Senior Consultant, Security Risk Consulting

Control Risks; Saudi Arabia; Hybrid; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A security consultancy firm is seeking a consulting professional to manage security risk assessments and drive client relationships in Saudi Arabia. The role requires strong project management and consultancy skills with a focus on developing innovative security strategies. Ideal candidates will have a background in risk management, a degree in a related field, and excellent communication skills. Significant travel within the region is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of security and risk management.
• Proven experience in delivering security risk consultancy.
• Excellent client relationship building skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake security risk assessments and consultancy.
• Steward security risk projects ensuring compliance.
• Drive growth and client management relationships.

Skills

Consultancy skills

Client management

Project management

Security risk assessment

Presentation skills

Report writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in risk management or security

Membership of a relevant professional body

Formal project management qualification

Job description

Responsibilities

• Undertaking fee earning consultancy, including but not limited to security risk assessments (site/project/), security policy and planning consultancy, security operational planning, security technology integration applying relevant security and risk management knowledge, tools, standards and processes.
• Stewardship of security risk projects in KSA to ensure compliance with Control Risks policies, standards and methodologies.
• Client liaison, not only on security related expertise but as a trusted advisor for Control Risks in order to develop client relationships across the full breadth of capabilities.
• Drive growth and build client management relationships with senior stakeholders in Saudi Arabia.
• Position ourselves as the premium provider in the risk consulting market on Giga and associated projects across the region.
• Adopt innovative approaches to develop current and new solutions.
• Act as a thought leader on regional matters and coordinate with peer group across the business.
• Ensure requests from clients and prospects are dealt with effectively.
• Creating proposals and building project budgets to determine pricing levels prior to sign-off by designated managers.
• Provide accurate information on pipeline activity.
• Operational planning and management of assigned projects and tasks.
• Coordination and support to regional tasks as necessary.
• Maintain overall quality oversight of operational and written work.
• Extensive travel anticipated to Saudi Arabia and within the region.

Knowledge and Experience

• Deep understanding of the security, real estate and critical infrastructure sector through the entire value chain and project lifecycle from project initiation through all procurement, design, construction and in use phases.
• Specific experience of the development of security strategies, policies, standards and plans.
• Detailed understanding 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) approach to the security design of developments.
• The UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) guidelines on developing operational requirements.
• Proven ability of operating successfully at a senior level, implementing policy, driving quality and growing a business.
• Detailed understanding of Control Risks capabilities and client outcomes.
• Proven experience of delivering security risk consultancy, including but not limited to operational and corporate security management.
• Proven experience of people management.
• Proven experience of successful budgeting, project management and project closure.

Qualifications and Specialist skills

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced diploma in risk management or security related field.
• Membership of a relevant professional body.
• Exposure to, or delivery of, operational and corporate security risk consulting.
• Formal project management qualification.
• Excellent report and proposal 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.

Competencies

• Business intellect.
• Client-centric approach.
• Personal impact.
• Solution focused.
• Tenacity.
• Commitment to operating in a globally collaborative and inclusive work environment.