Physical Security Manager

Palantir Palantir · Enterprise · New York, NY · Global Security and Investigations

Palantir is seeking a Physical Security Manager for the East Coast to develop, manage, and execute physical security outcomes, ensuring the protection of people, facilities, and assets. This role involves leading physical security and compliance, designing and implementing controls, managing incident response, and advising on security policies and trends within a high-security technology environment. The ideal candidate will have strong operational security expertise, integrity, and a passion for physical security and mission impact.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as the primary point of contact for physical security between the employees, internal security teams, and internal Palantir operational teams.
  2. Design, plan, and implement a broad range of controls to safeguard people and customer data in highly sensitive environments.
  3. Directly lead, manage and mentor physical security personnel, maintaining clear performance standards while developing future physical security leaders.
  4. Develop and maintain a physical security program that effectively meets compliance and security requirements as stated in our customer contract.
  5. Manage incident response to physical events, ensuring employee and asset safety while minimizing operational impact.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in a physical security role leading physical security programs
  • A degree in a relevant field (Risk Management, Physical Security, Emergency Management) or an equivalent accredited certification (PSP preferred)
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice to have

  • Experience working in high-security and/or technology industry environments
  • Exposure to various physical security fields, with deep familiarity and conceptual understanding in one or more areas of specialization (e.g., Incident Response/Investigation, Guard Force/Vendor Management, CCTV/Access Control, Workplace Safety, Event Security/Executive Protection)
  • Comprehensive knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures

What the JD emphasized

  • physical security program that effectively meets compliance and security requirements as stated in our customer contract
  • high-security and/or technology industry environments with significant security, compliance, and governance requirements
  • Ability to effectively communicate complex physical security concepts to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing
  • comprehensive knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures