Technical Security Project Manager

The Management Recruitment Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Southbank Centre is seeking a Technical Security Project Manager to lead security system upgrades and integrations across its iconic estate. You will coordinate security installers, integrators and suppliers, bridging gaps between technical teams and operational stakeholders to keep events running smoothly.

Healthy experience delivering security technology in complex environments is essential. You will define requirements, oversee procurement, and ensure effective handover to operations,

Qualifications

• Experience delivering security technology and infrastructure in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of security upgrades and integrations across multiple workstreams.
• Engage security installers, integrators and suppliers to shape requirements and deliver projects.
• Provide technical oversight and ensure new systems integrate with the wider estate.
• Act as a bridge between technical teams, operational stakeholders and external contractors.
• Document systems, hand over to operations and ensure ongoing support.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Security technology knowledge

Project coordination

Tools

CCTV systems

Access control technology

ANPR systems

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 far more interested in your experience delivering security technology and infrastructure than we are in formal project management qualifications. 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

You do not need to come from a pure project management background. What matters most is your ability to coordinate people, understand security systems and drive delivery in a complex environment.

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.

Closing date for applications is: Sunday 6th September 2026