth sync
- Relations/compliance
- Scalable policies/frameworks
- Distributed engagement
- Frontline/corp transforms
For 10s of thousands frontline, experience ain’t fluff–biz fuel.
Talent Scale Wrangler
Sr Director TA/HR Corp Services: High-volume hires across geo chaos.
Nailed frontline pains, recruit ecosystems, comp-heavy worlds, security labor flux.
Corp strat meets ground truth.
Relations/Policy Battle Pro
Director Employee Relations/Policy Admin: Workplace probes, labor ties, comp frames, risk dodges, ethics/gov.
Security trust/conduct/discipline? Her wheelhouse.
Why Securitas’ Masterstroke
Security shake-up:
- Workforce digital
- AI guards
- Client comp hikes
- Safety/wellbeing push
- Frontline talent wars
HR flips admin to experience design. Laura signals: Transactional to people-led, internal dev nod, engagement growth lever, ops-people weave.
CXO Gateway’s Take
Here at CXO Gateway, Laura Kamijima embodies service-ind HR evolution. Proves top people leads grow inside, not shopped. Specialist-to-VP masterclass: Inst’l cred, ops grit, strat people flips. For Securitas, no promo–people experience now boardroom must.