Security Programs Manager

Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Kairos Power is seeking a Security Manager to lead and oversee physical security operations across the company’s facilities. This position is responsible for developing and implementing a consistent, risk-based physical security program that protects employees, visitors, the public, facilities, information, and company assets. The Security Manager will manage security operations, contract security providers, access control, video surveillance, visitor management. They will participate in incident response, investigations, and emergency preparedness activities. The ideal candidate is a trusted security professional with strong leadership, communication, customer service, and vendor-management skills. The Security Manager will collaborate with Facilities, Construction, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), Information Technology (IT), Human Resources, Legal, Office Administration, site leadership, and local authorities to support secure and reliable operations aligned with Kairos Power’s mission.

• Develop, implement, and maintain Kairos Power’s companywide physical security strategy, policies, standards, procedures, and post orders.

• Provide consistent physical security oversight across Kairos Power sites.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of physical security systems and recommend upgrades or improvements based on operational risks, emerging threats, and company growth.

• Manage contract security providers, including scopes of work, staffing requirements, service-level expectations, performance metrics, invoice review, and contract compliance.

• Lead or support investigations involving theft, unauthorized access, property damage, suspicious activity, policy violations, and other security-related incidents.

• Support employee and contractor badging, access authorization, onboarding, offboarding, and periodic access reviews in coordination with Human Resources, EHS, IT, and Facilities.

• Partner with Construction, EHS, Facilities, and IT to incorporate physical security requirements into new construction, facility expansions, renovations, and system upgrades.

• Develop and manage security budgets while identifying opportunities to improve effectiveness and control costs without compromising safety or security.

• Travel periodically to Kairos Power locations to conduct site assessments, coordinate security activities, support projects, and respond to operational needs.

• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in security management, criminal justice, emergency management, business administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.

• Five or more years of progressively responsible experience in physical security management, corporate security, law enforcement, military security, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing physical security policies, procedures, standards, and programs.

• Experience managing physical security operations across multiple facilities, preferably within an office, laboratory, R&D, industrial, manufacturing,