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Security Project Manager

GardaWorld

Charlotte, NCJob$76K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$76K/yr
Location
Charlotte, NC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Security Project Manager oversees security services for a key account in Charlotte, handling client issues, maintaining relationships, and improving the client’s security program. The role includes operational and financial oversight, compliance review, billing, data analysis, reporting, and guiding customers through projects, contracts, RFPs, and onboarding. The manager also prepares presentations and pricing estimates in collaboration with branch and executive teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Client Relationship BuildingMicrosoft OfficeCRM SoftwareStrategic ThinkingFinancial PlanningProject ManagementReport WritingWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationCustomer ServiceEvent SecurityLarge Venue Security

Qualifications

3+ Years Management ExperienceExtensive Screening Process

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Step into the dynamic role of Security Project Manager at GardaWorld!

Join our dynamic team as a Security Project Manager in Charlotte, NC , where you'll play a pivotal role in maintaining exceptional performance on-site at one of our key accounts. You'll handle client issues, communicate with key contacts, and build strong relationships to enhance the client's security services. Your responsibilities include updating business databases, reviewing compliance, managing billing, analyzing data, and preparing reports. You'll also guide our customers through projects and deliver detailed presentations, showcasing your expertise in security services.

Be the driving force behind our client's success and join us in delivering unparalleled security services and strategic management. Your dedication will ensure our security services consistently exceed client expectations.

What’s in it for you:

  • Work Location : Charlotte, NC

  • Competitive Salary : $76,000 / year

  • Comprehensive Benefits:  Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, 401(k) with employer matching contributions, paid time off (PTO) policy, paid holidays, disability coverage, and life insurance options.

  • Career Growth: Career growth opportunities at GardaWorld

Your Responsibilities as a Security Project Manager:

Client Management:

  • Handle client or team issues and emergencies.

  • Communicate regularly with key client contacts and local GardaWorld Branch Teams.

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with principal accounts.

  • Improve the client’s security program for long-term success.

  • Meet and maintain contracted KPIs.

  • Guide customers through integration projects, contracts, RFPs, and onboarding.

  • Deliver detailed presentations focused on client needs.

Operational Oversight:

  • Update business databases (CRM, ERP).

  • Review MSA compliance at branch and site levels.

  • Develop and evaluate security and crisis management plans.

  • Manage client billing, including DSO assessments and overdue payment follow-ups.

  • Keep Client Summary Forms (CSF) and Account Summary Forms (ASF) current.

Data and Financial Management:

  • Analyze data and prepare internal reports.

  • Provide precise pricing estimates in collaboration with the local branch and executive sponsor.

Communication and Reporting:

  • Write reports, client communications, instructional materials, and operating guidelines.

  • Demonstrate expertise in financial forecasting and margin analysis.

Your Qualifications:

  • At least (3) years of experience in Management, preferably in security industry

  • Event/ large venue security experience strongly preferred

  • Ability to pass and ace, an extensive screening process.

  • Proven client relationship builder

  • Professional, self-driven, and skilled in using Microsoft Office and CRM software.

  • Strategic thinker and financial planner.

  • Experienced in managing projects and staying calm under pressure.

  • Honest and ethical, aligning with our company’s values.

  • Skilled in writing reports, client communications, and instructional materials. . .

  • Excellent at written and verbal communication, customer service, and project management.

GardaWorld: Make the World a Safer Place

In the United States, GardaWorld Security remains the only guarding security company to be Certified by Great Place to Work . This could be more than a job - 26% of our corporate employees started as frontline workers.

GardaWorld Security is a global champion in sophisticated and tailored security solutions, employing and training highly skilled and dedicated professionals across the globe, offering a wealth of opportunities to individuals looking to gain experience and develop professionally in a growing industry.

It is the policy of GardaWorld Security Services to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability in accordance with applicable federal laws. In addition, GardaWorld Security Services complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to hiring, placement, assignment, promotion, termination, layoffs, recalls, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. It is also the policy of GardaWorld Security Services not to honor requests that employees be assigned on the basis of sex or any other classification protected by law, unless such request is based on a bona fide occupational qualification for that assignment.

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How this job compares

Set against the 15,091 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$76K/yr
  • North Carolina median$100–167K/yr256 salary ranges
  • US median$102–166K/yr9,643 salary ranges

This rate, $76K, is 45% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($138K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in North Carolina.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 461 open Project Management jobs in North Carolina and 15,091 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,183 postings).
Education
6,183 of the 15,091 open Project Management jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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