Senior Events Security & Risk Manager

AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in the United States is seeking a Special Events Manager to plan and deliver safe, secure, and well-coordinated events for a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. You will partner with internal stakeholders, event organizers, site leadership, and external service providers to identify risks and implement appropriate protective-services plans for a variety of venues.

Key responsibilities include developing protective-services plans, conducting threat assessments, recommending risk-based

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in security management, emergency management, criminal justice, business, hospitality, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience coordinating security, protective services, emergency management, or operational planning for events or complex facilities.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and external service providers.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond calmly to changing conditions.
• Proficiency with standard business software and tools used for planning, communication, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate protective-services plans for company events, including meetings, conferences, executive engagements, employee events, and visits by external stakeholders.
• Conduct or coordinate comprehensive event-specific threat and vulnerability assessments, incorporating available intelligence, threat indicators, historical incidents, attendee profiles, venue vulnerabilities, and operational considerations.
• Develop risk-based mitigation strategies and provide actionable security recommendations to inform leadership decisions and protective-services planning.
• Monitor and evaluate relevant security threats and emerging risks that could affect company events, personnel, facilities, or operations.
• Translate intelligence and threat information into actionable recommendations, communicate changes in the threat environment to appropriate stakeholders, and adjust event security plans as necessary.
• Assess event-related risks, locations, attendance, schedules, and operating conditions; recommend proportionate security measures.
• Coordinate with event owners and business partners to incorporate security considerations early in the planning process.
• Work with site Protective Services, facilities, environmental health and safety, emergency management, communications, legal, human resources, and other relevant teams.

Skills

Security coordination

Protective services

Emergency management

Event planning

Cross-functional teamwork

Discretion with confidential info

Education

Bachelor’s degree in security management / related field

Job description

AbbVie in the United States is seeking a Special Events Manager to plan and deliver safe, secure, and well-coordinated events for a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. You will partner with internal stakeholders, event organizers, site leadership, and external service providers to identify risks and implement appropriate protective-services plans for a variety of venues.

Key responsibilities include developing protective-services plans, conducting threat assessments, recommending risk-based