Responsibilities

As Regional Head of Corporate Security your role is to develop and implement corporate wide security plans that assess current threats, risk and vulnerabilities of a worldwide critical infrastructure organisation.

• Extensive experience in physical security including events, site reviews, risk analysis. Preferably in a CNI environment.
• Advise on global security policies, objectives, budgets, plans, procedures and schedules for the respective regions which may include international locations;
• Participate in security-related audits and evaluate work standards and performance levels ensuring uniformity, effectiveness. Ensure that appropriate mitigations are in place or planned;
• Lead and manage security related corporate-wide global projects as assigned, and ensure key objectives are met;
• Participate in the development and implementation of the corporate-wide initiative for business continuity plans;
• Oversee training exercises and programs to ensure organisational preparedness for a business resiliency or security related incident and raise employee awareness and engagement;
• On call - Respond to business resiliency related emergencies and support crisis management globally;
• Coordinate and manage executive and personnel protection, including the creation of emergency action plans to ensure preparedness;
• To provide thorough analysis of security risks and development of appropriate mitigating strategies.
• Oversee department’s participation in the development of new facilities and facility renovations from a security standpoint;
• Explore and implement new security technologies that provide value to the business;
• Develop initiatives to stabilize compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and be knowledgeable of current trends in the security industry;
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with local, state, federal agencies and security peers.
• Participate in corporate investigations.

Qualifications

• You will have formal security qualifications or advanced security and risk management training;
• Experience in a regional security, law enforcement or an intelligence function;
• Be able to oversee corporate investigations initiatives, which aligns partners, describes process and procedure and identifies corporate goals in the conduct of an investigation;
• Have strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects in multi threat environments independently;
• Have strong leadership and communication (interpersonal, verbal and written) skills;
• Extensive experience in conducting risk assessments;
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures;
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner;
• Excellent planning, coordination and reporting skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities;
• ASIS, The Security Institute membership or ISMI.

Additional information:

Willing to participate in an on-call schedule.

What we offer

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Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.