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Head of EMEA Ops

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Barclays

6d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Expert Level
  • Paris

AI generated summary

  • You must have experience in corporate physical security operations, risk assessments, vendor management, project leadership, budget handling, and crisis response planning.
  • You will oversee security services, implement policies, manage risks, develop crisis plans, maintain stakeholder relationships, and create innovative solutions for effective operations.

Requirements

  • Proven experience managing physical security operations within a corporate environment. This includes overseeing security policies, procedures, and ensuring their effective implementation.
  • Strong understanding of physical security systems (e.g., access control, CCTV), including their implementation and deployment on a global scale.
  • Proven experience in Security Risk Assessments, business stakeholder engagement, controls, and risk background. with the ability to identify, evaluate, and manage potential threats.
  • Proven experience managing third-party vendors, ensuring effective service delivery and compliance with company standards.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organisational goals.
  • Experience managing budgets, including cost allocation, budget control, and financial planning.
  • Proficiency in handling security incidents and crisis situations, including developing response plans and leading teams during emergencies.

Responsibilities

  • Management of specialist security services to support the bank’s regions through site level security oversight activities including the execution of security risk assessments and the alignment of security objectives, contractor management to review the effectiveness of existing physical controls.
  • Implementation of security policies to ensure the effectiveness of existing security operations and controls such as the bank's systems, applications and networks.
  • Development and implementation of risk management strategies to identify and mitigate physical security risks, including access, fire and natural disasters, and implement security controls and provide training to colleagues to mitigate those risk.
  • Development of crisis management and contingency plans for the bank's facilities, evaluated through simulations, to demonstrate how colleagues should coordinate with stakeholders during a crisis.
  • Management of stakeholder relationship including colleagues, vendors and regulatory agencies to align security operations with the bank's objectives.
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

FAQs

What is the primary purpose of the Head of EMEA Ops role?

The primary purpose of the role is to develop risk management strategies that support the protection of the bank's regional sites against a range of variables.

Where is the successful candidate based?

The successful candidate will be based in Paris.

What type of experience is required for this position?

Proven experience managing physical security operations within a corporate environment, including overseeing security policies, procedures, and their effective implementation is required.

What skills are important for success in this role?

Important skills include risk and controls management, change and transformation ability, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology proficiency, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Are leadership and team management skills required?

Yes, experience leading and managing diverse teams with varying levels of experience is important, fostering collaboration and growth.

Will the Head of EMEA Ops be involved in crisis management?

Yes, the role involves developing crisis management and contingency plans, evaluated through simulations to coordinate with stakeholders during a crisis.

How does this role interact with stakeholders?

The Head of EMEA Ops will manage stakeholder relationships including colleagues, vendors, and regulatory agencies to align security operations with the bank's objectives.

What will be expected in terms of project management?

The successful candidate should demonstrate the ability to lead and manage multiple projects, ensuring their timely delivery and alignment with organisational goals.

Is experience in managing budgets a requirement?

Yes, experience managing budgets, including cost allocation, budget control, and financial planning is required for this role.

What are the core values that all colleagues are expected to demonstrate?

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Finance
Industry
10,001+
Employees
1690
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 83,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. Barclays is a trading name of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. Barclays Bank PLC is registered in England and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Registered in England. Registered No. 1026167. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.