Manager, Physical Security & Life Safety

Manager, Physical Security & Life Safety ABOUT ABRIDGE Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built, auditable AI, we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems. We are a growing team of practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense. We have offices located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the SoHo neighborhood of New York, and East Liberty in Pittsburgh. THE ROLE Want to work on building out security from the ground up at the leading edge of AI in healthcare globally? We're looking for an experienced and highly motivated Manager, Physical Security & Life Safety to join our team as one of the first members of the Abridge Security team. In this role, you'll be a key leader, driving key initiatives that shape our employee security culture, physical security and life safety . This position requires deep expertise in physical security, a proactive mindset for implementing safeguards, and excellent communication skills to influence security protocols across the organization. This is a growth opportunity to architect the way forward for physical security at Abridge. You will thrive here if you are passionate about building and securing facilities that effectively blend security requirements with the employee experience. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Owning physical security operations for our San Francisco Office, including access control, visitor management, surveillance systems (CCTV), alarm monitoring, and key management - Managing the contract security guard force, including staffing schedules, post orders, performance management, training standards, and ensuring consistent service delivery aligned with Abridge's standards and culture - Developing and maintaining the office's life safety program, including fire safety plans, emergency action plans, evacuation procedures, shelter-in-place protocols, and AED/first aid readiness - Leading incident response for all physical security and life safety events at the office, conducting investigations, writing after-action reports, and driving corrective actions - Conducting regular risk assessments and security audits of the facility, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending improvements to physical security posture, technology, and procedures - Collaborating with Facilities, IT, and People teams on office buildouts, access control integrations, new hire/offboarding security procedures, and workplace safety initiatives - Managing security technology systems including access control platforms, video management systems, intrusion detection, and intercoms—overseeing installation, maintenance, and upgrades - Creating and delivering security awareness training for employees, covering topics such as workplace safety, visitor protocols, emergency procedures, and threat awareness WHAT YOU’LL BRING - 5+ years of experience in physical security, corporate security, or related fields, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or site-lead capacity - Hands-on experience managing a contract security guard force, including staffing, scheduling, post orders, training, and performance accountability - Strong vendor and contractor management skills, with experience managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, and holding partners to consist ... (truncated, view full listing at source)