Security Manager

Boehringer Ingelheim • Gainesville, FL

23d

About The Position

The Manager, Security supervises physical security and protects company assets and property at the applicable company site. The role serves as the company’s primary interface with the site’s contract security guard force and coordinates with security at off-site locations in the state where the site is based. The Security Manager develops, manages, and implements security programs, procedures, and systems to continuously improve site security and safety and ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local, and Corporate requirements and expectations.

The position also handles event security, executive protection, and security coordination issues, monitoring them for corrective or protective action. It supports departments on sensitive issues, contributes to emergency response and site engineering planning, and may participate in the site’s crisis management team. The role may have 0–5 Boehringer Ingelheim direct reports and may oversee contract security managers responsible for a guard force of up to 40.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of experience in Security Management, or at least ten years of experience plus professional training in the corporate security field.
• Knowledge of security technologies, including surveillance and access control systems.
• Investigative skills to handle and address incidents.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Ability to plan events and take appropriate action as circumstances require.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements related to security, such as Department of Homeland Security requirements.
• Advanced understanding of corporate security, law enforcement, and/or intelligence techniques.
• Organizational and leadership skills, including the ability to manage by influence.
• Business and technical competence in security, including the ability to select appropriate access-control and monitoring measures for situations requiring protection.
• Ability to manage contracted staff, including scheduling and assigning staff to specialized posts.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to plan and organize, make decisions, and maintain a customer-service focus.
• Ability to forecast future projects and company needs.
• Ability to coordinate security activities during a crisis.
• Ability to collaborate regionally and network globally.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical, if required.
• Must be at least 18 years old.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in law enforcement or intelligence.
• Prior supervisory experience in the security field.
• Experience managing a third-party security vendor.

Responsibilities

• Manage programs to maintain and continuously improve physical security across applicable sites and locations, including surveillance, access control, executive security, loss prevention, event security, and investigations.
• Develop security programs and procedures that comply with applicable Federal, State, Local, and Corporate requirements and align with Regional expectations.
• Develop on-site Safety & Security awareness programs.
• Manage all aspects of the contract security guard force, including contractor management interfaces, budgeting, contract oversight, and delegation of additional duties.
• Work with contract security management to develop guard-force operating procedures and periodically review adherence.
• Provide security support and coordination to departments, including Human Resources, for sensitive issues.
• Ensure procedures are in place to provide security support to emergency response organizations.
• Review site engineering project plans, recommend appropriate security measures, and ensure their implementation.
• Provide logistics support for company-sponsored special events and manage event security.
• Implement operational policies and practices, establish operational objectives, and delegate assignments within the managed area.
• Coordinate security activities during a crisis and, if applicable, participate on the site's crisis management team.
• Plan and manage staffing schedules and assignments, including specialized security posts.
• Collaborate regionally and network globally on security matters.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefit programs.
• Support for a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

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