Senior Security Leader: Strategy & Incident Response

Four Horizons Contracting Company; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 650,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Four Horizons Contracting Company seeks an experienced security leader to develop and manage comprehensive security programs in Jeddah. You will shape strategy, policies, and training to protect assets, projects, employees, and information across the organization.

The role requires 12+ years in security with at least 4 in management, fluent English, and working Arabic. You will lead cross-functional teams, oversee vendor relationships, and drive incident response and risk mitigation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, security, or related field.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, including at least 4 years in a management role.
• English: proficient, Arabic: working knowledge.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, budgeting and cost control, relationship management, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage security operations and initiatives across the organization.
• Develop and implement security policies, procedures and strategies to protect assets, projects, employees and information.
• Security strategy and planning: identify risks, conduct risk assessments, formulate mitigation plans.
• Policy development: create and enforce security policies and standards; regular reviews.
• Security operations management: oversee daily physical security, access control, incident response, monitoring.
• Team management: lead and mentor security professionals.
• Security awareness and training: run programs to educate employees on security best practices.
• Incident response and investigation: implement incident plans, coordinate with stakeholders to root causes and corrective actions.
• Vendor and third-party management: due diligence and ongoing compliance with security requirements.

Skills

Security leadership

Risk assessment

Incident response

Policy development

Team management

Vendor management

Budgeting

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data protection

Education

Bachelor's degree in security or related field

Job description

Four Horizons Contracting Company seeks an experienced security leader to develop and manage comprehensive security programs in Jeddah. You will shape strategy, policies, and training to protect assets, projects, employees, and information across the organization.

The role requires 12+ years in security with at least 4 in management, fluent English, and working Arabic. You will lead cross-functional teams, oversee vendor relationships, and drive incident response and risk mitigation efforts.