WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH
Risk & Threat Assessment: Monitor geopolitical, environmental, physical and cyber threats globally. Run threat and vulnerability assessments for offices, offsites, events and executive travel destinations, and partner with Threat Intel & Investigations on threats directed at our employees and leadership.
Policy & Strategy Development: Create and enforce security policies, standard operating procedures, emergency response plans and compliance standards worldwide, with a physical security strategy that scales as we open new offices and markets.
Crisis Management & Incident Response: Lead responses to safety threats, travel emergencies and critical incidents, from workplace violence to natural disasters. Own incident command, the mass notification system, and business continuity planning with Legal, People, Workplace and IT, and run post-incident reviews that turn every event into lasting improvements.
Physical Security Operations & Technology: Own access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection and visitor management across our offices. Set security standards for new office build-outs, and integrate physical access with our identity systems alongside Corporate Security and IT.
Team & Vendor Oversight: Manage security personnel, the security operations center (GSOC), and external guard, executive protection and technology vendors. Set performance metrics, manage contracts and budget, and hold partners to a high bar.
Travel & Executive Protection: Oversee global travel risk programs, tracking tools, pre-trip briefings and high-risk journey management. Run the executive protection program for our CEO and leadership team, including advance work, residential security assessments and event security.
Counterintelligence: Build Cognition's counterintelligence program to identify and counter efforts by foreign intelligence services and competitors to gain access to our people, technology and customers, including targeted recruitment, social engineering and elicitation. Provide regular counterintelligence briefings to executives and staff, especially before foreign travel, and partner with Threat Intelligence, the Facility Security Officer and government counterparts on suspected incidents.
Federal Division Security: Interface with our Facility Security Officer, who owns cleared facilities and personnel security, to provide appropriate protections in support of our FedRAMP, ITAR and IL5+ operations, including physical access controls, visitor and foreign-national controls, and insider risk programs.
External Partnerships: Build relationships with local and federal law enforcement, OSAC and peer security teams at other AI labs and technology companies to stay ahead of emerging risks and coordinate during incidents.
Automate with Devin: Use Devin and other AI agents to scale the program: threat and travel monitoring, alert triage, reporting and the operational work that usually requires a large headcount.
EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATES HAVE DEMONSTRATED
Program leadership: 8+ years in corporate or global security, including physical security, executive protection, GSOC operations and travel risk management, ideally at a fast-growing technology company. A background in law enforcement, the military or government is a plus.
Crisis judgment: Experience acting as the senior decision-maker during real incidents, staying calm under pressure, and communicating clearly to executives and employees.
Global, distributed operations: A track record of building or scaling security programs across multiple countries, including selecting and managing third-party vendors and owning a budget.
Industrial security: Familiarity with NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117) and ITAR, and experience working alongside Facility Security Officers to support cleared programs.
Discretion and writing: Strong written communication and the judgment to operate in a confidential, high-trust environment.
Builder mindset: Comfort working in a dynamic environment, moving quickly, and replacing manual processes with tooling and automation.
Background: Prior law enforcement, military, or intelligence experience is required.
Eligibility: US Citizen required, must be clearable to TS/SCI. Previous or current clearance is a plus. Ability to travel and to be available outside business hours during incidents. Certifications such as CPP or PSP are a plus.
OUR COMMITMENT
Equal Opportunity. Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any. Cognition also considers applicants with criminal histories consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws.
Data Privacy and Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Global Applicant and Job Candidate Privacy Notice https://cognition.com/documents/Cognition-Global-Applicant-and-Job-Candidate-Privacy-Notice.pdf. For US applicants, by submitting your application, you agree to the Applicant Arbitration Agreement https://cognition.com/documents/Cognition-Applicant-Arbitration-Agreement.pdf.
