Executive Security Services Specialist

As a member of the Global Safety and Security team, reporting to Capital’s Security Sr Manager of Executive Security Services, you will be responsible for delivering and supporting the global safety and security strategy and modifying as needed to enhance the safety and security of Capital's senior leaders and business operations. You will work proactively with key stakeholders, leaders, and partners to identify and mitigate safety and security risks that have the potential to impact Capitals’ leaders and business operations, and you will be a key member of the Global Safety and Security team. 

Preferred Location: Candidates currently living in Southern California, particularly within reasonable commuting distance of Downtown Los Angeles.

You will deliver on and support Capital’s executive security services programs, including: 

• Delivering safety and security services to Capital’s global leaders 

• Overseeing and managing security contractors, external relationship management, office safety and security operations, and security incident response 

• Internal case management, security investigations related to workplace violence or threats, theft and or fraud cases 

• Support associate travel security program and partner with vendors that provide global visibility and intelligence for Capital’s travel program 

• Provide travel safety briefings, risk assessments, and responding to travel concerns that affect senior leaders globally 

• Event security risk assessment and on-site event support to ensure the safety and security of Capital associates, meeting attendees, and reputation 

You will work closely with Regional Security Teams and Capital’s Global Security Operations Center, working on-site in Downtown Los Angeles five days per week, to enable Capital's enterprise physical security program and support the maturity of Capital Group’s Global Security Operations. 

You will coordinate with internal colleagues and stakeholders across Office Services, Information Technology Group, Engineering, Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Event Planners, and various business groups to identify problems and recommends/implements solutions in a proactive and timely manner to mitigate physical security risks. 

You will help coordinate with security vendors, engineers, consultants, and contractors across the globe to ensure adherence to contractual agreements and, if necessary, modify existing agreements. 

You will assist to provide guidance for new technologies and methodologies as business needs evolve; evaluate new or modified end-to-end systems, processes and/or products versus internal security standards to identify potential solutions to further secure Capital Group operations. 

Required Skills/Abilities:  

• You have a minimum of 7+ years in a corporate security or a government role with a focus on executive protection, program management, security operations, travel safety and security, and event/incident monitoring and reporting 

• You have the ability to work/cover on-call responsibilities as well as willingness to react to emergencies as they occur on a 24/7 basis 

• You are experienced with incident response, crisis management, training, workplace violence and internal investigations, and have the ability to maintain control under stressful situations 

• You have professional domestic and international travel experience and can travel on short notice 

• You have the ability to coordinate with internal colleagues and stakeholders across various departments to identify and implement solutions to mitigate safety and security risks 

• You maintain knowledge in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology and information affecting the department/business area 

• You have willingness to take the initiative, prioritize projects and problem solve with little supervision, and the ability to maintain control under stressful situations 

• You are experienced with open source and subscription-based monitoring tools 

• You are an excellent written and oral communicator, and an effective presenter conducting both group and individual presentations 

• You demonstrate sound judgment to independently handle/advise on a wide range of issues and strong relationship management 

• You can manage deliverables independently and with a high degree of efficiency 

• You have strong organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to handle simultaneous priorities 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• You have a college degree, advanced degree a plus 

• Law enforcement experience, especially within Southern California 

• Reasonable proximity to Downtown Los Angeles 

• EP Training Certification 

• First Aid / Medical Certification 

• Evasive / Defensive Driving Certification 

• Demonstrated history of safe driving with a clean DMV record