Head of Security Advisory Cluster (Global Clients Europe)

1. Strategic Security Advisory & Client Management

• Serve as the senior risk advisor for a limited number of key GCE clients with complex risk needs.
• Lead security risk assessments, design mitigation strategies, and launch new risk management initiatives within assigned accounts.
• Provide expert guidance on physical and operational security including security technology, guarding models, SOPs, training, red teaming, travel risk, and event security.
• Ensure alignment with client expectations, industry best practices, and GCE strategy as well as the group direction on Risk Management (part of the wider Risk Management experts community)
• Build strong executive-level relationships with clients and (internal) stakeholders.
• Drive his cluster and clients to increase sales and profitability in a sustainable way.

2. Organisational Capability Building & Internal Training

• Elevate GCE team’s risk management maturity through a structured Security Risk Development Plan.
• Design and deploy training programmes, certification pathways, and knowledge-sharing frameworks.
• Mentor Account Directors and programme teams in embedding a risk-based approach.
• Act as thought leader for risk excellence and promote innovation across the organization.
• Create structure, knowledge and methods to continuously work with clients, from a SRM perspective, to develop their security program during the client lifecycle.
• foster and drive use of digitalized security risk management tools and processes + actively contribute to the practice of digitizing this more

3. Sales Enablement & Growth Support

• Support sales teams by identifying clients with potential for risk-based partnerships and transformation
• Provide expertise during sales discussions, proposals, and client workshops.
• Contribute risk insights to solution design and managed services opportunities.
• Strengthen GCE’s commercial positioning by integrating risk intelligence.
• Create a structured approached to engage in consultative sales processes with clients

Qualifications

Competencies

• Strategic Leadership
• Security Risk Management (expert level)
• Decision-making & Judgement
• Cross-border Operational Management
• Influence & Executive Communication
• Relationship Building & Networking
• Multicultural Collaboration
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Person Specification

Minimum Required

• Based in Europe; willing to travel frequently.
• Fluent in English (written & spoken).
• At least 10 years of management experience with P&L responsibility.
• Minimum 5 years in security operations and security risk leadership.
• Expertise in physical security, guarding operations, security technologies, SOPs, red teaming, travel risk, event security.
• Knowledge of security intelligence and data analysis
• Knowledge of cyber-security risk is a plus.
• At least one risk certification: ASIS, ISC2, ISO 31000 or equivalent.
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong interpersonal and multicultural communication skills.
• Experience in cross-border operations and senior client engagement.

Additional Information

•  Pay: The role's salary is based on the scale, the candidate's location and their experience. The recruiter will provide information about the details during the interview.

• Reporting To: President GCE

About the Company

Our long corporate history and our commitment to the market have made us the largest security service provider in Germany. Worldwide, Securitas employs 345,000 people in 46 countries and regions. Tailor-made security solutions using modern technology and proximity to our customers are our strengths. We provide security solutions for customers in all sectors and of all sizes. Due to our diverse customer objects, our broad customer base and our strong team cohesion, we offer both stability and variety in our tasks. We are all united by a common goal: we are committed to making the world a safer place every day. Our fundamental values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness help us to achieve this.

Purpose

The Head of the Security Advisory Cluster will lead the Security Expertise and Advisory Cell within Global Clients Europe (GCE). This senior leadership position is responsible for elevating the security risk capabilities of the entire GCE organisation while managing a small portfolio of global clients requiring high-level security risk expertise. The role ensures high-quality risk advisory, training, and sales enablement across multiple countries and supports the transformation of GCE into a risk-driven, intelligence-enabled organisation.