Senior Physical Security & Safety Manager

Legora•New York, NY

1d•$186,150 - $235,450•Hybrid

About The Position

As Legora's Senior Physical Security and Safety Manager, you'll help protect our people, workplaces, executives, and operations across a fast-growing global footprint. This role exists to build right-sized security programs that scale with Legora, strengthening office security, travel risk, executive protection, and incident readiness without losing the welcoming, open culture we want employees and guests to feel. You'll work across Workplace, People, IT, Security, Legal, Compliance, Comms, business leaders, vendors, and building partners, balancing hands-on operations with repeatable program design. Travel to Legora offices, events, and other locations is expected up to 30% based on operational needs.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in corporate security, physical security, executive protection, or a related field, ideally at a fast-growing tech company
Experience owning security programs across multiple sites or regions
Hands-on knowledge of access control, video surveillance, and visitor management systems
Experience building travel risk or duty of care programs
Background in executive protection, either delivering protection directly or managing protection providers
Sound judgment under pressure and the discretion to handle sensitive matters
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to scale programs to fit the moment
Clear writing and the ability to influence leaders, vendors, and cross-functional partners
Willingness to travel and to respond to incidents outside business hours when needed

Nice To Haves

Experience building a security function from scratch at a startup or scale-up
Experience supporting both US and European operations
Familiarity with protective intelligence or online threat monitoring tools
Certifications such as CPP or PSP
Experience using AI tools to cut down on busywork and sharpen communications

Responsibilities

Own security operations across Legora's offices, including access control, visitor management, badging, surveillance, guard services, emergency procedures, and facility protection, with baseline standards adapted to each site's local context and risk.
Build and run risk-based executive protection for the CEO and other senior leaders, including protective intelligence, travel risk, ground transportation, advance planning, residential considerations when appropriate, and protection scaled to actual threat and exposure.
Partner with Legal and Compliance to align security and safety programs with applicable requirements and company policies, involving them in relevant decisions, risks and incidents.
Manage security vendors and integrators, including contracts, pricing reviews, staffing models, service quality, and performance, as well as CCTV and alarm maintenance and infrastructure projects.
Own the security budget and forecast, including OPEX and CAPEX, aligning spend to Legora's risk and business priorities.
Build and run Legora's travel risk program, including pre-trip risk guidance, traveler tracking, destination briefings, and added support for higher-risk travel.
Own Legora's duty of care approach, making sure employees know what support exists, how to reach it, and what happens when something goes wrong while they're traveling.
Select and manage travel risk, medical, and security assistance providers, keeping coverage matched to where our people actually go.
Set up right-sized monitoring of global events, including geopolitical developments, civil unrest, crime, severe weather, and other emerging issues that could affect Legora employees, travelers, offices, or events.
Define clear protocols for incident intake, triage, verification, escalation, and executive briefing, using vendors and tools where they make more sense than building in-house.
Own Legora's emergency communications approach, including mass notification tools, escalation criteria, message approval, and regular testing, so we can reach employees and leaders quickly during critical events.
Turn threat information and incident trends into short, clear updates that give leaders the risk, the recommended action, and the decision needed.
Lead first response to physical security and safety incidents, document findings clearly, and escalate to the right partners.
Build and maintain relationships with local law enforcement, emergency services, and building security in every city where we operate.
Build practical crisis, emergency, and business continuity plans, then test them through tabletop exercises and track gaps to closure.
Track a small set of meaningful metrics and report risks, incidents, and program progress to leadership.

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision
Multiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)
Dental plans via MetLife
Vision plans via Vision Care
Generous parental leave
Free access to Maven Clinic
Dependent Care FSA
Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Life Insurance + STD/LTD
401(K) with generous company match
Unlimited PTO
Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more