Director - Security Operations Planning and Integration

Role Overview

Security Strategy and Transformation

• Develop and review the long-term security strategy, target operating model, and capability roadmap.
• Define scalable, resilient, commercially sustainable workforce and sourcing models aligned with operational demand.
• Support the transition from development activity to steady-state city operations.

Command and DSOC Operations

• Define command levels, decision rights, escalation routes, roles, and interfaces with operational teams.
• Oversee DSOC staffing, procedures, shift governance, briefings, logs, incident coordination, and reporting.
• Ensure security information is collected, validated, analysed, and disseminated across relevant stakeholders.

Systems and Technology Integration

• Integrate CCTV, access control, alarms, communications, incident management, analytics, and other technologies into DSOC workflows.
• Establish readiness, maintenance, resilience, fallback, and recovery requirements for command-and-control technologies.

Incident and Event Readiness

• Maintain command structures, duty arrangements, contact protocols, incident rooms, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate command, communications, reporting, and contractor interfaces for major events, VIP/VVIP activity, and heightened security postures.
• Plan and oversee tabletop and live exercises covering escalation, continuity, communications, and cross-functional coordination.

Contracts and Commercial Governance

• Govern security contracts through performance cadence, KPI and SLA assurance, change control, risk, compliance, and executive reporting.
• Own the commercial framework for outsourced security services and ensure delivery models remain scalable and cost-effective.
• Direct supplier performance reviews, non-conformance management, recovery plans, and escalation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and a recognized qualification in security, risk, emergency management, business, operations, technology, or a related discipline are required.
• A Master’s degree and ASIS CPP, CSMP, or equivalent senior security certification are preferred.
• Extensive leadership experience in security operations, command and control, systems integration, incident management, or a related environment is required.
• Experience with a control room, command centre, SOC, GSOC, DSOC, or comparable multi-system coordination environment is required.
• Valid driving licence accepted for on-site driving in Saudi Arabia is required.