Global Security - Program Manager

Job Description

The Global Security Program Manager (North America) is a key member of the GS Corporate and Technical Security teams, and will have a leading role in driving the delivery of the strategic agenda in the region to keep our firm and people safe and secure.

As the Global Security Program Manager within the GS Corporate and Technical Security teams, you will play a leading role in promoting the delivery of our strategic agenda in North America to keep our firm and people safe and secure. You will coordinate and collaborate across multiple GS lines to accelerate and assure progress of priority programs and workstreams, focusing on outcomes and measurable results.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate across multiple GS lines to plan and drive the delivery of high priority programs and initiatives across Corporate and Technical Security in North America
• Utilize program management tools to track and report on progress of programs and workstreams, identify delivery risks and blockers, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration to mitigate issues and accelerate progress
• Prepare program updates for presentation to senior executives and relevant forums, facilitating accountability and maintaining focus on outcomes and measurable results
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across Global Security teams and other functions, proactively identifying cross-cutting issues and coordinating problem resolution
• Implement continuous process improvement initiatives to enhance operational effectiveness, efficiency, and resilience
• Partner with Finance & Business Management to coordinate the management of the strategic agenda in line with budgetary and process requirements, partner closely with Risk & Controls to ensure appropriate levels of assurance
• Link and track progress of capital and ongoing maintenance initiatives to issues in site security operations or systems that have been identified both proactively and reactively, and partner with Governance and others to ensure standards, procedures, and training are updated and refined to reflect cross-cutting changes
• Lead the development, implementation, and management of a comprehensive testing and exercising program, driving the scheduling, monitoring, and completion of these and analyzing reports to identify improvements – further ensuring standards, procedures, and training are updated and refined
• Manage ad-hoc and ongoing requirements, including the collection and coordination of information needs for different forums

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• 8+ years of relevant experience in program management or direct experience in security operations management
• Expertise in strategic planning and execution of large-scale and complex initiatives
• Ability to anticipate and identify risks and blockers to progress and collaborate to develop effective mitigants
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills and ability to prioritize workloads within a busy, dynamic environment
• Excellent communication (both written and oral) skills, including the ability to present security and technology concepts to a broad range of stakeholders
• Adept at developing relationships across organizational lines, including with senior executives

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Significant experience in a similarly complex public or private sector organization (preferably in a regulated context but not limited to the financial industry)
• Knowledge of the security industry, including guard force management, technical security systems, security operations, and incident management
• Experience in physical or cyber security training and testing and exercising
• A relevant postgraduate qualification or professional certifications