VP, Physical Security & Systems Growth

Prevail Recruiting; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Prevail Recruiting is seeking a Vice President of Physical Security to lead and scale a ~$35M Physical Security / Special Systems business unit across multi-state operations, including Albuquerque, NM.

This true leadership role focuses on growth, delivery, and customer outcomes. The VP will build scalable processes, manage pipeline and margins, and partner with sales, engineering, and vendors to advance strategic engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience at the intersection of physical security, technology integration, sales and project/service delivery.
• Leadership of a meaningful business unit, practice, region, or business line with P&L or operating accountability.
• Experience identifying and resolving delivery problems while protecting customer relationships and profitability.
• Strong customer-facing executive presence.
• Comfort in a technology services/VAR culture over a purely construction-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall performance and growth of the Physical Security / Special Systems practice.
• Establish operating discipline around pipeline, backlog, project delivery, risk, margins, and customer issues.
• Drive commercial growth while ensuring sales commitments remain aligned with delivery capacity and profitability.
• Improve handoffs across sales, estimating, engineering, project management, and field delivery.
• Identify project execution risks, delivery bottlenecks, and sources of margin leakage.
• Lead, develop, and create accountability across sales, project, technical, and delivery teams.
• Engage directly with customers on strategic opportunities and complex engagements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with security technology vendors and OEM partners.
• Partner cross-functionally with sales, engineering, finance, operations, procurement, and executive leadership.
• Help integrate physical security more deeply into the organization’s broader technology and services offering.

Skills

Physical security

Sales & delivery

Leadership

Executive presence

Delivery risk management

Job description

Prevail Recruiting is seeking a Vice President of Physical Security to lead and scale a ~$35M Physical Security / Special Systems business unit across multi-state operations, including Albuquerque, NM.

This true leadership role focuses on growth, delivery, and customer outcomes. The VP will build scalable processes, manage pipeline and margins, and partner with sales, engineering, and vendors to advance strategic engagements.