GAP Regional Protective Services Manager - West

Location: US West negotiable

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Job Summary:

The GAP Regional Protective Services Manager is responsible for providing risk intelligence monitoring, physical security advice/assistance and crisis management for Accenture locations within the assigned geographic area of responsibility. Areas of physical security include life safety, crisis management, business continuity, executive protection, and behavioral threat assessment. This role is responsible for conducting physical security reviews of Accenture offices and projects sites.

Key Responsibilities:

General

• Has strong knowledge of Physical Security, Crisis Management and Executive Protection
• Show strong writing skills with the ability to quickly and clearly craft succinct executive briefings
• Comfortable with a highly visible customer facing role
• Deals with difficult and sensitive situations appropriately
• Passionate about customer service and executive presence
• Has extensive knowledge in behavioral threat assessment and response
• Has experience running crisis management exercises and events
• Prepares weekly status report including status, deliverable deadlines, actionable progress and attends team status meetings
• Identifies complex or disputed issues, which have major day-to-day impact on area of responsibility and resolves with guidance from Regional Protective Services Lead/Supervisor
• Develops and manages positive customer relationships within area of responsibility acting as a key contact for safety/security issues
• Establishes near term goals and provides input to longer term goals within area of responsibility; contributes to long-term planning
• Performs location Physical Security Reviews
• Has general understanding of life safety and business continuity practices

Monitoring Risk Intelligence and Coordinating Incident Response

• Highly responsive, flexible and adaptable
• Monitors local risk intelligence information and provide weekly local threat environment reports to Regional Protective Services Lead
• Coordinates and provides crisis response with Regional Protective Services Lead
• Activates network for disaster response
• Coordinates vendor/contractor response involvement
• Ensures safety and security protocols are adhered to within area of responsibility

Events

• Plan and provide physical security for meetings involving large partner or client attendance within geographic area of responsibility
• Coordinates on site security, medical and local law enforcement support accordingly
• Provides security and contingency planning for market level meetings and larger community meetings as requested

Investigations

• Supports the Regional Protective Services Lead and investigations team with ad hoc requests
• Treats operational confidence and security with utmost sensitivity

Relationships:

Reports to: Regional Protective Services Lead, North America

Oversees: Applicable Metro GAP Leads

External Relationships: Private and public sector security/LE officials

Work Requirements:

• Ability to travel 30% of time

• Ability to work overtime on short notice during critical events