Coordinator – Security Operations & Resilience at McKinsey & Company

Sscirra; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 279,000 - 469,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Mentorship

Global community

Competitive salary

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in Riyadh seeks a Coordinator for Security Operations & Resilience to actively monitor threats, enforce security standards, and coordinate safeguards across offices, client sites, and travel arrangements.

You will conduct risk assessments, maintain data in the security platform, support incident readiness, and collaborate with HR, Technology, Legal, and Office Services while ensuring timely remediation and clear, actionable outputs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in security, risk, international relations, political science, or related field.
• 2+ years’ experience in security, project management, or analytical role in a corporate context.
• Experience living in the Middle East with prior employment in an international corporation or NGO is highly preferred.
• Strong technical capabilities, with demonstrated curiosity and hands-on engagement with AI tools.
• Ability to conduct structured risk assessments with clear, actionable outputs.
• Comfortable working in dynamic, ambiguous situations, sometimes under time pressure.
• Digitally and data literate, with proactive approach to leveraging technology.
• Values-driven with integrity and accountability.
• Collaborative, with strong problem solving and ownership from identification to resolution.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Monitor threats and enforce baseline security standards across the region.
• Review risks and hazards and verify safeguards across offices, client sites, transport, and accommodations.
• Execute control checks, track compliance, and remediate identified gaps.
• Maintain risk and safeguard data in security platforms with accuracy.
• Drive incident readiness and support real-time responses to local incidents.
• Collaborate with HR, Technology, Legal, Office Services, and Security teams globally.
• Translate policies into operational actions and ensure on-ground implementation.
• Possibly work outside standard hours to support incident response.

Skills

Security experience

Middle East experience

AI tools experimentation

Risk assessment

Adaptability

Data literacy

Ownership & accountability

English & Arabic fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in security/risk

Job description

Coordinator – Security Operations & Resilience at McKinsey & Company

You will be responsible for actively monitoring, assessing, and enforcing baseline security standards across the region.

This includes conducting regular reviews of threats and hazards that may impact the firm and taking direct action to verify that appropriate safeguards are implemented and functioning across offices, client sites, transportation, and accommodations.

You will execute routine control checks, track compliance with firm security standards, and follow up on identified gaps to ensure timely remediation. You will maintain visibility over risk levels and safeguard status using the firm’s security technology platforms, ensuring data is accurate and up to date.

You will drive incident readiness by validating preparedness measures (e.g., plans, contacts, drills) and support real-time response to local incidents, escalating where needed. During global events, you will contribute to coordinated monitoring and response efforts, including handling safety-related outreach from firm members.

As part of the global firm Security team, you will: monitor global incidents and respond to safety-related inquiries from firm members in a timely manner; maintain and update risk and safeguard data in the global security platform, ensuring completeness and accuracy; and contribute to continuous improvement by documenting incidents, creating playbooks, and sharing lessons learned.

Your responsibilities may require availability outside standard working hours to support incident response and time-sensitive monitoring.

You will work closely with consulting teams, functional partners (HR, Technology, Legal, Office Services), and stakeholders across the firm Security team and broader geography, as well as external security peers. You will provide practical, actionable security guidance and translate firm Security policies into operational actions, ensuring effective implementation on the ground.

You will be based in Riyadh and will be part of the MEO office cluster and be attached to the global firm Security Team. Your team’s mission is to empower exceptional people to deliver distinctive impact safely by harnessing our global network to bring independent perspectives that inform decisions, foster readiness, and enable response.

YOUR GROWTH

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning:Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.


• A voice that matters:From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.


• Global community:With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.


• Exceptional benefits:On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (security, risk, international relations, political science, or a related field)


• 2+ years’ experience in security, project management, or analytical role in a corporate context preferred


• Experience living in the Middle East with prior employment in an international corporation or NGO is highly preferred


• Strong technical capabilities, with demonstrated curiosity and hands-on engagement with AI tools (including experimenting with and building custom solutions) are highly preferred


• You must be able to independently conduct inquiries into risks, threats, and hazards, and perform structured risk assessments with clear, actionable outputs


• You must be comfortable working in dynamic, ambiguous situations, sometimes under considerable time pressure


• You should be digitally and data literate, with strong technical capabilities and a proactive approach to leveraging technology in your work.


• You will bring a strong values-driven approach, with integrity and accountability in all aspects of your work


• Highly collaborative, inclusive and open to giving and receiving feedback with strong problem solving skills and the ability to lead problem solving


• You are expected to demonstrate ownership from identification through resolution of issues, and to continuously learn and develop; performance will be measured across both delivery and growth


• Business level language skills in English and mandatory fluent level language skills in Arabic