The Premier League

Senior Safety and Security Project Manager

The Premier League

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: LondonUnited Kingdom

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About the role

  • Oversee projects focused on fan safety and experience
  • Coordinate stakeholder events and manage logistics and agendas
  • Deliver projects and initiatives to improve match day safety, security and operations
  • Lead delivery of external events and conferences
  • Manage and analyze safety, security and data records
  • Respond quickly to any safety, security and service issues
  • Manage reciprocal initiatives/visits and projects with other leagues and competitions
  • Work closely with the team’s data analyst in preparation and communication

Requirements

  • Experience in delivering relevant projects, including management of budgets and commissioning of external subject matter experts
  • Relevant experience of working with policies and strategies enabling the delivery of safety and security operations
  • Experience in leading stakeholder management and consultation across a wide variety of stakeholders, ideally including some involvement with conferences or similar events
  • Experience of preparing reports, papers and other written materials to a high standard for a variety of audiences, ideally including external stakeholder groups and internal senior management
  • Experience in major incident planning, including managing relationships with relevant official bodies, is desired but not required
  • Experience of having primary responsibility for managing stakeholder relationships
  • Management of a devolved budget and accurate reporting against it
  • Enthusiasm to develop and innovate, with an exceptional group of stakeholders, to achieve ever-improving safety, security, service and accessibility standards
  • Proven record of escalating issues as required (ideally in a safety and security context but equivalent sector experience considered)
  • Comfortable operating in high-pressure environments
  • Applicants with project management qualifications are particularly encouraged to apply
Benefits
  • Hybrid-working model allowing some work from home
  • Opportunity to support youth development and community programmes
  • Equal opportunities employer fostering an inclusive culture
  • Support for ideas and challenges to operational support framework
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementbudget managementincident planningdata analysisreport preparationstakeholder managementlogistics managementsafety operationssecurity operationsservice management
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipproblem-solvingteam collaborationadaptabilityinnovationstakeholder engagementhigh-pressure decision makingorganizational skillsenthusiasm
Certifications
project management qualification