Regional Security Advisor

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.

The Regional Security Advisor, assigned to a specific client, will

Responsibilities

• Represent Pinkerton’s core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• 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.
• Liaise between the Berlin site, client's headquarters and external stakeholders on security matters.
• Takes ownerhip for all documentation; global and local.
• 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.
• Crisis management: 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.

• Reporting: provide regular advisory reporting to client on the Berlin security posture, alignment status, open gapsand recommendations.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

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.

Competences

• 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.