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Salary: USD 108,000 - 186,667 / annual
Lila Sciences is seeking a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Manager to lead and operate the company's physical security operations across all global sites. This role owns the enterprise security technology stack and manages day-to-day security and intelligence operations, serving as the central coordination point for incident response and first-responder engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage 24/7 GSOC operations across all Lila Sciences sites with consistent coverage and clear escalation procedures
- Administer enterprise access control systems, including badge creation, access provisioning/deprovisioning, periodic reviews, and compliance
- Oversee enterprise visitor management processes, including registration, screening, and temporary access issuance
- Monitor and manage enterprise video surveillance systems, including active surveillance, camera health, footage review, and retention
- Monitor intrusion detection systems (IDS) and associated alarms
- Serve as primary interface with police, fire, EMS, and other first responders during security or safety incidents
- Lead initial incident response coordination and triage for security-related events
- Write, maintain, and continuously improve GSOC standard operating procedures (SOPs), security policies, and emergency response plans
- Monitor threat intelligence feeds and author threat intelligence reports and briefings for stakeholders
- Track and monitor executive and traveling staff locations to support duty-of-care and travel-risk decisions
- Partner closely with onsite security officers, Facilities, EHS, IT, contractors, and building engineers
- Maintain incident logs, GSOC metrics, and reporting for leadership review
About Lila Sciences:
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges by combining advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory instruments into an operating system for science that executes the scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery across medicine, materials, and energy.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in security management, criminal justice, emergency management, or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years (L5) to 8+ years (L6) of experience in corporate/physical security operations, GSOC/SOC environment, law enforcement, or military service
- Hands-on experience with access control systems and video management systems
- Experience monitoring and managing intrusion detection/alarm systems
- Demonstrated experience leading incident response coordination and interfacing with first responders
- Experience ensuring compliance requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2, NFPA, etc.)
- Experience managing Emergency Notification Systems and radio systems
- Strong track record writing and maintaining SOPs, security policies, and emergency plans
- Ability to work onsite full-time (40 hours/week) at 5 Alewife Park, Cambridge, MA
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Professional demeanor and sound judgment when interfacing with executives, guests, and external stakeholders
- Experience preparing and delivering written and verbal intelligence and incident briefings, presentations, and reports
Bonus qualifications:
- Experience supporting life sciences, biotech, or R&D/lab environments
- Threat intelligence analysis and report-writing experience
- Executive protection or travel risk management experience
- Technological expertise with integrated networked security systems
- Relevant certifications such as CPP or PSP
- Experience managing or coordinating third-party security contracts and systems integrators
- Familiarity with enterprise EHS and facilities coordination practices
- Crisis management or business continuity planning experience
