Corporate Security Manager na OpenAI

About the Team

The Corporate Security team is responsible for safeguarding all OpenAI employees and executives. Our mission is to create a secure, resilient environment that allows our teams to focus on their work without risk or disruption. We manage physical security operations across offices, events, and global initiatives, partnering closely with internal teams and external agencies to stay ahead of emerging threats.

About the Role

As a Corporate Security Manager, based in our San Francisco office, you will lead day-to-day security operations while supporting the development of global physical security strategies, policies, and procedures. You will work cross-functionally to maintain a strong and adaptive security posture, manage vendor security teams, and serve as a key liaison with law enforcement and security partners.

This position requires hands-on experience in corporate security operations. This role typically involves 4–5 days in the office each week.

In this role, you will:

• Develop, implement, and manage physical security measures, including policies, systems, and vendor relationships, to protect employees and visitors in our San Francisco offices.

• Oversee daily operations of a guard force across multiple shifts and locations.

• Ensure all security personnel are trained on and adhere to company security policies.

• Monitor and evaluate security practices, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.

• Coordinate with internal and external teams to ensure a comprehensive security strategy.

• Provide support to the broader Corporate Security department as needed.

• Maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure security services meet organizational needs.

• Regularly review and report on security operations, incidents, and risks to senior management.

• Manage contracts and maintain weekly engagement with external security vendors.

• Design and implement training programs for security personnel, including field training for supervisors and guards.

• Conduct regular training sessions on security protocols and procedures.

• Keep security staff up to date on the latest security technologies and practices.

• Lead, motivate, and maintain a high-performance security team.

• Conduct performance evaluations and provide coaching and feedback.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 10+ years in corporate or vendor security, plus 5+ years in law enforcement or military environments.

• Strong operational skills in managing vendor security teams.

• Familiarity with advanced security technologies, including access control, surveillance, video management, and intrusion detection systems.

• Proven success in evaluating, selecting, and managing third-party security vendors.

• Proven ability to partner effectively with internal teams and external agencies.

• Experience creating and delivering training programs that drive consistent, high-quality security practices.

• Comfort operating in a dynamic environment and pivoting quickly in response to emerging threats or organizational changes.

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.

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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 information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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