Head of Operations, Corporate Security
Head of Operations, Corporate Security
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USD 325000 - 325000
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About the Team
The Corporate Security team is responsible for the security and protection of all OpenAI employees and executives. We are committed to creating and maintaining a secure environment that allows our team members to focus on their work without fear of harm or disruption.
About the Role
As Head of Operations for Corporate Security (CorpSec) in the Americas you will set the strategic direction and lead the execution of physical security operations across all U.S. offices outside of San Francisco including New York Washington DC and Seattle among others.. This role supports all areas of CorpSec including Resilience which encompasses crisis management events training and travel as well as Executive Protection Technology International Operations and Protective Intelligence.
You will build strong relationships across the company and with external partners lead global vendor relationships and ensure security operations align with OpenAIs mission and culture. You will oversee a range of security services and infrastructure build standards and systems that scale and create safe secure environments where OpenAI employees can do their best work.
Youll be responsible for:
Setting strategic and operational direction for physical security programs across OpenAIs Americas offices (excluding SF HQ).
Supporting all security pillars including Resilience Protection Technology International Risk and Protective Intelligence.
Overseeing uniformed guard services globally ensuring vendor performance contract compliance and ROI.
Creating and maintaining access control policies physical security standards and procedures that foster safety and trust.
Leading emergency preparedness and response programs with a focus on predictability and employee care.
Consulting on physical security planning for new office builds and expansions.
Managing security initiatives in partnership with Security and Real Estate and Workplace teams.
Implementing solutions to address employee security concerns and requests with empathy and responsiveness.
Leading and mentoring CorpSec team members to support their growth and performance.
Building strong partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders and external law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Were looking for someone with:
1520 years of combined law enforcement and corporate security experience.
Proven experience leading physical security programs in fast-paced environments.
Experience advising senior and executive leadership.
Strong knowledge of access control guard force management security operations centers and workplace safety standards.
Experience managing vendors budgets and contracts with a focus on service delivery and measurable performance.
Exceptional communication leadership and relationship-building skills.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and building scalable systems from the ground up.
Familiarity with tools including Google Workspace emergency notification systems and travel risk intelligence platforms.
A strong ethical foundation and a commitment to OpenAIs mission and values.
This role is based in New York NY with regular travel to OpenAIs offices in Washington DC Seattle and potentially to data centers and future office locations. Additionally some international travel may be required.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives voices and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
For additional information please see OpenAIs Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary confidential and non-public addition job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
