Global Security and Business Continuity Manager

Location: UK remote

Reporting to: Head of QHSE

Please note for this role you must have experience in the aviation industry

About Swissport

We are a global leader in sustainable and responsible airport services provision, renowned for our unwavering commitment to safety, operational excellence, and exceptional service. You, as our Manager, Global Security and Business Continuity, will develop and drive Swissport’s global aviation security and asset protection strategy, ensuring the implementation of Corporate Crisis Management, Emergency Response, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP). This role involves identification and mitigation of operational risks, oversight of crisis response exercises, management of security investigations, and assurance of Swissport’s global alignment with security regulations.

Main Responsibilities

• Establish and drive global security strategy.
• Develop and implement corporate policies, manuals, procedures, and trainings related to Crisis Management, Emergency Response and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
• Develop, maintain and update Security Management System (SeMS) on Swissport’s global level and support clusters, countries and entities in development and synchronization of local SeMS to correspond to global standards.
• Horizon scan and identify security threats and risks.
• Development and follow up of mitigation actions.
• Support regional teams in identifying potential security risks.
• Develop, review, maintain and oversee global security regulations, manuals, policies and processes.
• Support and conduct global (corporate) and regional crisis response exercises, oversee follow-up and learning capture.
• Oversee and ensure global alignment and local implementation of corporate security manual.
• Develop and oversee corporate crisis response and security related trainings.
• Set up, oversee and report Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Oversee and manage reporting on security issues (to senior management).
• Manage security related internal communications.
• Manage security related (internal or external) audits.
• Lead global security investigations as required and provide support to regions in security-related events / investigations.
• Collaborate with external security stakeholders.
• Liaise with appropriate regulators, industry bodies, and law enforcement authorities on security and emergency response matters.

Your qualifications and Competencies

• Minimum bachelor, preferably master’s degree.
• Extensive proven experience in managing security operations in aviation.
• Extensive experience in physical security, project security, travel & event security, critical infrastructure security and/or security analytics.
• Strategic and leadership skills.
• Exceptional managerial skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience in leading security projects.

Your next step

If you are looking for this key position in a growing and changing international group that is headquartered in Zurich, we invite you to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Swissport as an equal opportunity employer bases its hiring decisions on the business need and the best qualified candidates available and does not discriminate in its employment decisions based on any protected category. Candidates who are offered employment may be subject to a criminal record and other background checks as permitted or required by company policy or applicable law.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Human Resources

Industries: Airlines and Aviation