Job Description

Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on , , , , and .

Purpose
The Regional Security Manager EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) is a vital leadership position responsible for overseeing and executing security programs, and operations across the MEAR (Middle East, Africa, and Russia) region and assisting Regional Security Director for EMEA security activities. Reporting to the Regional Security Director for EMEA, the role requires expert knowledge in security risk management, security system projects, crisis management, business continuity planning, employee security awareness training, security investigation and security compliance.
Key Responsibilities Include:

• Develop, implement, and manage security plans and functions for the region aligned with organizational objectives
• Provide security leadership and establish regional security business plans for assigned sites
• Ensure the protection of people, assets, and information within the region
• Coordinate executive protection support for regional visits and events
• Act as the point of contact and maintain relationships with law enforcement agencies
• Support development of on-site security and business continuity management (BCM) coordinators
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory security requirements
• Implement security guidelines, procedures, standards, and training
• Conduct crisis management exercises and ensure BCM plans are updated
• Conduct security investigations, assessments, and audits
• Manage security incident reporting and investigations at sites
• Main point of contact for BTS security architecture assistance
• Manage alert notifications and crisis activations across the region
• Manage enterprise security platforms integration between US HQ and regional assets
• Leverage knowledge of physical and technical security systems
• Manage site security system projects
• Principal regional security point of contact for crisis communications
• Maintain statistical databases for operations/incidents and training
• Conduct employee security awareness training

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, military or security
• Minimum 12 years of management experience in law enforcement, intelligence, public or private security, including 5 years of corporate security regional manager experience
• Experience in International security is preferred
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel 30% within assigned region
• Strong understanding of security systems and tools
• Proven success in impactful security roles
• Strong interpersonal and executive presence with business leaders
• Enterprise-level strategic mindset aligned with business strategy
• Ability to influence stakeholders and leadership teams
• Excellent communicator with strong presentation skills

Key AbbVie Competencies:

• Builds strong cross-functional relationships to enable performance
• Learns quickly and can adapt to changing circumstances
• Drives continuous improvement beyond the status quo
• Creates a learning environment open to suggestions

Additional Information
Stakeholders:
Internal: Regional Security Director, Affiliate and Regional leaders, General Managers, Regional VP, Security Coordinators, EHS, Human Resources, Business Technology Support, Information Security, GSOC, Global Security functional leaders...
External: Law enforcement agencies, industry security networks, security vendors, government and non-government emergency support service providers...
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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