Security Managers

Overview

Security Managers has a national median salary of $106,660 per year, with +4.6% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Develop budgets for security operations.
• Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.
• Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.
• Direct or participate in emergency management and contingency planning.
• Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures.

Work Activities

• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Getting Information
• Developing and Building Teams
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
• Working with Computers
• Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

Detailed Work Activities

• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Security Managers:

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