Physical Security Project Manager

Job Title: Physical Security Project Manager

Location: Gloucester MA

12+ Months Contract

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Execution

• Review and intake physical security project assessments provided by business stakeholders.
• Hiring Manager is seeking a candidate with experience in construction project management, C-CURE, and video systems.
• Manage end-to-end project workflow, including mobilization, design coordination, installation, commissioning, and security operations handover.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, and deliverables track progress and dependencies across multiple stakeholders.
• Prepare programming sheets and technical inputs for security programmers and system administrators in accordance with design standards.
• Close out projects using commissioning documentation, acceptance criteria, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to confirm business requirements are met.
• Provide periodic status reporting on all deliverables.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with stakeholders and vendors to ensure coordinated execution.
• Communicate project status, risks, timelines, and dependencies through regular written updates and stakeholder reviews.
• Escalate schedule delays, risks, and major obstacles to leadership with clear mitigation recommendations.
• Act as a trusted project interface between technical teams and business stakeholders, translating security and technology requirements into executable plans.

Vendor & Financial Management

• Track materials allocation, installation sequencing, and vendor deliverables for security design and implementation.
• Support project budget planning, tracking, forecasting, and variance reporting.

Standards, Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure all projects comply with Applied Materials Security Design standards and best practices.
• Assess project designs and implementations for scalability, sustainability, and long-term operational impact (e.g., network capacity, system expandability).
• Maintain process documentation, standards, and best practice guidance for physical security technology.

Functional Knowledge

• Physical security project management professional with strong domain expertise.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of physical security technologies and project delivery, with working awareness of security operations.
• Maintains familiarity with industry-standard access control, video management, and integrated security platforms.

Business Expertise

• Anticipates business, regulatory, and operational risks within security projects.
• Recommends process, technology, and delivery improvements to enhance efficiency, resiliency, and business alignment.

Leadership & Project Management

• Leads security projects with moderate to high complexity, risk, and cross-functional impact.
• Establishes project execution strategies, governance structures, and delivery cadence.
• Influences without authority by aligning diverse stakeholder groups around common objectives and timelines.

Problem Solving

• Resolves unique and unexpected project challenges requiring conceptual and innovative thinking.
• Applies structured problem solving to technical, scheduling, and stakeholder issues with broad business impact.

Interpersonal & Communication Skills

• Communicates complex technical and project concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Produces clear documentation, workflows, and instructions for security operations and business stakeholders.

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in physical security, security technology, or infrastructure project management.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-site or regional security technology projects.
• Working experience with enterprise security platforms (C-CURE, Avigilon, intrusion detection) and systems integration concepts are required.
• Project management experience using structured methodologies, scheduling tools, and reporting frameworks (PSP, PMM, Agile).

Skills

• Strong project and program management capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Budget tracking, schedule management, and risk mitigation.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and sustainability.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office and security project documentation tools.

Education: At least a bachelor s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software/Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related field is required for the project