Regional Security Advisor

The Regional Security Advisor, assigned to a specific client, will: Responsibilities Represent Pinkerton’s core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.

About Pinkerton

• Overview 170+ Years Strong.
• Industry Leader.
• Global Impact.
• At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients.
• To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client.
• Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions.
• Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our network of industry subject matter experts.
• Liaise between the Berlin site, client's headquarters and external stakeholders on security matters.
• Takes ownerhip for all documentation; global and local.

Responsibilities

• Act as the single advisory point of reference at the Berlin site for client's's global Corporate Security function.
• Interpret global security strategies, policies, processes and standards and explain their intent, implications and practical meaning to Berlin stakeholders.
• Represent the Berlin site's specific conditions, constraints and requirements back into the global function, so that global standards remain realistic and implementable at site level.
• Provide guidance to Berlin site leadership on how security requirements support their business objectives.
• Assess each applicable global standard against the Berlin site's actual conditions — building fabric, leased-space arrangements, tenant and landlord interfaces, technology estate, local supplier landscape and workforce profile.
• Produce Berlin-specific implementation guidance, local annexes and site instructions that satisfy the intent of the global standard within local reality.
• Ensure adaptations remain compliant with German and EU requirements, including German labour law, works council consultation, GDPR/BDSG obligations for surveillance and access- control data, and interfaces with fire safety and workplace safety regulations.
• Advise on the sequencing and feasibility of implementation where a global standard cannot be met immediately,including compensating measures and documented deviations.
• Conduct gap analyses comparing Berlin's actual state against the applicable global standards.
• Carry out site walk-throughs, documentation reviews and advisory audits, and record findings with prioritised,costed recommendations.
• Verify that agreed remediation actions have been implemented and are effective, and report status to client.
• Provide compliance assurance reporting to global Corporate Security and to Berlin site leadership.
• Advise on risk assessments for the site, including changes arising from projects, refurbishments or new activities.
• Advise on design, specification, configuration and lifecycle of access control, surveillance andintrusion detection, to global standard.
• Procurement, installation and maintenance execution remain with client. advise on scope definition, SLA and KPI design, service reviews and qualityassurance.
• Contracting and day-to-day direction of providers remain with client. provide security advice, concepts and risk input for events, visits and construction or fit-outprojects.
• Delivery remains with the operational owners.
• act as advisory security point of contact to the Berlin crisis management team, supporting decision-making with expertise, global context and post-event analysis.
• The Advisor supports; the Advisor does not lead the operational response.
• provide regular advisory reporting to ASML on the Berlin security posture, alignment status, open gapsand recommendations.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Security Management, Criminal Justice or a related field, with 6+ years' relevant experience; or an advanced degree with 4+ years' relevant experience.Professional certification (CPP, PSP or equivalent) preferred, not essential.Membership of a recognised professional security body preferred.
• Strong knowledge of layered security concepts, security systems, access control, surveillance technology and incident escalation protocols.
• Proven experience translating corporate or group-level security standards into site-level implementation.
• Demonstrated experience in risk assessment, security audits and advisory support to crisis management.
• Experience advising on multi-disciplinary sites and leased corporate spaces.
• Experience advising on the performance of third-party security providers.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills; able to influence without line authority.
• Working knowledge of German security, labour and data protection requirements.
• Fluent German and English, written and spoken.
• Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities; willing to travel occasionally.

Working Conditions

With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions; Regular computer usage. Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment. Frequent sitting, standing, and/or walking. Travel, as required. Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.