Associate Director, Built Environment

Control Risks; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading security consultancy in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Security Consultant to support clients across the Middle East. The role involves leading security consultancy projects, managing client relationships, and developing strategies for complex security challenges. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in security policy development and excellent communication skills. This position provides an opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of security through all project phases.
• Experience in developing security policies and standards.
• Proven ability to operate successfully at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Lead security consultancy and assessments.
• Develop proposals and project budgets.
• Manage client relationships and ensure compliance.

Skills

Understanding of real estate security

Security strategy development

Project management

People management

Excellent communication skills

Networking with clients

Education

Bachelor’s degree in risk management or related fields

Job description

The successful applicant will be a part of our Middle East team, supporting clients in Saudi Arabia and across the region as part of our broader EMEA team of over 100 crisis and security consultants.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking fee earning consultancy, including but not limited to built environment security consulting, security master planning, security risk assessments (site / project / supply-chain / business), security policy and planning consultancy, benchmarking and maturity assessments, security risk workshops, and applying relevant built environment risk management knowledge, tools, standards, and processes
• Contribution to built environment security and risk consulting projects in the region to ensure compliance with Control Risks polices, standards, and methodologies as well as drawing on international leading practices
• Client liaison, as a trusted advisor for Control Risks in order to develop client relationships across the full breadth of capabilities
• Act as a thought leader and mentor to junior personnel working within and across the range of built environment security, risk, and design consulting services
• Ensure requests from clients and prospects are dealt with effectively
• Creating proposals and building project budgets to define scope and determine pricing prior to sign-off by designated managers
• Provide accurate information on pipeline activity
• Operational planning and management of engagements, including quality oversight of operational and document-based deliverables and compliance with Control Risks policies, standards and methodologies
• Operational responsibility for and collaborative input into performance management of team members
• Coordination and support to regional tasks as necessary
• Maintain overall quality oversight of operational and written work
• Adopt innovative approaches to development of current practices and new solutions
• Act as a thought leader and coordinate with peer group across the business

Requirements

• Deep understanding of the real estate and critical infrastructure security through the entire value chain and project lifecycle from project initiation through procurement, planning, design, construction, and in-use phases
• Specific experience of the development of security strategies, polices, and standards for the built environment and security master planning
• Proven ability of operating successfully at a senior level, implementing policy, driving quality and growing a business
• Detailed understanding of and implementation experience of relevant professional bodies standards and processes, including but not limited to:
  • American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) work stages
  • Preventive strategies including the UK Secured by Design (SBD) and the US Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), UK National Counterterrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), and UK National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) guidelines
• Detailed understanding of Control Risks capabilities and client outcomes
• Proven experience of delivering consultancy-based engagements
• Proven experience of people management
• Proven experience of successful budgeting, project management, and project closure
• Exposure to, or delivery of, built environment security consulting, operational security management, crisis management planning, security risk assessments (site / project / supply-chain / business), security policy and planning consultancy, resilience planning and management, benchmarking and maturity assessments, risk workshops
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent presentation skills with proven ability to participate in speaking engagements
• Ability to liaise with and build successful client relationships
• Ability to quickly assimilate large quantities of new information
• Bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma in risk management or related security, crisis and / or business continuity fields