Manager, Security Operations / Facility Security Officer (FSO)

At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us. Vast is looking for a Manager, Security Operations / Facility Security Officer (FSO) , to support our Vice President, Global Security & Intelligence. This manager role will be responsible for the day-to-day physical security operations across our multiple facilities in addition to being the Facility Security Officer (FSO). You will play a pivotal role in building out and implementing our clearance processes, managing personnel security clearances, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, and contributing to secure operations. This role ensures we proactively protect, train, and provide safety to employees, visitors, assets, and critical infrastructure while aligning with both corporate objectives and federal security regulations. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. This is an exempt position based out of our Long Beach, CA facility. Responsibilities: Physical Security Operations Lead and scale enterprise wide security operations across all Vast locations, establishing strategic direction, operational consistency, and measurable performance standards aligned with company growth and risk priorities. Provide leadership oversight for site security management teams, including security supervisors, vendor partners, guard force operations, and contract performance management. Direct the organization’s response to significant security incidents and critical events, ensuring rapid coordination, executive communication, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions. Drive enterprise crisis management, emergency preparedness, and business continuity initiatives to ensure operational resilience during emergencies, natural disasters, workplace incidents, and evolving threat conditions. Develop and execute long-term physical security strategies, policies, standards, and governance frameworks that support regulatory compliance, aerospace industry requirements, and operational objectives. Establish and oversee security compliance and audit programs across all facilities, ensuring adherence to corporate policies while identifying systemic gaps, trends, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Partner cross-functionally with Security Technology, IT, Cybersecurity, Facilities, Legal, People, and Operations leadership to integrate physical security programs with broader enterprise risk management initiatives. Build and lead high performing security organizations by recruiting, mentoring, and developing management level talent while fostering a culture centered on accountability, professionalism, responsiveness, customer service, and operational excellence. Oversee enterprise security risk assessment programs, ensuring identification, prioritization, and mitigation of physical security vulnerabilities across facilities, personnel, assets, and operations. Define operational metrics, KPIs, and performance standards for security teams and vendors, using data driven analysis to improve effectiveness, efficienc…