International SOS is in the business of protecting and saving lives, when involved in medical or security situations. Founded in 1985, the International SOS Group of Companies is trusted by over 11,000 global clients, including governments, multi-national corporate clients, such as two-thirds of the Fortune Global 500, mid-size enterprises, educational institutions and NGOs. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Regional Security Manager based in Dubai, UAE.

The successful candidate will drive security service business development and delivery of all security service solutions in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) with a particular focus on driving forward the revenue growth of our Chinese clients. The role will have a strong focus on the coordination of business development support to the International SOS distribution channels in EMEA in close coordination with the China security and sales teams. A significant element of the role’s commercial responsibilities will be given to coordination/ delivery of consulting and training, and other expanded security services in EMEA.

Given the high tempo of security operations in EMEA some effort will be given to supporting the Regional Security Centre’s (RSC) operational activity, specifically supporting the Security Directors Operations and Regional Security Managers Operations (in both Dubai & London RSCs), including the potential to deploy as part of an operational Incident Management Team across the wider EMEA region.

This role will also support inter-regional & intra-regional change management and innovation projects particularly in the product development space for Chinese clients.

Required Work Experience:

• Experience in working for China market
• International (security) work experience, experience working in EMEA region is strongly preferred
• Commercial consulting experience ideally in training, security consulting or related disciplines

Skills and Knowledge:

• Good understanding of security and risk mitigation concepts
• Experience of security consulting and training delivery
• Business development, consultancy and sales aptitude
• Effective communication skills
• Effective report writing skills
• Strong influencing skills/Consulting skills
• Excellent cross-cultural written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills

Required Languages:

• Excellent spoken and written Mandarin and English

Travel Requirements:

• Frequent business travel to meet customers, regional security teams and collection network contacts