Physical Security Lead, Manufacturing Operations

• Establish and govern physical security across current and future contract manufacturing locations
• Serve as the primary Global Physical Security partner for contract manufacturing locations
• Develop and govern minimum standards, site requirements, exceptions, and risk acceptance
• Conduct initial, recurring, and event-driven site assessments; prioritize findings and verify corrective-action closure
• Design and govern sensitive-area entry controls, including clean-in/clean-out, personal-property and data-bearing-device restrictions, visitor and contractor access, escorting, and exceptions
• Protect intellectual property, proprietary processes, prototypes, components, test equipment, finished products, and controlled materials
• Act as client security representative for partner-managed guard services and manage directly contracted services
• Collaborate on access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, and alarm-monitoring systems, including design reviews, commissioning, and operational validation
• Define physical security requirements for new manufacturing partners, production lines, facility expansions, contracts, and statements of work
• Govern cargo and logistics security requirements, including chain of custody, secure staging, shipping and receiving, high-risk shipments, carrier handoffs, and third-party performance
• Respond to manufacturing-related security incidents, preserve evidence, coordinate fact-finding, identify root causes, and track corrective actions
• Maintain regular site presence, security metrics, risk reporting, procedures, training, and concise updates for security and business leadership
• Report to the Director, Global Physical Security and provide functional leadership without direct reports

• Five or more years of progressively responsible physical security experience directly supporting manufacturing, industrial, semiconductor, electronics, computing hardware, or a comparable operational environment
• Demonstrated experience implementing security controls in active manufacturing operations while balancing production, safety, quality, cleanroom or ESD requirements, and continuity
• Experience supporting contract manufacturers, suppliers, or partner-operated facilities through standards, assessments, governance, and stakeholder influence
• Experience protecting intellectual property, proprietary processes, prototypes, high-value components, products, or sensitive technical information, including CICO or comparable sensitive-area entry controls
• Working knowledge of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, alarm monitoring, and contract security service oversight
• Familiarity with cargo security, chain-of-custody controls, secure shipping and receiving, logistics-provider governance, and manufacturing incident response
• Strong risk-assessment, project-management, written-communication, analytical, and stakeholder-influence skills
• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience (preferred)
• ASIS CPP, PSP, or PCI certification (preferred)
• Must be based in the San Francisco Bay, CA area
• Ability to provide regular site presence and approximately 30–40% travel
• Availability for occasional evening, weekend, or short-notice support for significant incidents or operational requirements

Demonstrates expertise in establishing and governing physical security standards across manufacturing environments, with a strong focus on protecting intellectual property and managing security incidents. Proficient in risk assessment, stakeholder influence, and implementing security controls in compliance with operational requirements.

• Physical Security Experience
• Risk Assessment
• Access Control Systems
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Project Management

• Security Controls Implementation
• Site Assessments
• Incident Response
• Cargo Security
• Chain of Custody
• Cleanroom Requirements
• ESD Requirements
• Governance Standards
• Data-Bearing Device Restrictions
• Visitor Management

• Analytical Skills
• Written Communication
• Stakeholder Influence

• ASIS CPP
• ASIS PSP
• PCI Certification

• Manufacturing
• Industrial Security
• Semiconductor
• Electronics
• Computing Hardware
• Operational Environment

• Video Surveillance
• Intrusion Detection
• Alarm Monitoring
• Contract Security Service Oversight