Draft_Summary-Required_Skills_and_Experience_for_Security_Systems_Project_Manager.pdf

Required Skills and Experience for Security Systems Project Manager Draft Summary

December 4, 2014

Candidates for the role should have demonstrated experience in the following areas:

Project Oversight and Management

– Financial planning for physical security system installation, repair, and construction projects; including developing budgets, processing budget requests, developing spend plans, and analyzing project financials

– Tracking and evaluating projects using project dashboards and web-based systems (i.e., Share Point), developing plans to mitigate delays and project cost/time overruns

– Management and oversight of contractors to carry out physical security projects;

including monitoring contractor work progress to ensure contract compliance and enforcement

– Planning large-scale installation and/or construction projects with multi-stakeholders; including procurement planning and solicitation, reviewing contract proposals for compliance with procurement specifications, and developing contract modifications

Stakeholder Coordination and Consultation

– Collaboration with multi-level stakeholders to define problem areas, explore possible solutions and recommend courses of action for complex projects

– Briefing, coordinating, and advising senior executives on large-scale projects

– Developing and recommending security procedures for large-scale, multi-site application

– Communicating status of technical projects for senior executive consumption, including reports, dashboards, and presentations

Physical Security Technical Skills

– Evaluation, planning, and creation of specifications and statements of work for the design, installation, repair, and maintenance of physical security systems and components

– Conducting on-site facility inspections to determine physical security system requirements and document condition of existing systems

– Coordinating, scheduling, and providing oversight for the technical activities related to the installation of the interior and exterior physical security systems

– Application of knowledge of the capabilities and proper operation of physical security systems

Candidates with Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, specific physical security system certifications, or similar certifications are preferred.