170+ Years Strong. Industry Leader. Global Impact.
At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.

Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our family of industry subject matter experts.

The Security Program Manager, assigned to one of Pinkerton’s largest global clients, will lead the coordination and strategic alignment of activities that support diverse business functions. The Manager drives the successful delivery of complex projects and oversees the recurring operational initiatives that align with larger organizational goals and are centered around physical security support of the business. This role will streamline and deliver team initiatives, identify and resolve operational bottlenecks, while also working cross-functionally with partner security and business teams. This opening may be located in either Redmond, WA or Arlington, VA.

• Represent Pinkerton’s core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• Support day-to-day and programmatic administrative operations.
• Drive the administrative execution of action items and top priorities.
• Create structure and focus for broad, ambiguous initiatives.
• Oversee projects that span across multiple teams and leadership areas.
• Operate at a tactical and operational level while handling the oversight of projects that fall between teams or leadership areas of responsibility when appropriate.
• Create and lead presentations, proposals, and business documents.
• Partner with cross functional security peers to develop and implement appropriate policies to meet the needs of the business.
• Assist and support any contract security management activity as assigned.
• Maintain close coordination, planning, and communication with internal and external stakeholders around all aspects of the business to support physical security initiatives required to identify and reduce risks.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Bachelor's degree while serving at least three years within progressive management roles or equivalent plus 

• CPP, PSP, CISM, PMP, lean six sigma or similar certification, preferred.
• Understanding of operational policies and best practices for intellectual prototype security, and security controls or risk management frameworks, preferred.
• Knowledge of physical security strategies, principles, standards, policies and procedures.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Attentive to details and accuracy.
• Able to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Accepts ownership and willing to do what it takes to achieve the team’s end goals.
• Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business.
• Able to operate at a tactical level.
• Sound judgement, problem solving, and root cause analysis skills.
• Able to influence and negotiate across all levels of the organization.
• Serve as an effective leader.
• Computer skills; Microsoft Office, security systems, and access control systems.
  

Working Conditions:

With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions;

• Regular computer usage.
• Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment.
• Frequent sitting.
• Domestic and international travel may be required (5-10% of time).

Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.

Benefit options include employer-paid life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D, medical, (HSA) Health Savings Account, (FSA) Flexible Savings Account, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(K), paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, and holidays) and several employee assistance-related programs. This information provides a brief benefit overview. Upon the acceptance of an employment offer, the new employee will receive comprehensive plan details based on specific eligibility rules.