Sr. Manager, Physical Security Operations
Cipher DigitalCharleston, SC
Full Time
Posted October 22, 2026
$123k - $175k· Est.
Power Generation
Remote
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 23, 2026
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- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Power Generation
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- Estimated benchmark; not employer-provided
Job Description
This role sits in the Physical Security group of Cipher Digital’s converged security organization, which brings physical and information security together under a single leadership structure, and works closely with the enterprise GRC and information security functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design decides what gets built and integration proves it works, but operations is where a security program is actually lived. The Sr. Manager, Physical Security Operations owns the longest phase of the lifecycle: running the physical security program at every Cipher campus once systems are accepted, and keeping posture, performance, and customer commitments intact from that day forward.
- Physical security at Cipher is led by three senior managers, each owning one phase of a project’s life: the Design lead owns the security design, the Integration lead owns installation, commissioning, and turnover, and the Operations lead owns the program once it is live.
- Our campuses run in a hybrid construction-and-operations state for years before they are fully built out, so this is not a steady-state-only job. You will run a live, customer-facing security program on sites where construction is still underway, continuing long after turnover, and building the operating model as the portfolio grows.
- You own the program, and the embedded Site Security Manager at each campus runs it day to day under your direction. Your job is to set the standard every site follows, carry the commercial and compliance obligations behind it, and build a team and an operating model that scale.
- This is an individual contributor role at the outset, with no Cipher direct reports until you hire a site operations manager as the portfolio grows.
Requirements
- Experience operating security programs in data center, mission-critical, or other critical-infrastructure environments.
- Experience directing embedded or contracted personnel who are not employees of the organization they support.
- Proficiency with security reporting and ticketing platforms such as ServiceNow.
- CPP, PSP, CSPM, or PMP certification, along with any applicable state security or guard licensing.
- Standard-setting across sites. The discipline to turn site-by-site practice into one operating standard, and to make it hold across campuses that each believe they are different.
- Leadership without direct employment. Setting direction, standards, and accountability for embedded site security personnel and a contracted guard force who do not appear on your payroll and are not yours to hire or fire.
- Clean role boundaries. The judgment to hold the line between program ownership and site execution, and between security posture and the technology platform, without creating friction with the Integration lead, digital security engineering, or DC Operations.
- Customer-facing composure. Representing security credibly in customer audits, site visits, and contractual conversations, including the ones where the answer is no.
- Incident judgment. Sound decisions under time pressure during real events, and the instinct for what escalates, to whom, and how fast.
- Commercial discipline. Running vendor contracts and an operating budget with real rigor: holding service levels, finding efficiency, and defending the spend.
- Performance under pressure. Strong stakeholder management on campuses that are simultaneously under construction and in live operation, with sound independent judgment at a senior level.
- Broad collaboration. Effective across construction, operations, IT, compliance, HR, legal, and the vendor community.
Benefits & Perks
- 401K Retirement Plan with match
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- And other perks!
- *Full Time Employees
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