Security & Systems Account Manager

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a Security and Systems Account Manager to drive the integration, governance and delivery of security services across guarding, fire and security systems, and property-related security projects. You will lead cross-functional teams, shapes strategy, and ensure contractual compliance and measurable outcomes.

The role requires strong technical capability in security systems and data analytics, plus programming and transformation experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Security, Resilience, or related field; professional membership/certification valued.
• Equivalent experience considered in lieu of formal education; internal leadership experience encouraged.
• Project and Process Management experience, ideally with Agile/Prince2/APM certification.
• Professional certifications such as CPP, PSP, CISSP, CISM, CBCP desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in security and project management, with 2 years in a managerial role or as a senior consultant.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary interface between the client and internal service lines to deliver holistic security solutions.
• Lead multi-year security transformation roadmap covering people, technology, systems, processes and data.
• Drive continuous improvement across physical security, resilience and risk frameworks.
• Manage budgets and resources, overseeing account billing processes.
• Build senior-level relationships and provide strategic security insights and reporting.

Skills

Security systems

Data analytics

Programming

Security transformation

Microsoft Copilot

AI in security

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Security or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

BI platforms

Copilot

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Job objectives and responsibilities

The Security and Systems Account Managers the strategic conduit and driving force behind all security service lines delivered under the contract. Acting as the single point of contact for the client, this role ensures the seamless integration, governance, and delivery of services across static guarding, key holding, fire and security systems, the wider property strategy and project portfolio and supporting business continuity. The postholder will drive transformation, standardisation, and continuous improvement across all security functions, ensuring contract compliance, operational excellence, a proactive security culture and drive measurable outcomes, exceeding the client's expectations. Strong technical capability—particularly in security systems, data analytics, programming, and security transformation—is essential. The Security and Systems Account Managers must ensure a collaborative approach is taken across all service lines to ensure that a ‘One Mitie' approach is delivered. They will need to be detail orientated with a strict organisation and time keeping ability to ensure all teams are aligned on roles and responsibilities to meet the contractual delivery for the Client. This role will be working alongside the Client Account Management Team, the directly managing the onsite Mitie embedded team, the Mitie regional management team as well as The Key Holding Company (Software Platform Partner).

Main duties

• Contract Leadership & Oversight
• Act as the primary interface between the client and all internal service lines across a number of workstreams to deliver a holistic security solution.
• Provide strategic leadership ensuring fully compliant, high performing security services across guarding, software platform partner, fire & security systems, and property related security projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, ensuring cohesive service delivery and alignment with contractual deliverables, KPIs, SLAs, and client expectations.
• Manage a budget and resources ensuring efficient allocation and utilisation of resources, as well as ensuring the account billing process is followed.
• Security Transformation & Continuous Improvement
• Lead a multi-year security transformation roadmap encompassing people, technology, systems, processes, and data.
• Identify and implement improvements across physical security, resilience, and risk frameworks, ensuring modernised, efficient service delivery.
• Support integration and optimisation of fire and security systems, ensuring interoperability, automation, and data‑led insights.
• Client Relationship Management
• Build and maintain trusted, senior‑level relationships with the client's security, property, risk, and operational stakeholders.
• Provide regular reporting, insights, and strategic recommendations to enhance the client's security posture and resilience.
• Act as escalation point for all contractual, operational, or security‑related matters.
• Operational Security Oversight
• Holds accountability for the delivery of static guarding operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements through close management and oversight of the Account Team across all regions
• Responsible for implementing, driving and adhering to a calendar of physical security risk assessments, vulnerability reviews and site visits across all Client regional offices, ensuring the Client is well informed of visit dates, findings and emerging risks/vulnerabilities, with a comprehensive report delivered to detail findings, actions and outcomes.
• Responsible for regular physical penetration tests and live scenario training, develop a testing and exercising regime.
• Ensure the workstreams are embedded into the client with strict contract governance controls and supporting KPIs.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement (Plan – Check – Act) and technology adoption, particularly Microsoft Copilot and AI, by regularly reviewing and updating security based on the threat, lessons learned, and emerging industry trends and considering Operational Resilience and Security and Resilience.
• Support the developing of ideas to monitor building resilience live by harnessing data from across Security and FM.
• Property Strategy & Security Projects
• Work collaboratively with property and FM stakeholders to assess building risks, develop mitigation strategies, and deliver end‑to‑end security projects.
• Drive security system upgrades, access control improvements, resilience enhancements, and other capital or improvement initiatives by leveraging relationships with the Account and Mitie to ensure success.
• Ensure all projects align with the overarching security strategy, industry best practice, and lifecycle planning.
• Security Risk, Compliance & Governance
• Support the evolvement of Business Continuity programme led by the Business Continuity Manager, embedding this in across all work streams to ensure it integrates across the client's Resilience function.
• Maintain oversight of security and resilience risk registers, audits, and assurance activity.
• Ensure the Account maintains compliant with relevant standards and legislation including (but not limited to) SIA regulations, fire safety regulations, ISO‑aligned security and resilience frameworks, and client internal standards.
• Accountable for ensuring all Account locations develop and maintain policies, procedures, SOPs, and transformation documentation by working closely with the Account Team and Client.
• Data, Technology & Programming
• Utilise strong programming and analytics skills (e.g., Python, SQL, BI platforms) to drive innovation such as: Building interactive dashboards, KPI suites, data-driven insights and SteerCo project plans and trackers.
• Automate processes and create AI‑enabled workflows where appropriate.
• Enhance visibility, forecasting, and predictive risk modelling.
• Drive innovation across security technology, including modern systems integration and automation opportunities.
• Incident Management & Resilience
• Provide strategic oversight of incident reporting, trends analysis, and lessons-learned implementation.
• Support or lead the response to significant security incidents, ensuring effective communication and recovery.
• Collaborate with resilience stakeholders to strengthen property-related security resilience.

Person Specification

• Bachelor's or Master's degree Security or Resilience or a related field. Professional membership and certification.
• Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of formal education. Service leavers with similar qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply detailing their ambition, commitment L&D.
• Project & Process Management experience ideally with certification in Agile, Prince2, APM.
• Professional certifications such as CPP, PSP, CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional), or similar are highly desirable.
• Minimum of 5-years' experience in security and project management with at least 2 years in a managerial capacity or as a senior consultant
• Proven track record in developing and deploying security frameworks within complex organisational environments.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant legislation, regulatory standards, and industry best practices.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with risk assessment methodologies and tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• The ability to develop, write and maintain policy and plans is essential.
• Microsoft 365 and Copilot courses are available but I high degree of competency will be highly beneficial.
• Audit qualifications and experience would be highly desirable.
• Experience with security, BCM, Operational Resilience or Critical Event Management (CEM) tools.
• Experience working in property, FM and landlords\managing agents.

Health And Safety Responsibilities

• Follow Group and company policies and procedures at all times.
• Report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment;
• Use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received;
• Report any issues or training needs to your Line manager and /or via your divisional incident reporting system;

Information Security

• Ensure compliance with Mitie's information security procedures in all activities;
• Proactively identify and report security risks to your manager;
• Report actual and suspected security incidents;

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

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