Corporate Security Manager - Americas
New York City · Seattle · Washington, DC · 10+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- New York City · Seattle · Washington, DC
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 OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf.
- Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. 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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About the role
- The Corporate Security Manager owns day-to-day physical security operations and end-to-end security programs across assigned sites.
- This role is accountable for vendor performance, staffing, training plans, incident readiness, and recurring operational improvements to protect OpenAI’s people, facilities, and business activities.
- The position involves cross-functional partnership and requires both domestic and international travel to support event security and other initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Own security operating plans and program outcomes across assigned sites, including guard coverage, access control, and visitor management.
- Set expectations for contracted providers and review staffing, schedules, service quality, invoices, and corrective actions.
- Assess changing risks and coordinate incident response with the GSOC and relevant partners.
- Partner with the Event Security Team to coordinate secure operations for internal, external, and offsite events.
- Provide support to the Corporate Security Executive Protection Team on executive travel logistics.
- Establish relationships with local law enforcement, emergency services, and peer security organizations.
- Partner with Real Estate, Legal, HR, Communications, and IT on security planning and incident response.
- Maintain SOPs, post orders, training materials, and escalation procedures for assigned sites.
- Use assessments, drills, and incident reviews to identify gaps and improve consistency.
- Contribute recommendations and reusable practices to global program owners.
Requirements
- 10+ years in law enforcement, corporate security, protective services, or comparable operational security roles.
- Strong understanding of physical security in corporate environments.
- Demonstrated success owning end-to-end physical security programs across multiple sites.
- Working knowledge of access control, surveillance, visitor management, and intrusion detection systems.
- Proven skill in creating, revising, and executing SOPs and training programs.
- Demonstrated ability to manage contracted security providers.
- Ability and willingness to travel as required for site, event, and project responsibilities.
Preferred qualifications
- Law enforcement experience
Workplace
- Role requires domestic and international travel.
Skills
- Access Control
- Visitor Management
- Intrusion Detection Systems
- Vendor Management
- Incident Response
- Crisis Management
