Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager – Security Design & Integration (SDI) – Data Centers

Company: Securitas Security Services USA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Remote
Travel: As Required
Functional Reporting: SDI Consultant Sr. Program Manager
Salary Rate: $120,000

Position Description

The Senior Project Manager, Security Design & Integration (SDI), is a Securitas-employed professional embedded within a client’s Global Security organization. This position manages complex physical security projects across a geographically distributed portfolio of hyperscale and enterprise data centers.

Reporting functionally to the SDI Consultant Sr. Program Manager, the position oversees assigned projects from planning and design coordination through implementation, commissioning, and closeout. The role collaborates with security leadership, engineering, construction, IT, site operations, systems integrators, and technology vendors.

The Senior Project Manager is accountable for delivering projects within approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and operational requirements while maintaining compliance with established SDI governance standards.

Responsibilities

Project Management & Delivery

• Lead physical security deployments, expansions, upgrades, and modernization projects across assigned data center locations.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, resource requirements, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Coordinate execution with engineering, construction, IT, facilities, security operations, and site stakeholders.
• Monitor project performance against approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements; implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Manage project changes through established approval processes, evaluating impacts to cost, schedule, and deliverables.
• Facilitate project meetings, milestone reviews, and cross-functional coordination activities.
• Manage concurrent projects while maintaining alignment with program priorities and operational requirements.

Technical Oversight & Systems Integration

• Provide project-level technical coordination for access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and supporting security infrastructure.
• Coordinate deployments involving LenelS2 OnGuard, Milestone XProtect, and comparable enterprise security platforms.
• Review system designs, technical drawings, equipment specifications, and installation documentation for alignment with approved requirements.
• Collaborate with technical specialists, systems engineers, and integrators to address infrastructure readiness, networking dependencies, and integration requirements.
• Coordinate system upgrades, migrations, and installations to minimize disruption to active data center operations.
• Oversee functional testing, commissioning activities, technical acceptance, and resolution of installation deficiencies.
• Verify delivery of required technical documentation, including as-built drawings, equipment inventories, test results, and configuration records.
• Technical design approval and system configuration authority remain with designated engineering and technical personnel.

Vendor, Stakeholder & Financial Management

• Manage systems integrators, contractors, and vendors against approved scopes of work, contractual commitments, schedules, and quality expectations.
• Coordinate vendor resources, site access, equipment deliveries, and installation activities.
• Review vendor proposals, estimates, change orders, and invoices for alignment with approved project requirements.
• Maintain project budgets, expenditure forecasts, purchase order tracking, and cost variance reporting.
• Coordinate with Finance and Procurement on purchasing, invoice reconciliation, and related financial reporting requirements.
• Identify vendor performance issues, funding concerns, and potential cost overruns, escalating matters requiring management intervention.
• Maintain effective relationships with client leadership, technical teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Financial approval authority remains with designated client and organizational representatives.

Governance, Risk Management & Reporting

• Execute projects in accordance with SDI operating procedures, project governance standards, and client security requirements.
• Maintain accurate project records, including schedules, RAID logs, decision registers, change documentation, and status reports.
• Identify and mitigate technical, financial, schedule, vendor, and operational risks.
• Prepare project performance reports covering milestones, budget status, delivery risks, and corrective actions.
• Escalate significant project deviations and unresolved issues to the SDI Consultant Program Manager.
• Support compliance with site security policies, operational change control, and applicable construction requirements.
• Participate in governance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

Operational Readiness & Closeout

• Coordinate operational readiness reviews and verify completion of commissioning and acceptance requirements.
• Track outstanding deficiencies and punch-list items through resolution.
• Facilitate project handover to security operations, technical support, and maintenance teams.
• Confirm completion of warranties, support documentation, training requirements, and final deliverables.
• Obtain required stakeholder acceptance and project closeout approvals.
• Document lessons learned and confirm completion of project closure requirements.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Information Systems, Security Management, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent directly relevant experience.
• Minimum eight (8) years of project management experience, including complex, multi-site projects.
• Demonstrated experience delivering physical security, electronic security systems, critical infrastructure, data center, construction, or systems integration projects.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, vendors, contractual deliverables, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage concurrent projects across geographically distributed locations.

Technical & Professional Skills

• Working knowledge of enterprise access control, video management, intrusion detection, and related security technologies.
• Understanding of structured cabling, IP networking, server infrastructure, and system integration dependencies.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, security designs, construction documents, and equipment specifications.
• Familiarity with security system commissioning, acceptance testing, and operational turnover.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management platforms such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent tools.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and travel as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent credential.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience managing complex technical infrastructure or security systems projects.
• Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, or enterprise data center environments.
• Familiarity with LenelS2 OnGuard, Milestone XProtect, Genetec, Software House C•CURE, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with enterprise security upgrades, system migrations, and multi-site technology deployments.
• Knowledge of data center construction, operational change control, and critical infrastructure requirements.
• Familiarity with ASIS International guidance, ISO 27001, NIST, or comparable security frameworks.
• ASIS CPP, PSP, or relevant technical certifications.

Performance Expectations

Performance will be evaluated against established project objectives, including schedule and budget adherence, technical quality, risk mitigation, vendor accountability, operational readiness, governance compliance, and stakeholder communication.

Reporting & Organizational Alignment

The Senior Project Manager is employed by Securitas Security Services USA and reports functionally to the SDI Consultant Sr. Program Manager within the client’s Global Security organization.

The position is accountable for executing assigned projects. Overall portfolio strategy, program governance, resource prioritization, and executive-level program accountability remain with the SDI Consultant Program Manager.

The Senior Project Manager may coordinate project coordinators, technical specialists, and vendors but does not exercise direct personnel management authority unless formally assigned.

About Securitas

Securitas is a global security solutions provider dedicated to helping make the world a safer place. The company combines people, technology, and expertise to protect clients, their operations, and their assets.

Securitas operates according to three core values: Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness. These values guide its commitment to ethical conduct, proactive risk awareness, service excellence, and professional accountability.

Originally posted on Himalayas