Emergency Services Manager III, Protective Services Operations

Amazon

1d • Remote

About The Position

At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Amazon is continuously evolving and is a place where motivated employees thrive and where employee ownership and accountability lead to meaningful results.

We are looking for an Emergency Services Manager to join a team of professionals responsible for providing the best in emergency response, risk reduction, and security services at Amazon. This security professional will have overall responsibility for the management and leadership of day-to-day Emergency Services Unit (ESU) operations, key customer engagements, budget management, strategic planning, and performance measurement. This person will have a strong bias for data/metrics and possess a strong background in protecting people, places, and assets through the application of industry-related best practices. We value broad and deep risk management, specifically in the fields of security operations, incident response, an intelligence and information sharing.

Our ideal candidate understands that supporting their people and our customers are among the most critical roles they perform. They must be open and approachable while focused on how to grow, scale, and optimize efforts in a high-tech, fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have a keen sense of ownership and entrepreneurship knowing how to earn trust while working cross-organizationally to deliver results. The successful candidate will also have a passion for delighting customers, working in a team environment, and continuously improving performance.

Although this is a virtual position, the candidate will need to be in commuting distance of our Boston, MA offices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Security, Law Enforcement, Business Management, Accounting or related fields
• Experience managing budgets
• Experience using data analysis, reporting, and forecasting to guide business decisions and solve problems
• 10+ years’ experience with a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency with progressive management roles and command level experience
• Experience working knowledge of legal contracts and terminology

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Business Management or equivalent education or experience.
• Experience in implementation of National Incident Management System standards.
• Training and understanding of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI).
• Experience with implementation of Lean management principles.
• Experience in planning and executing security operations for special events.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting fact finding, administrative, and criminal investigations.
• Experience with security-related technology solutions and applications.
• Skilled in developing metrics and in conducting performance audits.
• Experience with the collection and analysis of threat intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop Emergency Services Unit teams across multiple sites in a 24/7 environment. Work with diverse teams and cultures.
• Facilitate development of short- and long-term strategy for ESU initiatives, developing roadmaps with actionable and auditable plans, driving requirements for each initiative, leading cross-functional internal and external teams. Execute initiatives with a focus on enhancing the protection of life, property, operations, and company reputation.
• Set and articulate expectations for leadership behavior within the team; model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles.
• Balance team goals that optimize performance, enhance employee development, and align department goals.
• Manage staff to ensure work is complete, resolve employee issues, evaluate employee performance, approve time off, etc.
• Manage and maintain high performance standards through inspection, audit, and coaching.
• Assist in the evaluation of candidates, participate in interviews, hiring, and training of employees and contractors, as needed.
• Design and coordinate cohesive responses to security events that involve multiple teams across the organization.
• Make data-driven decisions, implement best practices, and deliver results.
• Establish credibility and maintain strong working relationships with law enforcement, private security teams, and internal security partners to identify, evaluate, and mitigate risk.
• Develop a crisis and incident management standard ensuring a consistent process for crisis / incident management efforts ensuring response readiness and system effectiveness, driving continuous improvement of policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Develop comprehensive security, incident management, and crisis management plans that align with our customers’ existing security plans, procedures, and protocols.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager