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Physical Security Manager - Bay Area
San Jose, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of leadership experience; experience leading 24/7 security operations and a guard force across multiple sites, plus incident response and operational management.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads physical security operations across a Bay Area portfolio, including guard services, incident response, emergency readiness, and service improvements.
What you'll do
- Oversee day-to-day security operations and guard force service delivery across multiple sites.
- Lead local response to incidents, investigations, workplace disruptions, and emergencies, including mitigation and follow-up.
- Use metrics and risk assessments to improve security controls, procedures, operational readiness, and service standards.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of leadership experience in physical security, corporate security, investigations, law enforcement, military, emergency response, or a related field.
- Experience leading 24/7 security operations and a guard force across multiple sites, locations, or business environments.
- Experience coordinating high-impact incident or emergency response and managing scope of work, KPIs, SLAs, performance standards, and operating budgets.
Nice to have
- Experience managing outsourced guard services, contracts, and security OpEx and CapEx budgets.
- Experience with security technologies including AI-enabled tools, CCTV, VMS, access control, and life safety systems; APP, CPP, PSP, or similar certifications.
Tools
AI-enabled tools, CCTV, VMS, access control, life safety systems
AI focus
May use or evaluate AI-enabled security tools and related best practices.
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