Global People Transformation & Strategic Projects Lead

Securitas Group

Securitas is a world-leading safety and security solutions partner that helps make your world a safer place. With around 341,000 employees across 44 markets, we combine global expertise with local presence to deliver innovative solutions that protect what matters most — people and assets.

Guided by our values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness, we are transforming our industry while creating opportunities for our people to grow, lead and make an impact.

About the Group People & Culture Team

Our Global People & Culture vision is to inspire, empower and engage our people to deliver extraordinary results and live our purpose in a rapidly evolving world.

At Group People & Culture, we lead global initiatives across Talent Management, Leadership Development, Learning, Performance, Employee Engagement and HR Technology. Together with colleagues across our markets, we help build the capabilities, culture and leadership needed to support Securitas' continued transformation and growth.

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Global People Transformation & Strategic Projects Lead to drive some of our most important global People & Culture initiatives. This role will lead complex cross-functional projects that support the evolution of our global people agenda, helping us create scalable frameworks, improve data-driven decision-making, and strengthen the employee experience across a diverse international workforce.

The initial focus will include leading and supporting strategic initiatives such as:

• Global Job Architecture

• Global People Data & Analytics

• People Governance, Data Standards and Process Transformation

• Reward, Recognition and Pay Transparency initiatives

• Strategic Workforce Insights and Organizational Effectiveness projects

Working closely with the Global People & Culture Team, divisional/functional People leaders and their teams, senior business stakeholders, IT, Finance and external advisory partners, this role will help translate strategy into execution and deliver sustainable business impact.

Key responsibilities

Lead Strategic Global People Projects

• Lead the planning, mobilization and delivery of complex global People & Culture projects.

• Ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives supporting the Global People Strategy.

• Develop project plans, governance structures, risk mitigation plans and stakeholder engagement strategies.

• Track progress, manage dependencies and ensure delivery against agreed timelines and outcomes.

Drive Global Job Architecture and Workforce Frameworks

• Play a leading role in the design, implementation and global scaling of Securitas' Global Job Architecture framework including chair for the governance council.

• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to establish globally consistent job families, career streams, levels and governance.

• Lead initiatives related to pay transparency, workforce planning.

• Ensure alignment between job architecture, people data, organizational structures and reward frameworks.

This work supports Securitas' ambition to create a globally aligned framework that drives pay equity, transparency, career development, internal mobility and improved workforce insights.

Establish Stronger People Data and Analytics Capabilities

• Drive initiatives that improve the quality, consistency and governance of global people data.

• Support the development of common people data definitions, reporting standards and analytics capabilities.

• Partner with HR, IT and business leaders to leverage data for strategic decision-making.

• Develop meaningful reporting and insights to support leaders at global, divisional and functional levels.

This contributes directly to the ambition of creating global standardized people data and strengthening people analytics capabilities.

Support Reward and Recognition Transformation

• Contribute to reward, recognition and pay transparency workstreams.

• Lead the development of consistent global frameworks while balancing local business requirements.

• Partner with external advisors and internal stakeholders to drive implementation and adoption.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Partner with HR senior leaders across divisions, functions and geographies.

• Facilitate workshops, steering committees and executive discussions.

• Build alignment across multiple stakeholder groups with differing priorities.

• Influence without formal authority in a matrix environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Around 8-10 years of relevant professional experience.

• University degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, Analytics, Economics or related field.

• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale global transformation or HR projects.

• Strong project and program management experience, including complex stakeholder environments.

• Experience working across multiple countries and cultures.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Experience engaging and influencing senior executives.

Highly Preferred

• Consulting background from a leading advisory firm (Mercer, Korn Ferry, WTW, Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, Accenture or similar).

• Direct experience designing or implementing a Global Job Architecture framework.

• Experience working with job evaluation methodologies, career frameworks, pay structures, or workforce architecture.

• Experience with people analytics, workforce data, organizational effectiveness or HR technology transformation.

• Understanding of reward/incentive schemes, compensation, pay transparency and talent management topics.

• Experience partnering with external consulting firms and managing vendor relationships.

Success Profile

You are:

• A strategic thinker who enjoys turning ideas into action.

• Highly analytical and comfortable working with large and complex data sets.

• An exceptional project manager who creates structure and momentum in ambiguous environments.

• Credible with senior stakeholders and capable of influencing at executive level.

• Collaborative and relationship-focused, while maintaining a strong delivery mindset.

• Comfortable balancing detail with the bigger picture.

• Passionate about building scalable global people solutions that create business value.

Working conditions

We currently welcoming applications from candidates based in Stockholm (Sweden), Germany, the UK or Spain.

Hybrid model applies - the specific set up will depend on office regulations/presence in the specific country.

This role involves occasional travelling.

What we offer

At Securitas we believe in doing the right thing and doing it well. For our customers and our employees. Our employees come from all walks of life and bring with them many talents and perspectives. We aim for diverse representation throughout the company, and we are committed to equal pay, safe working conditions, gender balance and an inclusive work environment with a wide range of skills and development opportunities.

If this sounds like the right next step in your professional career, don't hesitate and apply!