Entity:
Technology
Job Family Group:
HSSE Groupbp is an integrated energy company whose purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. But we can’t do it alone. We’re a diverse team of engineers, scientists, traders, and business professionals determined to find answers to problems that must be solved. We believe that our teams are strengthened by diversity. We invite applications from all suitable candidates regardless of your gender, race, sexual orientation, or neurodiversity.
Purpose of the role
Intelligence, Security and Crisis Management (ISC) is the overarching function which delivers geo-political insight, security risk management and crisis management to all bp businesses. Within ISC, the Regional Security Manager’s (RSM) role exists to lead a team delivering risk management expertise and specialist security advice to all relevant businesses within the Asia Pacific region to ensure security is properly implemented in accordance with bp’s requirements. Within bp, this role is viewed as the senior level of leadership and as such the RSM, reporting to and guided by the VP Security, is accountable for the delivery of Security Risk Management services of the highest quality, ensuring that risks to company personnel, assets and operations/activities within the region are properly identified, evaluated and managed in a timely manner.
Key Accountabilities
- Be accountable for the delivery of security risk management across the relevant businesses in the region in coordination with other elements of ISC, risk owners and budget holders.
- Manage the full range of security risk including those at group level.
- Assume responsibility for ensuring that the Unified Risk Picture (ISC’s bespoke software for managing country and asset level risk) is maintained.
- Manage a large, geographically dispersed team of security professionals including Country Security Managers (CSMs) and Business Security Manager (BSMs) covering all businesses in the region, including some with global roles.
- Provide management oversight and reporting of security issues which occur across the region which may be of importance or relevance to bp operations. Provide detailed technical security advice to ensure the required barrier strength is maintained and risk is mitigated in accordance with risk appetite.
- Work with teams delivering projects in the relevant businesses and ensure the appropriate bp security input and oversight.
- Consolidate, prepare and submit risk registers and risk management plans ensuring that Risk Notification and Plan Endorsement (RNPE) forms for emerging security risks are properly dealt with covering narratives, trends, major incidents.
- Conduct security reviews across the region to ensure the delivery of security measures in accordance with approved security risk management plans.
- Provide regular assessment/update to key stakeholders including senior business leaders and their leadership teams where appropriate to update on political events and security risk and their impact on the security environment.
- Provide leadership and management of the Business Security Representatives (BSR) across the region.
- Facilitate information exchange with all stakeholders within ISC and the business in relation to security threats across the region. In particular, facilitate interaction with threat intelligence analysts and advisors and other sources of information in order to develop a detailed understanding of the threat landscape.
- Act as the security representative on emergency or crisis response teams in the event of activation.
- Ensure compliance with the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR).
- Oversee and ensure compliance with procurement and supply chain management (PSCM) standards on security services contracts.
- Act as point of contact for Project Contractors’ organizations in addressing various security issues, ensuring compliance with bp Security guides, procedures and contractual requirements and with high level performance and delivery of services.
- Ensure that appropriate security awareness training needs are identified and the relevant training delivered across multiple business streams.
- Network with those responsible for security across bp on key issues and share best practices. Liaise with Digital Security (DS), Group Audit, HSE&C, Legal, People, Culture and Communications (PC&C), External Affairs, PSCM and other functions on areas of shared risk.
- Provide advice and support to management in the event of a security emergency and volatile periods such as civil unrest, terrorist attacks and kidnap. Provide pre-emptive advice on risk reduction strategies for predicted periods of concern or during major events that could disrupt business.
- Work collaboratively and inclusively with other internal stakeholders, in particular, communications, external affairs, community relations and HSE&C.
- Act as a point of contact for countries where there is no security team presence.
- Travel security risk management across the region.
- Establish and maintain and manage close relationships with Public security forces. Establish proactive communications and information exchange.
Essential Skills And Experience
- University degree, preferably in an analytical subject, or comparable, relevant professional experience.
- Have a minimum of ten years’ experience in a security role with responsibility for security for multiple businesses across a region, including in higher risk areas and in the Asia Pacific region.
- Extensive experience managing large and diverse teams, dispersed across a wide region.
- Expertise in security risk management and conducting security risk assessments.
- Experienced and comfortable participating in site and national level leadership team meetings.
- Ability to discuss in detail security risk assessment and the use of risk management software.
- Proven knowledge of security strategy and implementing physical security practices and technical security measures to include CCTV, access control and management/monitoring systems.
- Experience in developing policies, protocols, and exercising training to ensure compliance and preparedness.
- Working experience with local and national enforcement agencies; experience with international agencies preferred.
- Experience with the creation of budgets, business cases to support expenditure, & capital project management.
Please be aware that you should have Citizenship or PR for the country you are applying
Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
Relocation may be negotiable for this role
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Crisis and emergency response management, Information Security, Leadership, Physical security systems and surveillance, Security policies and practices, Security Risk, Security Risk Management, Workplace violence awareness and response
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
