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Asset Protection Manager roles sit at the intersection of physical security, loss prevention strategy, and retail operations leadership. Employers in this field do sponsor visas, most commonly H-1B visa and EB-3, but they expect candidates to arrive with documented experience managing shrink, leading investigations, and supervising multi-site teams.
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Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Greenwich, CT 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Loss Prevention
Work Location: MarketBased
Your safety matters to us
All official Sephora US recruitment emails will come from a @sephora.com email address. We will never interview via text, ask you to download unfamiliar software, or request sensitive personal information such as your SSN or banking details via email, phone, or text. Learn more about Sephora on our official careers site inside-sephora.com, and search for verified US roles at join.sephora.com.
Belong to Something Beautiful
At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential, and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.
The ideal candidate must be based in Connecticut
Your Role at Sephora:
Ready for a career glow up? As District Asset Protection Manager, you’ll be leading asset protection strategies across multiple Sephora retail locations. The work you do will impact beauty, as you reduce shrink, mitigate risk, and strengthen operational excellence through data-driven decision making. You’ll lead and develop a district team of Asset Protection Partners that’s united in beauty, supported by those who are equally passionate about protecting people, products, and the Sephora brand.
What You’ll Do:
- Shrink Reduction: Develop and execute districtwide asset protection strategies that reduce shrink and drive sustainable operational improvement.
- Risk Management: Identify and resolve safety and profit risks in partnership with store and corporate leadership, providing focused support to high-shrink and high-risk locations, including Extreme Shrink 2.0 stores.
- Team Leadership: Recruit, hire, train, and lead Asset Protection Partners across the district, fostering a culture of accountability, learning, and performance.
- Training & Development: Design and deliver training programs for Asset Protection Partners and store teams focused on safety, shrink reduction, audits, and asset protection best practices.
- Operational Compliance: Conduct regular store visits, audits, and assessments to ensure adherence to asset protection standards, policies, and procedures.
- Investigations: Lead and oversee investigations into shrink, internal theft, fraud, and criminal activity, ensuring ethical, discreet, and compliant execution.
- Data & Analytics: Utilize exception-based reporting and analytical tools to identify trends and mitigate internal and external theft.
- Systems Oversight: Ensure asset protection systems—including CCTV, alarms, and locking mechanisms—are operational, maintained, and properly utilized.
- External Partnerships: Build strong relationships with law enforcement, mall security, property management, and retail industry partners to support Organized Retail Crime (ORC) initiatives.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Store Leadership, Human Resources, and corporate teams to ensure effective resolution of asset protection matters.
- Values-Driven Leadership: Demonstrate Sephora values—Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative—in all work and interactions.
What You’ll Bring:
- Multi-Unit Asset Protection Experience: Minimum of 5 years of asset protection or loss prevention experience in a multi-unit retail environment or equivalent leadership role.
- Investigative Expertise: Proven experience handling sensitive and confidential asset protection matters with discretion and integrity.
- Crisis Management: Demonstrated ability to navigate emergencies and high-risk situations effectively.
- Leadership: Strong ability to build, coach, and lead proactive asset protection teams.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
- Collaboration: Highly effective business partner with store leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze data and trends to drive informed risk mitigation strategies.
- Problem Solving: Effective decision making in complex and fast-paced situations.
- Organization: Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills.
- Policy Development: Ability to develop clear, concise plans, policies, and procedures.
- Technology Proficiency: Working knowledge of asset protection applications, retail store systems, and Microsoft Office.
- Interviewing Skills: Strong interviewing capabilities; Wicklander-Zulawski certification or other formal behavioral interview training preferred.
- Legal Knowledge: Understanding of criminal and civil law as it applies to the retail environment.
- Travel: Ability to travel approximately 75%, including local, overnight, and out of town travel; attendance at asset protection meetings and conferences required.
- Environment: Ability to work in a fragrance-filled retail environment.
What You’ll Get:
The annual base salary range for this position is $100,000.00 - $122,000.00. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. This job will be posted for a minimum of five days.
- Caring Community. You’ll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating and driving the industry forward – together, united in beauty.
- Fulfilling Path. Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge, stretch and develop your skills.
- Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty, you’ll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) that your individual voice is a part of.
Rewards as Unique as You:
Some benefits have eligibility requirements and may depend on job classification and length of employment.
- Health. Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family’s needs with medical, dental, and vision coverage. Sephora also fully covers our employees’ disability and life insurance.
- Wealth. We offer a competitive 401k with 4% match as well as FSA and HSA programs. We also offer a Student Debt Retirement plan, where your student loan payments qualify to earn the 401k match from Sephora.
- Balance. You’ll be empowered to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with PTO, flexibility, protected leave, and more.
- Growth. Career growth is built into every role, with access to training, development, and tuition reimbursement.
- Perks. Think you’ve tried it all? Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for free product or “gratis,” and flash sale discounts on LVMH brand products.
- Support. Join a team that truly cares – with free mental health and financial coaching resources with 24/7 access to Modern Health and Financial Finesse. Plus, volunteer and donation matching.
Sephora values a diverse and inclusive workplace and considers all applicants without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, national origin, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age, religion, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Sephora is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities or other medical conditions.
Sephora will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.
Join Us and Belong to Something Beautiful
Job ID: 299343
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Greenwich, CT 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Loss Prevention
Work Location: MarketBased
Your safety matters to us
All official Sephora US recruitment emails will come from a @sephora.com email address. We will never interview via text, ask you to download unfamiliar software, or request sensitive personal information such as your SSN or banking details via email, phone, or text. Learn more about Sephora on our official careers site inside-sephora.com, and search for verified US roles at join.sephora.com.
Belong to Something Beautiful
At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential, and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.
The ideal candidate must be based in Connecticut
Your Role at Sephora:
Ready for a career glow up? As District Asset Protection Manager, you’ll be leading asset protection strategies across multiple Sephora retail locations. The work you do will impact beauty, as you reduce shrink, mitigate risk, and strengthen operational excellence through data-driven decision making. You’ll lead and develop a district team of Asset Protection Partners that’s united in beauty, supported by those who are equally passionate about protecting people, products, and the Sephora brand.
What You’ll Do:
- Shrink Reduction: Develop and execute districtwide asset protection strategies that reduce shrink and drive sustainable operational improvement.
- Risk Management: Identify and resolve safety and profit risks in partnership with store and corporate leadership, providing focused support to high-shrink and high-risk locations, including Extreme Shrink 2.0 stores.
- Team Leadership: Recruit, hire, train, and lead Asset Protection Partners across the district, fostering a culture of accountability, learning, and performance.
- Training & Development: Design and deliver training programs for Asset Protection Partners and store teams focused on safety, shrink reduction, audits, and asset protection best practices.
- Operational Compliance: Conduct regular store visits, audits, and assessments to ensure adherence to asset protection standards, policies, and procedures.
- Investigations: Lead and oversee investigations into shrink, internal theft, fraud, and criminal activity, ensuring ethical, discreet, and compliant execution.
- Data & Analytics: Utilize exception-based reporting and analytical tools to identify trends and mitigate internal and external theft.
- Systems Oversight: Ensure asset protection systems—including CCTV, alarms, and locking mechanisms—are operational, maintained, and properly utilized.
- External Partnerships: Build strong relationships with law enforcement, mall security, property management, and retail industry partners to support Organized Retail Crime (ORC) initiatives.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Store Leadership, Human Resources, and corporate teams to ensure effective resolution of asset protection matters.
- Values-Driven Leadership: Demonstrate Sephora values—Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative—in all work and interactions.
What You’ll Bring:
- Multi-Unit Asset Protection Experience: Minimum of 5 years of asset protection or loss prevention experience in a multi-unit retail environment or equivalent leadership role.
- Investigative Expertise: Proven experience handling sensitive and confidential asset protection matters with discretion and integrity.
- Crisis Management: Demonstrated ability to navigate emergencies and high-risk situations effectively.
- Leadership: Strong ability to build, coach, and lead proactive asset protection teams.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
- Collaboration: Highly effective business partner with store leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze data and trends to drive informed risk mitigation strategies.
- Problem Solving: Effective decision making in complex and fast-paced situations.
- Organization: Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills.
- Policy Development: Ability to develop clear, concise plans, policies, and procedures.
- Technology Proficiency: Working knowledge of asset protection applications, retail store systems, and Microsoft Office.
- Interviewing Skills: Strong interviewing capabilities; Wicklander-Zulawski certification or other formal behavioral interview training preferred.
- Legal Knowledge: Understanding of criminal and civil law as it applies to the retail environment.
- Travel: Ability to travel approximately 75%, including local, overnight, and out of town travel; attendance at asset protection meetings and conferences required.
- Environment: Ability to work in a fragrance-filled retail environment.
What You’ll Get:
The annual base salary range for this position is $100,000.00 - $122,000.00. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. This job will be posted for a minimum of five days.
- Caring Community. You’ll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating and driving the industry forward – together, united in beauty.
- Fulfilling Path. Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge, stretch and develop your skills.
- Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty, you’ll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) that your individual voice is a part of.
Rewards as Unique as You:
Some benefits have eligibility requirements and may depend on job classification and length of employment.
- Health. Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family’s needs with medical, dental, and vision coverage. Sephora also fully covers our employees’ disability and life insurance.
- Wealth. We offer a competitive 401k with 4% match as well as FSA and HSA programs. We also offer a Student Debt Retirement plan, where your student loan payments qualify to earn the 401k match from Sephora.
- Balance. You’ll be empowered to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with PTO, flexibility, protected leave, and more.
- Growth. Career growth is built into every role, with access to training, development, and tuition reimbursement.
- Perks. Think you’ve tried it all? Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for free product or “gratis,” and flash sale discounts on LVMH brand products.
- Support. Join a team that truly cares – with free mental health and financial coaching resources with 24/7 access to Modern Health and Financial Finesse. Plus, volunteer and donation matching.
Sephora values a diverse and inclusive workplace and considers all applicants without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, national origin, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age, religion, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Sephora is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities or other medical conditions.
Sephora will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Asset Protection Manager
Document your shrink-reduction results concretely
USCIS adjudicators evaluate whether your role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Quantify your impact on inventory loss rates, case closure timelines, and team performance metrics so your employer can build a strong specialty occupation argument in the LCA and I-129.
Target retailers with multi-state AP structures
Large-format retailers and national pharmacy chains with centralized asset protection programs are far more likely to have established immigration counsel and prior LCA filing history than regional independents. That infrastructure makes the sponsorship process faster and less error-prone for you.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your specific work location before negotiations close. AP Manager salaries vary significantly by metro area, and an offer below the Level II or III prevailing wage will block LCA certification regardless of employer intent.
Clarify whether the role requires a specific degree field
Many AP Manager postings list a bachelor's degree without specifying the field, which can create H-1B specialty occupation problems at adjudication. Push your prospective employer to confirm in writing that the role requires a degree in criminal justice, business, or a directly related discipline.
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate for Asset Protection Manager roles to see which employers have verified LCA sponsorship history. This saves you from investing time in companies that list open roles but have no track record of sponsoring candidates through the full visa process.
Get your PERM labor certification timeline clear early
If your employer is pursuing an EB-3 green card alongside your work visa, ask HR when they plan to initiate the PERM process. DOL recruitment requirements must be satisfied before PERM is filed, and delays compound if the employer waits until your visa is nearly expired to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Asset Protection Manager roles qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
They can, but it's not automatic. USCIS requires the employer to demonstrate that the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. AP Manager positions that supervise complex investigation units, manage enterprise-level loss prevention programs, or require a degree in criminal justice or business administration tend to satisfy this standard more cleanly than entry-level security-adjacent roles.
What visa types do employers most commonly sponsor for Asset Protection Managers?
H-1B is the most common nonimmigrant path, though it's subject to the annual cap and lottery. Employers sometimes pursue EB-3 green card sponsorship for experienced AP Managers already in the country on a work visa. TN visa is not available for this role because Asset Protection Manager is not on the USMCA profession list. J-1 visa is rarely applicable given the role's permanent operational nature.
What degree background do sponsored Asset Protection Manager candidates typically have?
Criminal justice, business administration, and security management are the most common degree fields employers reference when filing LCAs for this role. Some postings accept degrees in related disciplines like psychology or sociology if paired with substantial investigative experience. A degree in an unrelated field, such as fine arts or literature, creates specialty occupation risk and may draw an RFE from USCIS.
How do I find Asset Protection Manager jobs where employers are open to sponsorship?
Browse Asset Protection Manager roles on Migrate Mate, which lists employers with verified visa sponsorship history. This is more reliable than filtering general job boards, where sponsorship willingness is self-reported and often inaccurate.
Can an employer sponsor an Asset Protection Manager for a green card while they're on H-1B status?
Yes. Many employers initiate PERM labor certification for AP Managers already working on H-1B status, particularly in large retail chains where the role is seen as a long-term hire. The PERM process requires DOL-supervised recruitment to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available, and processing timelines at DOL have historically run six to eighteen months before the employer can file the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Asset Protection Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.