Associate, Global Security

Global Security works to minimize disruption and threats that undermine our businesses’ ability to serve our customers by staying in front of external and internal risks, screening all new employees, protecting our franchises when needed with thorough investigations, ensuring the safety of business travelers and working to keep our businesses open during extraordinary situations from weather disruptions to local protests. Our purpose is to mitigate security risk and protect JPMC’s people, assets and reputation. This is achieved by evaluating threat likelihood, assessing its impact and identifying vulnerability to advise detailed application of protective measures consisting of perimeter and building protection, access control, video surveillance, alarm monitoring, personnel protection and general crime & loss prevention. Success is attained through the implementation of global standards, leading outsourced security guarding providers, providing tactical direction to site security functions, in-depth security advice to senior partners, capital project design advice and support to business travelers.

Job Summary

As an Associate Security Specialist within the Global Security team, you will work with a professional and committed team responsible for protecting the safety of our colleagues, assets, business operations and reputation at all times. You will collaborate with multiple stakeholders for business resilience, incident response, physical security of our facilities, safe travel program and management of compliance of internal and regulatory policies and standards.

Job responsibilities

• Coordinate security activities for all location based operations and ensure compliance of all staff, visitors and vendors with the firm’s security procedures in place.
• Provide effective and timely risk management to identify potential vulnerabilities or threats to the sites’ security and provision fit-for-purpose security services across JPMC Bengaluru sites.
• Implement physical, electronic and biometric access control measures and maintain strict protocols for denial.
• Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate security staff assigned to the respective sites.
• Report, investigate and action breaches with tailored process & technology based and equipment solutions.
• Institute and rehearse emergency response plans tailored to site-specific risks in collaboration with business and other functions.
• Undertake proactive security audits and surprise penetrative testing to assess the effectiveness of security architecture at all sites.
• Input and participate in the reporting of security incidents into the security database.
• Be accountable and responsible for security related issues at site and during JP Morgan transport travel.
• Conduct regular reviews of security and safety apparatus and procedures to ensure that they are relevant.
• Undertake Executive Protection tasks as required.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• University degree required
• 10 + years of hands on professional experience in a range of security environments
• 2 years of experience in a leadership/supervisory role and 3 years of experience in an operational/site-based role
• Adept at people management, employee engagement and performance management.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple, high priority, competing and conflicting requirements with a discerning eye.
• Excellent communication and modern presentation skills (written, verbal and digital).
• Capable of sound decision making and devising ingenious non-linear options.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Good knowledge of the latest trends and disruptive technologies in the field of security.
• Result oriented with strong inter-personal, conflict resolution and stakeholder management skills
• Sound understanding of risk evaluation and crisis management.