From operations manager to security manager
12 of the 28 essential skills of a security manager are already essential for a operations manager — about 43% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 43%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a security manager
What a security manager does
Security managers ensure security for people, such as customers and employees, and company’s assets either fixed, movable, machines, vehicles, and real state. They ensure safety and security by enforcing security policies, keeping track of different events, implementing security protocols, creating emergency response procedures, conducting security evaluations, and supervising security staff members.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a security manager and not for a operations manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- establish site security routines
- handle surveillance equipment
- internal risk management policy
- investigate security issues
- lead disaster recovery exercises
- legal use-of-force
- maintain incident reporting records
- manage disaster recovery plans
- manage security equipment
- manage the security team
- organisational resilience
- oversee planning of security systems
- security engineering
- security regulations
- security threats
- write security reports
Other moves from operations manager
2 roles- project manager13 skills in common
- facilities manager13 skills in common
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How far are you from being a security manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.