Corporate Security and Business Continuity Manager

Location Corporate Security and Business Continuity Manager

Location Corporate Security and Business Continuity Manager

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Supports the development of effective working relationships and documented Business Continuity plans in conjunction with all functional business areas to support maintenance and implementation of corporate wide Business Continuity program that addresses business recovery and emergency response management
• Deploys Global Business Continuity Strategies across at their assigned loction.
• Provides guidance and direction on physical security compliance requirements and risk mitigation strategies
• Implements safety and security plans to close any potential gaps in the continuity and security controls
• Implements and oversees of processes/procedures relating to the physical security program at their assigned location.
• Implements and oversees of process/procedures regarding the safety and security of employees regardless of their work location
• Supports the implementation of Corporate Security polices, programs and procedures at their assigned location and across their region.
• Partners with local vendors and manages their activities including but not limited to physical security vendors and guard service providers

Operations & Incident Management

• Monitors risks and coordinates activation of Business Continuity and Crisis Response Frameworks
• Supports execution of Business Continuity in their assigned region and supports plan navigation for the business at the time of an event
• Utilizes an appropriate suite of tools to support the execution of the Corporate Security and Business Continuity program.
• Stays abreast of industry changes and monitor best practices to ensure continuous improvement of the program
• Provides support to management and business functional areas, as requested, when a business disruption occurs
• Supports status reporting on global disaster
• Reports the business continuity status of business units to Business Continuity and Corporate Security management
• Conducts analysis to identify opportunities for process improvements and mitigation strategies to issues and develops formal recommendations to the current physical security environment
• Establishes and conducts regular physical security surveys of the organization’s key properties in
conjunction with business function leaders and security consultants
• Identifies opportunities and delivers solutions to continuously improve the program and ensure operational readiness through regular crisis exercises

Testing & Training

• Routinely tests and trains onsite security personnel at their assigned location
• Test security equipment for expected operation at their assigned location.
• Conducts security trainings and site reviews

Qualifications

•Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Political Science, Security
Studies, or a related field and/or equivalent job-related experience in a multinational corporate, military, or Law Enforcement.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Understanding of Business Continuity Management processes and best practices
• Requires robust knowledge of leading practices in Corporate Security management combined with experience in crisis management.
• Requires strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and requires robust knowledge of leading practices in Corporate Security management combined with experience in crisis management and physical security.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and a track record of leading a range of tasks and issues simultaneously to a positive outcome and on time
• Strong ability to ascertain and understand all relevant facts and business processes to support analysis of issues
• Excellent proficiency with MS Office Suite, including PowerPoint
• Understanding any of the following is a plus: Business Continuity Software Systems, Mass Communication Software, Physical Access Control Systems, and Video Surveillance Systems
• Self-starter with the ability to work with a great degree of autonomy
• Ability to remain calm during a crisis event
• Special Requirements:
• Certification(s)/designation(s) in related area (Certified Business Continuity Professional, Certified Disaster Recovery Professional, Certified Protection Professional)
• Ability to work nights and weekends during a crisis event
• Ability to travel – 10%

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Experience Level

Mid Level