Senior Consultant, Corporate Security and Risk Management

Control Risks•Washington, DC

4d•$115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

This role may be based in Houston, Chicago, NYC, or Washington DC. We seek a highly motivated, detail-oriented and business-minded professional with creativity, initiative, teamwork and project management skills to help drive our Crisis and Security Consulting practice focused on helping organizations understand, mitigate, respond to and recover from materializing security threats and risks. Example areas of focus include: corporate security, crisis management, business continuity, workplace violence prevention, enterprise risk management, supply chain risk management, emergency response, and insider risk. The role of Senior Consultant, Crisis and Security Consulting is that of a fee-earning consultant who will be expected to market, sell and deliver end-to-end engagements. Tasks and responsibilities Deliver, either independently or as a member of a team, Control Risks’ consultancy services to clients by developing innovative solutions to complex security and resilience-related risks. You will be responsible for scoping, managing, delivering and/or supporting projects across a broad range of security and resilience domains including activities such as risk workshops, maturity assessments, gap analyses, program and organizational design, program/policy/plan development and implementation, training and exercises, and physical security design and reviews, among other areas. In addition, the candidate will: Independently identify prospects and lead business development activities, including but not limited to conducting client meetings and scoping and writing proposals. Proactively seek opportunities to develop projects and business, including by cultivating long-term relationships with clients. Contribute to marketing through public speaking engagements, the authoring of thought leadership pieces and development of marketing materials. Collaborate across Control Risks to help better solve complicated client problems.

Requirements

5-8 years of relevant work experience in the security and/or resilience space in a corporate “in-house” setting or a risk management consulting role.
Familiarity across multiple areas from the following list: corporate security, risk management, enterprise risk management, workplace violence prevention, emergency response, crisis management, business continuity and insider risk.
Experience managing projects and project teams.
Exceptional written and interpersonal communications skills.
Ownership and accountability to drive success both within the team and across Control Risks.
The ability to multitask and balance competing requirements, including client-facing, business development-related and internal matters.
Creative and analytical problem-solving skills.
Confident and solution oriented with a positive attitude.
Willingness to learn and develop new skills.
Ability to travel up to 50% of the time and on short notice with a large degree of flexibility regarding work schedule and peaks in work intensity

Nice To Haves

Security and/or resilience certifications from recognized organizations preferred.
Experience working for a consulting firm in the areas of specialization noted above preferred.
Experience utilizing commonly used corporate security, crisis management and business continuity tools and systems preferred.
Experience in multiple client industries preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver Control Risks’ consultancy services to clients by developing innovative solutions to complex security and resilience-related risks.
Responsible for scoping, managing, delivering and/or supporting projects across a broad range of security and resilience domains including activities such as risk workshops, maturity assessments, gap analyses, program and organizational design, program/policy/plan development and implementation, training and exercises, and physical security design and reviews, among other areas.
Independently identify prospects and lead business development activities, including but not limited to conducting client meetings and scoping and writing proposals.
Proactively seek opportunities to develop projects and business, including by cultivating long-term relationships with clients.
Contribute to marketing through public speaking engagements, the authoring of thought leadership pieces and development of marketing materials.
Collaborate across Control Risks to help better solve complicated client problems.