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

 

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.

•  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