Regional Security Advisor

Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, Inc.; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, Inc. seeks a Regional Security Advisor to provide high‑level security guidance to a major client. You will shape regional security strategies, evaluate programs, and coordinate vetting of personnel and vendors to ensure policy compliance.

Travel and cross‑functional collaboration are integral as you support contingency planning, incident response, and service delivery standards with the Regional Security Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 4+ years of security advisory experience.
• Knowledge of physical/operational security techniques and risk mitigation.
• Ability to partner with stakeholders, vendors, and law enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Represent Pinkerton core values and deliver security advisory services to a major client.
• Develop regional site security strategies and supervise security performance.
• Coordinate vetting of individuals, teams, and vendors per client policy.
• Oversee contractors to meet contracts and deadlines, and conduct site visits.
• Support training, risk/threat assessments, and contingency planning.

Skills

Security strategy

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory awareness

Leadership

Project coordination

Communication

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

170+ Years Strong. Industry Leader. Global Impact.At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world‑class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.

Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our network of industry subject matter experts.

The Regional Security Advisor, assigned to one of Pinkerton’s largest global clients, will be responsible for providing operational support and advice to the Regional Security Manager concerning the strategic and tactical application of physical security for all personnel and infrastructure. The Advisor works with the client and other vendors to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of services.

Responsibilities

• Represent Pinkerton’s core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• Provide operational support in the evaluation, development, and execution of regional site security strategies.
• Coordinate security vetting of individuals, teams, and vendors to ensure compliance with the client's policy.
• Oversee and support all agents/vendors to ensure project contracts and deadlines are consistently met.
• Undertake site visits, as directed by the Regional Security Manager, to ensure the quality of site security survey plans, security assessments, and site‑specific risk/threat analysis.
• Assist with security awareness training programs.
• Liaise with governmental, consular, and private sector agencies, to protect and enhance the client's security program and business accountabilities, as directed by the Regional Security Manager.
• Provide operational support and advice to the Regional Security Manager regarding matters including but not limited to the production quality and related service delivery standards, reporting, and budgetary objectives.
• Assist with the implementation of contingency plans for the immediate resolution of strategic and tactical applications for regional security standards, policy, and procedures.
• Participate in risk/threat assessments and emergency and contingency planning in alignment with global strategies for all personnel and assets.
• Actively support cross‑functional group processes, programs, and projects.
• Provide operational security support and assist with operational security‑related investigations, as required.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with atleast four years of comprehensive experience as a Security Advisor in a multi‑site corporate, public, or private organization with hands‑on knowledge of security strategies, policies, systems, investigations, legal issues, supervision, and training.

• Knowledge of physical/operational security techniques.
• Understanding of risk management, security technologies, and processes.
• Able to build collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, vendors, contractors, and law enforcement.
• Understanding of varied country practices and regulatory requirements.
• Security industry recognized qualifications, preferred.
• Extensive cultural and diversity awareness.
• Consistently delivers on commitments and achieves expected business results.
• Serve as an effective team leader.
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Effective verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Computer skills; Microsoft Office.

Working Conditions:

• With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions;
• Regular computer usage.
• Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment.
• Frequent sitting, standing, and/or walking.
• Travel, as required.

Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country‑specific law.