Regional Physical Security Leader

Colt Technology Services Group Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Work from home

Mentor program

Development opportunities

Global family leave

Employee assistance

Job summary

Colt Technology Services Group Ltd. is seeking a Regional Physical Security Manager to lead security operations across the UK, Europe and US.

You will drive governance, risk management and incident response to protect people, assets and critical infrastructure. You will manage CCTV, access control and monitoring platforms, coordinate with IT, facilities and legal teams, and push standardised security platforms, audits and vendor performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience in physical security management within a multinational environment.
• Experience managing CCTV, access control, intrusion detection and integrated security systems.
• Strong knowledge of physical security risk and vulnerability assessment methodologies.
• Proven delivery of security technology, infrastructure or transformation programmes.
• Experience managing third-party security providers, contracts and vendor performance.
• Strong incident-management, investigation and executive-reporting skills.
• Experience managing operational budgets and supporting financial planning.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day physical security operations and service delivery across the UK, Europe and US.
• Oversee security arrangements for offices, technical sites and critical infrastructure.
• Manage CCTV, access control, intrusion detection and security monitoring platforms, including Lenel, C•CURE and Borer Fusion.
• Lead security-system upgrades, migrations, refresh programmes and regional standardisation.
• Provide operational oversight for Security Operations Centre activities and internal or outsourced monitoring services.
• Ensure incident-response and escalation procedures are documented, effective and regularly tested.
• Conduct physical security audits, site reviews, risk and vulnerability assessments and gap analyses.
• Maintain regional risk registers and lead remediation arising from audits, inspections and assessments.
• Lead investigations into theft, unauthorised access, security breaches and other physical security incidents.
• Produce executive incident reports, recommendations and lessons-learned reviews.
• Support the development and consistent implementation of security policies, standards, procedures and operating models.
• Manage security integrators, guarding providers, monitoring centres and specialist suppliers against contractual requirements, KPIs and SLAs.
• Deliver regional security transformation and infrastructure projects, including project plans, budgets, business cases, RAID logs and executive reporting.
• Support budget planning, forecasting, financial governance and investment justification.
• Work closely with IT, Engineering, Network Operations, Property, Facilities, Legal, HR and Procurement.
• Build effective relationships with leaders, regional teams, customers and external partners.
• Represent Physical Security during audits, customer engagements and leadership reviews.

Skills

Physical security management

CCTV

Access control

Intrusion detection

Security systems

Incident management

Budget planning

Vendor management

Audits & risk assessments

Regulatory compliance

Education

PSP

CSMP

Security Institute membership

PRINCE2

PMP

Agile certification

Tools

Lenel

C•CURE

Borer Fusion

Avigilon

ExacqVision

Genetec

Milestone

Job description

Colt Technology Services Group Ltd. is seeking a Regional Physical Security Manager to lead security operations across the UK, Europe and US.

You will drive governance, risk management and incident response to protect people, assets and critical infrastructure. You will manage CCTV, access control and monitoring platforms, coordinate with IT, facilities and legal teams, and push standardised security platforms, audits and vendor performance.