operations managertosecurity manager
A operations manager already meets 47% of what the security manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
60/ 100
1 Share of the security manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the operations manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A security manager role treats 15 of its required skills as things a operations manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- corporate social responsibility
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
- establish daily priorities
- follow company standards
- internal risk management policy
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A security manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a operations manager background worth leading with.
- already held security regulations services
- already held internal risk management policy business, administration and law
- already held organisational resilience business, administration and law
- already held liaise with government officials communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held supervise daily information operations management skills
- already held establish daily priorities management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 15 the security manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held establish site security routines required
- required, not held lead disaster recovery exercises required
- required, not held manage disaster recovery plans required
- required, not held manage the security team required
- required, not held oversee planning of security systems required
- optional, not held define security policies optional
- optional, not held manage outsourced security optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- required, not held investigate security issues required
- required, not held write security reports required
- required, not held maintain incident reporting records required
- required, not held manage security equipment required
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held perform internal investigations optional
- optional, not held undertake employee screening optional
- required, not held handle surveillance equipment required
- optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
- optional, not held protect important clients optional
- required, not held legal use-of-force required
- optional, not held consultation methods optional
- required, not held security threats required
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- required, not held security engineering required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a security manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 establish site security routines skill · sector specific
- 02 investigate security issues skill · sector specific
- 03 lead disaster recovery exercises skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held ensure equipment availability skill
- already held ensure equipment maintenance skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held internal risk management policy knowledge
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held organisational resilience knowledge
- already held security regulations knowledge
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
- already held information confidentiality knowledge
- already held liaise with government officials skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on strengthening security optional
- optional, not held consultation methods optional
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- optional, not held define security policies optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
- optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
- optional, not held maintain facility security systems optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held liaise with security authorities optional
- optional, not held manage outsourced security optional
- optional, not held perform internal investigations optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held protect important clients optional
- optional, not held undertake employee screening optional
74 held skills the security manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
- not needed by the target role advise on utility consumption skill
- not needed by the target role align efforts towards business development skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
- not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
- not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
- not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop business case skill
- not needed by the target role develop revenue generation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop staff skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
- not needed by the target role estimate profitability skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate project plans skill
- not needed by the target role facilities management in the organisation knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role impart business plans to collaborators skill
- not needed by the target role implement corporate governance skill
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role make data-driven decisions skill
- not needed by the target role make investment decisions skill
- not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage facilities services skill
- not needed by the target role manage maintenance operations skill
34 further entries not listed here
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held legal use-of-force required
- required, not held security engineering required
- required, not held security threats required
- optional, not held consultation methods optional
- optional, not held cyber security optional
- optional, not held ethical hacking principles optional
Other moves recorded from operations manager
- programme manager 81% covered · adjacent
- facilities manager 63% covered · moderate
- project manager 61% covered · moderate
- quality services manager 54% covered · moderate
- resource manager 47% covered · substantial
- manufacturing facility manager 45% covered · substantial
- water treatment plant manager 41% covered · substantial
- sewerage systems manager 41% covered · substantial
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.