Physical Security Program Manager, Physical Security

The Program Manager is to support the Security Program Management Launch team for all Amazon Fulfilment Locations in the UK & IRE working on development of security frameworks information security security operations security systems policy and response.

Technical Crossdomain expertise is necessary to be successful in the security field. You are expected to be industry leading domain experts relative to your level in at least one of the core subareas of security as defined by the industrystandard Common Body of Knowledge (CBK):

Physical Access Control Systems Methodology and applications
Intruder detection systems methodology and applications
Physical Security hardware methodology and applications
Security Management Practices
Security tendering process
Information Security principals and alignment to Physical Security
Operational Security
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
Law Investigations and Ethics
Physical Security
Holistic ergonomic Health & Safety and end to end project considerations

A Physical Security Program Manager has a role that is driven by interruptions and the Physical Security Program Manager must respond quickly and exhibit judgment under pressure. The most valuable members of the discipline are those who not only excel in that environment but who thrive on it.

Expectations of Physical Security Program Manager typically include:

You recognize adopt utilize and teach best practices in the Physical Security Program Management: development of security frameworks information security security operations security systems policy and response.

You have industry leading skills required by your role and area of specialty.

You have a high capacity and tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and able to provide effective safe and secure guidance.

You participate in efforts to promote security throughout the Company.

You demonstrate a strong preference for assisting the business with achieving its goals as opposed to saying no.

You relentlessly search for the root cause of problems to understand the broader context.

You maintain an understanding of the security threat environment and how it affects the company.

You find flaws in existing company processes and procedures and work with the appropriate stakeholders to get them remediated.

You understand the current state of the art of security and how they can benefit the company.

You keep your knowledge and skills current to keep up with the rapidly changing threat landscape.

You have a basic familiarity with the regulatory landscape in which Amazon operates.

You participate in efforts that create and improve the companys security policies.



Key job responsibilities
Drive tactical physical security systems means and equipment implementation projects and programs across EMEA
Manage external vendors by providing guidance during the project execution
Collaborate with multiple internal stakeholders (e.g. design and construction IT start up launch and expansion) and external vendors (e.g. general contractors low voltage contractors and consultants) to achieve your project/program goals
Ensure physical security and regulatory compliance of all programs being built
Ensure all programs are consistently improving on cost effectiveness

A day in the life
As a Program Manager on the Physical Security Implementation team you will join a team of professionals supporting the Security and Loss Prevention team with the implementation of physical security systems means and equipment on new site launches retrofits and expansions. This includes video surveillance systems access control and intrusion detection across all business units except for corporate offices and thirdparty sites. To achieve this goal you will drive tactical riskbased cost effective and operationally acceptable projects and programs that enable the prevention intervention and investigation of security incidents minimize losses and mitigate risks within operational sites across EMEA. You will ensure that all of your projects and programs comply with physical security and regulatory standards. You will also be responsible for onboarding as well as managing external project managers and commissioning engineers to drive project deliverables. Upon completion and commissioning of new physical security systems you will hand those systems over to Field Security and Loss Prevention to operate but where needed you will support their investigations of security and safety incidents. Finally you will also identify and drive change within the business pushing initiatives such as value engineering updating of standards automation of tasks and Physical Security crossteam support.

About the team
Working in partnership with our stakeholders Security and Loss Prevention secures the Amazon supply chain endtoend and promotes security during business conversations. Sitting within Security and Loss Prevention the Physical Security team does this by managing physical security maintenance activities and installing compliant security systems in most business units across EMEA. This is achieved by providing equipment and installation costs sourcing external business partners to install security systems ensuring installers follow agreed methodology and guidelines for system installation and commissioning and reviewing adhoc installation requests across the network to ensure business agreed purpose is met. We deliver projects and initiatives to improve standardize and create enduser and sustainable security designs that comply with local legislation and Amazon standards. We also improve the current EMEA security infrastructure to optimize Security and Loss Prevention performance and support business initiatives. Finally we strive for a consistent and scalable approach to continuously support the fastchanging business environment and mitigate risks to Amazon.

Experience working cross functionally with tech and nontech teams
Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Experience in program or project management
Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
Experience defining and executing program requirements

Experience in driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
Experience leading process improvements
Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
Experience building processes project management and schedules

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