Physical Security Lead

Northwood Space
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Risk assessment","Crisis management","Stakeholder management"]

Lead and design Northwood's physical security program across corporate offices, ground stations, and international sites. Build and manage a security team, oversee executive protection, travel security, and NISPOM/compliance engagement, collaborating with facilities, legal, and security engineering to protect personnel, facilities, and sensitive operations in a rapidly scaling dual-use space company.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Northwood Space
Northwood Space
3 months ago

Physical Security Lead

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Lead and design Northwood's physical security program across corporate offices, ground stations, and international sites. Build and manage a security team, oversee executive protection, travel security, and NISPOM/compliance engagement, collaborating with facilities, legal, and security engineering to protect personnel, facilities, and sensitive operations in a rapidly scaling dual-use space company.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the physical security program across all corporate offices and ground station facilities, including access control, surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, and perimeter security.
  • •Conduct regular physical security assessments across facilities, identifying vulnerabilities and driving remediation aligned with government customer requirements and industry best practices.
  • •Design and implement physical security standards for new facility builds and ground station deployments, from planning to commissioning.
  • •Manage relationships with physical security vendors, integrators, and contract personnel to ensure service levels and performance standards are met.
  • •Develop and maintain emergency response plans, evacuation procedures, and crisis communication protocols across all facilities, and conduct regular drills.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of progressive physical security experience with leadership of security programs in corporate, defense, or critical infrastructure environments
  • •Hands-on experience designing and managing physical security systems (access control, CCTV, intrusion detection, visitor management)
  • •Experience developing and executing executive protection programs including advance work, threat assessment, and travel security planning
  • •Experience managing international travel security programs (risk assessment, traveler tracking, emergency response)
  • •Familiarity with NISPOM and personnel security requirements for cleared defense contractors (visit authorization, controlled areas)
Experience:5+ yearsSecurityPhysical securityExecutive protectionTravel securityNISPOM
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationRisk assessmentCrisis managementStakeholder management
Certifications:CPPPSP
Tech Stack:Access controlCCTVIntrusion detectionVisitor managementVideo management systems

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
Security Clearance:TS/SCI

Company Brief

Northwood Space
Builds modern, scalable ground infrastructure and phased-array antenna systems to improve satellite-to-Earth communications, providing rapidly deployable ground stations and networking for commercial and government space missions.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2023
Glassdoor
Glassdoor: 3.3
WebsiteLinkedInGlassdoor