Manager - Security Operations & Resilience

McKinsey & Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a Security Leader for their Riyadh office to oversee security initiatives across various domains. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in security management, strong project leadership skills, and a collaborative approach to engagement with diverse teams. Responsibilities include driving and implementing security standards, managing high-stakes initiatives, and mentoring junior staff. A competitive salary and exceptional benefits package are offered, fostering a growth-oriented environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in security, safety, or risk-related roles.
• Demonstrable track record in leading large-scale projects.
• Strong ability to advise technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop security programs for MEO/TCO sub-regions.
• Implement and monitor safety and security standards.
• Consult with global practices on security projects.

Skills

Leadership in security projects

Creative problem solving

Stakeholder management

Project management

Excellent communication skills

Education

Undergraduate and/or advanced degree

Job description

Overview

Who You\'ll Work With 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.

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 Impact

You will provide leadership for the security and safety of our colleagues in the MEO/TCO sub-regions of our EEMA region. As part of this role, you will design, develop, and implement holistic programs to build, drive, and improve security resilience across a wide array of contexts at the firm.

As part of this role, you will own implementation of safety and security standards across our domains, including workplaces, events, studies, travel logistics, and people. This will include ensuring our workplaces meet our baseline security standards, owning security and safety mitigations for McKinsey events with some on-site event attendance, leading on mitigations with client engagements, owning travel safety logistics, and leading support for higher-exposure or impacted colleagues. Your role will also lead on local hazard/threat monitoring and incident response, forming part of the team\'s follow-the-sun incident leadership handover process.

In addition to these core duties, your role will build strong relationships with one or more global Practices and Functions, leading on security-related projects and programs to improve our firm\'s security posture. You will be viewed as a trusted advisor for regional support and consulting leaders, leading problem solving on strategic initiatives and challenging decisions. You will also seek to actively mentor junior colleagues on the team, including owning development and delivery of new knowledge.

You will be a part of the firm Security Team, whose central mission is to empower exceptional people to deliver distinctive impact safely. As a team, we are dedicated to supporting our colleagues and have the privilege of seeing our impact on a regular basis.

Our team is incredibly diverse, with a true global footprint, operating in almost every time zone globally. In this role, you\'ll have the opportunity of collaborating closely with this global team and benefiting from a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. At the same time, you will have significant exposure to partners and teams across the firm, including our People, Communications, Technology, Travel, and Legal teams.

Your role is being offered as a permanent role, and you will be working in one of our offices in Cairo, Doha, Istanbul, or Riyadh locations given the regional nature of the role. You will report to the Global Director of Firm Security within the geographic security operations portfolio.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Undergraduate and/or advanced degree. Additional qualifying certifications also considered Demonstrable track record in leading large-scale projects and programs from ideation through solution deployment
• 6+ years of experience in a security, safety, or risk-related role
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to drive new initiatives with limited information and oversight
• Creative problem solver with an innovative, solution-oriented mindset
• Successful track record of navigating senior stakeholders and complex relationships
• Highly collaborative attitude and interest in working as part of a diverse and dispersed global team
• Strong ability to advise and guide technical teams to deliver high-impact technical solutions
• Background experience or willingness to support incidents in the region
• Exceptional project-management and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to lead complex initiatives with an uncompromising commitment to quality on both a micro and macro level
• Ability to work across all levels of seniority, cultivating trust-based, peer-counselor relationships
• Excellent writing and editorial skills, including the ability to distill complex content into clear and compelling communications for distinct audiences and messages
• Exemplary oral communication skills, demonstrating strong professional presence and credibility