Technical Security Project Manager

Management Recruitment Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Southbank Centre, a major UK arts venue in London, seeks a Technical Security Project Manager to lead security upgrades across its estate. You will coordinate between Property, IT, operations and external contractors to ensure secure integration of CCTV, access control, ANPR and related systems across a dynamic venue hosting thousands of events each year.

The role requires delivering complex security infrastructure improvements, engaging suppliers, and maintaining documentation and handover to

Qualifications

• Experience delivering security technology and infrastructure projects.
• Ability to define requirements and engage suppliers.
• Proven ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver security technology projects across the estate.
• Define requirements and procure equipment and services.
• Provide technical oversight during upgrades, migrations, and integrations.
• Engage security installers, integrators and suppliers.
• Act as bridge between technical teams and operational stakeholders.

Skills

CCTV

Access control

ANPR

Alarm systems

Stakeholder management

Procurement

Documentation

Multi-workstream coordination

Job description

Southbank Centre is the UK's largest arts centre and one of Europe's leading cultural destinations, welcoming millions of visitors each year to its iconic riverside estate. As part of a major programme of investment across its 11-acre campus, Southbank Centre is transforming the technology and infrastructure that supports the safety and security of its people, visitors and venues.

We are seeking a Technical Security Project Manager to play a key role in the delivery of this programme, helping to shape and modernise security systems across one of the UK's most complex and operationally demanding environments.

This is a role for someone who understands security technology and knows how to bring people together to get things done. You'll act as the crucial link between Property, IT, operational stakeholders and specialist security contractors, ensuring a range of security improvement projects are successfully delivered whilst maintaining the smooth operation of a site that hosts more than 3,000 events every year.

Projects will include the upgrade and integration of CCTV systems, access control technologies, ANPR, bag screening solutions, refuge alarms and wider security infrastructure. You'll help define requirements, engage suppliers, provide technical oversight and ensure new systems are effectively integrated into the wider estate.

Success in this role will come from your ability to understand both the technical and operational picture. You'll be comfortable discussing system architecture and infrastructure with technical specialists one moment, before engaging with non-technical stakeholders to drive decisions and maintain momentum the next.

About You

We are interested in your experience delivering security technology and infrastructure projects. You may currently work within a security integrator, a large estate, a cultural institution, a university, transport environment, local authority or another complex operational setting.

You will bring experience in several of the following areas:

• CCTV, access control, ANPR, alarm systems or wider electronic security infrastructure
• Delivering security system upgrades, migrations or integrations
• Working with security installers, integrators and technical suppliers
• Acting as the bridge between technical teams, operational stakeholders and external contractors
• Managing competing priorities across multiple workstreams
• Producing technical specifications and supporting procurement activities
• Navigating complex stakeholder environments and building strong relationships
• Ensuring systems are documented, understood and effectively handed over to operational teams

This is an opportunity to leave a lasting impact on one of the UK's most recognisable cultural institutions. You'll take ownership of meaningful security technology improvements across a unique estate, helping create a safer, more resilient and better-connected environment for visitors, performers and colleagues alike.

Alongside a competitive benefits package, you'll be joining an organisation with creativity, collaboration and public engagement at its heart.

The Management Recruitment Group has been retained to manage this appointment on behalf of Southbank Centre.