SECURITY SYSTEMS MANAGER

M4BL SECURITY SYSTEMS MANAGER

Schedule: Full-time, Regular

Location: Remote, with 25-40% travel

Reports to: Director of Security

Salary: $102K - $127K, with full health benefits for employee and dependents, employer-funded retirement plan, remote work stipend, and flexible time off and sick days.

Application Instructions: Please provide a cover letter (1.5 page maximum) and resume by applying to M4BL's BambooHR job posting. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is an ecosystem of organizations and individuals creating a shared vision and strategy to win rights, control and resources for Black people. Building on the legacy and strategies of past movements, the Movement for Black Lives has created a broad political home for Black organizers, activists, and their organizations. Our ecosystem is held together by politics of abolition, anti-capitalism and radical Black Queer Feminisms and a value system that fights for the most marginalized amongst us.

M4BL SECURITY DEPARTMENT

Our mission is to establish and sustain a security culture across the ecosystem that instills situational awareness, assessment, and self-determination: and that responsibly harnesses technology in ways that will advance us towards our goals.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Security Systems Manager is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and management of comprehensive security strategies and systems to protect the organization's staff, members, resources, and information. This role involves a combination of strategic planning, with a strong emphasis on risk management, thorough report generation, proactive assurance measures for risk mitigation, and the management and operationalization of security department infrastructure. The role also includes operational support and administrative duties, with a focus on enhancing security protocols and capacity building.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Security Strategy and Risk Intelligence

• Prioritize risk management activities, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential security risks across the organization.
• Track staff/member engagement with security initiatives and policies.
• Document security policies and procedures, ensuring clarity, accessibility, and alignment with risk management objectives.
• Track the implementation of security measures and protocols across the organization.
• Support security-related project management activities, with a focus on risk mitigation strategies.
• Document security protocols and track member engagement in security programs.

Executive Protection

• Provide support for executive protection operations, as needed.

Crisis Management

• Provide support during crisis situations, adhering to established protocols and risk management frameworks.
• Document crisis management processes and track their implementation.

Physical Security

• Coordinate on-the-ground logistics for physical security operations, ensuring alignment with risk management plans and efficient use of infrastructure.
• Manage safety and security contractors and teams, including scheduling, performance oversight, and ensuring adherence to security protocols and risk mitigation strategies.

Information Security

• Support information security migration projects, ensuring security best practices are followed, and risks are adequately addressed, with a focus on maintaining secure infrastructure.
• Document information security protocols and maintain accurate records.

Administrative

• Manage, track, and generate regular security reports for management review, including detailed risk assessments, mitigation efforts, and the status of security infrastructure.
• Manage relationships and contracts with security vendors and service providers, ensuring cost-effectiveness, alignment with risk management goals, and optimal performance of security infrastructure.
• Manage logistics for department travel, including accommodations and itineraries.
• Track fund distributions related to security projects and initiatives.
• Finalize and post security policy and process documentation in the organization's knowledge base (e.g., Guru).

Capacity Building

• Develop and facilitate systems and operations training for staff and members to enhance security awareness and skills, with a focus on risk mitigation and the effective use of security infrastructure.
• Support the mapping of members, partners, and resources relevant to security initiatives.

Note: The Movement for Black Lives is committed to responding flexibly to changing circumstances and priorities, which means that the expectations of every position are dynamic. This description reflects the assignment of essential functions, but does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years of experience in organizing, community safety, and project management
• 1-3 years of supervisory experience
• Relevant safety and security experience
• Experience providing powerful leadership and managing a team with humility, clarity, and integrity; conducts all aspects of their work with accountability, trust, and respect
• Demonstrated success advocating for new and creative ideas, methods and approaches; integrating best practices
• Experience in digital or information security education curriculum development and implementation, particularly in teaching new skills or tools and maintaining knowledge after a training, course, and/or workshop.
• Experience and familiarity with Information Security technologies and concepts including but not limited to strong authentication, network security, endpoint security, vulnerability management, information assurance, security operations, mobile security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience and familiarity with creating and/or designing engaging and easily digestible presentations, newsletters, fact sheets, and similar materials.
• Experience with information security training vendors
• Must be able to complete a favorable background check

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Commitment to M4BL’s mission
• Strong strategic thinking and strong analytical skills
• Demonstrated awareness and exposure to managing safety, security, and risk-related issues
• Practices good judgment, discretion, problem solving and assessment skills
• Can manage, train, and develop operational security teams in a complex, national ecosystem
• Can assess the effectiveness of a training program, including implementing practical drills or exercises to test knowledge and/or other evaluation methods to determine whether an information security practice has changed
• Can develop necessary infrastructure, systems, and policies for an effective program
• Can assess risk and develop risk mitigation plans
• Can translate technical information into easily understandable information for non-technical audiences in reports and documentation
• Can develop and manage detailed project strategies and plans by coordinating with technical teams and multiple stakeholders to deliver projects
• Well organized and detail oriented
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills
• Can multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Can adapt, re-prioritize project work, and help drive the team’s focus as priorities shift or requirements change
• Can balance collaboration, openness, compromise, and approachability while standing firm
• Can manage vendors, budget and contract processes in coordination with teams

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WORKPLACE

The Movement for Black Lives is proud to be an equal employment workplace. We welcome and encourage job applicants who are motivated to work with us in addressing social injustice and those who have personal experience with injustice. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any of the following factors; race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), age, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/ or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition (genetic characteristics, cancer or a record or history of cancer), military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV/AIDS, cancer, and genetic characteristics), and genetic information.