Technical Security Project Manager

Southbank Centre; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 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 technology projects across its iconic riverside estate. You will bridge Property, IT and contractor teams to deliver upgrades, integrations and enhanced security for a venue hosting thousands of events each year.

You'll define requirements, oversee technical delivery and coordinate with installers and suppliers, ensuring smooth handover to operational teams and robust documentation across multiple workstreams.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering security technology and infrastructure.
• Ability to coordinate technical and operational stakeholders across complex environments.
• Experience working with installers, integrators and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate security projects across IT, Estates and external contractors.
• Define requirements, engage suppliers and provide technical oversight.
• Ensure new systems are integrated into the wider estate and documented.
• Manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams and handover to operations.

Skills

CCTV

Access Control

ANPR

Alarm Systems

Security Infrastructure

Stakeholder Management

Procurement

System Integrations

Technical Specifications

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.

Application process:

The full candidate information pack can be viewed by clicking here.

Closing date for applications is: Sunday 6th September 2026