Global Security Manager (AI)

Location: San Francisco, United States; onsite. US citizenship is required, and the role must be clearable to TS/SCI.

Company

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents, including Devin, an AI software engineer.

What you will do

• Build and run the global security program covering people, facilities, travel, events, offices, and Federal division operations.
• Assess geopolitical, environmental, physical, and cyber threats across offices, offsites, events, and executive travel destinations.
• Develop worldwide security policies, standard operating procedures, emergency response plans, compliance standards, and scalable physical security strategies.
• Lead crisis management, incident command, mass notification, business continuity planning, post-incident reviews, and responses to safety threats and critical incidents.
• Own physical security technology and operations, including access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, office build-outs, and identity-system integration.
• Oversee security personnel, GSOC operations, vendors, travel risk, executive protection, counterintelligence, law-enforcement partnerships, and AI-agent automation for monitoring and reporting.

Requirements

• US citizenship required; must be clearable to TS/SCI. Ability to travel and remain available outside business hours during incidents.
• 8+ years in corporate or global security, including physical security, executive protection, GSOC operations, and travel risk management.
• Prior law enforcement, military, or intelligence experience is required.
• Experience serving as the senior decision-maker during real incidents, remaining calm under pressure, and communicating clearly with executives and employees.
• Experience building or scaling security programs across multiple countries, selecting and managing third-party vendors, and owning a budget.
• Familiarity with NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117) and ITAR, and experience working with Facility Security Officers to support cleared programs.
• Strong written communication and discretion in a confidential, high-trust environment.
• Comfort working in a dynamic environment, moving quickly, and replacing manual processes with tooling and automation.

Nice to have

• Experience at a fast-growing technology company.
• Previous or current security clearance.
• Background in law enforcement, the military, or government.
• CPP or PSP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• High-trust, hands-on role reporting to the Chief Security Officer and collaborating with Threat Intel & Investigations, Corporate Security, IT, Workplace, People, Legal, and the Federal team.
• Work with a talent-dense applied AI organization addressing security challenges involving nation-state actors, criminals, and activists.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.
• Applicants are considered under the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws.

Hiring process

• Submit an application subject to Cognition’s Global Applicant and Job Candidate Privacy Notice.
• US applicants also agree to the Applicant Arbitration Agreement when submitting an application.