Regional Security Manager

Purpose of the role

To develop risk management strategies that support the protection of the bank's regional sites against a range of variables. 

Accountabilities

• Management of specialist security services to support the bank’s regions through site level security oversight activities including the execution of security risk assessments and the alignment of security objectives, contractor management to review the effectiveness of existing physical controls.
• Implementation of security policies to ensure the effectiveness of existing security operations and controls such as the bank's systems, applications and networks.
• Development and implementation of risk management strategies to identify and mitigate physical security risks, including access, fire and natural disasters, and implement security controls and provide training to colleagues to mitigate those risk.
• Development of crisis management and contingency plans for the bank's facilities, evaluated through simulations, to demonstrate how colleagues should coordinate with stakeholders during a crisis.
• Management of stakeholder relationship including colleagues, vendors and regulatory agencies to algin security operations with the bank's objectives.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Step into the role of Regional Security Manager. At Barclays, we are more than a bank we are a force for progress. You will be assisting regional resilience teams in stress testing crisis management plans and provide expertise and leadership on physical security related scenarios during emergencies and ensuring the early identification, assessment, monitoring, and subsequent management of security risks in accordance with the group risk framework and physical security policies ensuring the appropriate mitigation is put in place to manage and reduce risks to colleagues’/Barclays operations across Mumbai.  You will be implementing policies and standards within the region for the personal protection of at-risk colleagues, including travel and major event security. You will be having the overall accountability, ownership, management, and direction of physical security resources to ensure the capability and capacity for delivery of effective and efficient physical security support to business partners within Mumbai and owns supplier management for all physical security contracts within Mumbai, develops, and manages the security budget of respective region. You will be acting as a point of contact for the coordination of regional operational risk and audit of physicals security control activities.

To be successful as Regional Security Manager, you should have experience with:

• Overseeing security incident management within Mumbai region, supporting the Barclays’ crisis management structure, and leading on physical security-related incidents and operational management.  ensure teams follow globally consistent standard processes in place to monitor for, respond to, and manage, all types of incidents that are managed by the joint operations Centre (JOC).
• To oversee communication to various audiences regarding threats, situations, and incidents such that stakeholders have a clear view on the impact on their operations
• Manage the life cycle and ensure quality for all incidents managed in the region.
• Ensure that all appropriate incident management controls are applied and rigorously enforced and that an auditable evidence trail is maintained to prove compliance.
• Staying close to key stakeholders within business units, CRES, and other infrastructure departments, to identify and anticipate risk management drivers, as well as keeping relevant BU leads informed of emerging security issues.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across operations & technology in Mumbai region and ensure their threat intelligence, attack monitoring and incident response requirements are understood and met.
• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, enterprise-wide risk management framework and internal Barclays policies and policy standards.
• Holds a security related degree⁄ diploma or other professional security qualifications and or senior security management experience. membership of recognized professional security bodies desirable.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

•  Excellent knowledge of leading-edge physical security technology, their application and deployment.
• Understands commercial value drivers with in-depth knowledge of Physical security peer programs and industry best practice.
• Understand the security risk landscape throughout India.
• Understanding of physical security & cyber monitoring and response technologies and capabilities.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in our Mumbai office.