Vice President - Physical Security and Investigations

Corporate and Workplace Solutions-Physical Security & Investigations-Vice President-Hyderabad

Office of Global Security

 

The Office of Global Security’s mission is to protect the people and assets of Goldman Sachs.

 

To ensure a safe and secure environment for our people, we assess risk to:

•           Enable the delivery of effective security, fire and life safety protocols; 

•           Lead the Firm’s crisis management preparation, implementation, and recovery processes.

 

Overview:

 

To effectively manage physical security operations for Goldman Sachs Campus in Hyderabad. This entails providing the staff a safe and secure working environment by creating and implementing security and fire & life safety policies.  

 

Role and Responsibilities

 

Physical Security:

• Provide security management for the Goldman Sachs Hyderabad Campus and BCP site.
• Deliver high quality management of security services including personnel security, crisis management, loss prevention, asset protection, fire & life safety and escort guarding operations.
• Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company assets, employees, guests, or others on company property.
• Maintain close working relationships with contracted security service providers and maintain a highly professional and effective guard force.
• Ensure training and drilling of contractual security officers and escort officers on regional & local SOPs. 
• Coordinate annual security training program for employees as per business needs (e.g. women self-defense training, fire warden and first aid training).
• Provide on-going security awareness training to administrative and front-line staff on handling suspect mail, bomb recognition, phone threats and personal safety. 
• Produce and implement company procedures relating to security, operations and emergency response and producing asset risk protection documents.
• Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations
• Arrange for or perform executive protection activities as needed. 
• Plan and coordinate security and logistic arrangements for events and senior leadership visits.
• Carry out risk assessment of office building, new sites, ODCs (offshore dedicated center), warehouses and hotels.
• Support and oversee travel security program.
• Collect and analyze security data to determine security needs, bring in operational efficiency and for pro-active risk mitigation. 
• Investigate, interview, obtain witness reports and prepare incident reports as required. 
• Develop and present annual security strategy in alignment with global security objectives. 
• Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences (such as ASIS and OSAC.) to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations.

 

Crisis Management & Business Continuity

• Gather and interpret information from various sources and advise stakeholders and assist in preparation and planning of emergency response and business continuity planning.
• Monitor geopolitical, national and local news/events to assess and mitigate any impact to people or the firm. Present threat assessments to regional director and leadership.
• Work closely with the GS global security team to advise and provide relevant security reports on domestic and regional issues.

 

Stakeholder Management 

• Collaborate and develop strong relationships with cross-functional senior management and business heads.
• Establish and maintain close liaison with local police, security and intelligence services and maintain a network of contacts with security professionals in the private and government sector.

 

Vendor Management and Budgetary Control 

• Vendor management and engagement with key responsibilities of contract management, service level agreement, audits, compliance checks & background verification.
• Control budget for security operations and review financial reports to ensure efficiency and quality of security operations.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proven experience as security manager or similar position
• Strong communication and language skills, including the ability to clearly communicate with all stakeholders, external regulatory agencies and employees at every level. 
• Good knowledge of the latest trends in the field of security with special emphasis on CCTV, access control and fire alarm systems.
• Proven leadership skills that will motivate the security team and company employees to a high level of understanding regarding various safety precautions.
• Understand mandatory local labor laws and building codes.
• Strong networking in the government security and intelligence agencies.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple, high priority projects with a keen attention to detail. 
• Understanding of risk and crisis management.

• Calm under pressure and in high-stress environments.

   

Experience, education and certifications

• 12+ years of experience in the field of Corporate security or in a related area e.g. Defense/Police officer.
• University degree required.
• Professional degree/accreditation in the field of security will be preferred.
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office suite and applications like Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Experience Level

Executive Level