Job Overview
Anduril Industries · Amsterdam, North Holland · Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers
Anduril Industries is seeking a seasoned Senior Security Manager – Netherlands to serve as the primary security authority and designated Corporate Security Officer (Beveiligingsambtenaar – BVA).
The Global Security & Governance team protects Anduril's people, operations, capabilities, and classified technology across international jurisdictions.
Responsibilities:
- Facility Accreditation & Commissioning: Lead and execute the end-to-end process to obtain and maintain formal Dutch Ministry of Defence (MOD) Facility Security Clearance (FSC) / ABDO accreditation for Anduril’s new Netherlands site.
- Designated Security Officer (BVA): Act as the formal, dedicated Security Officer (Beveiligingsambtenaar) for Anduril NL, holding statutory accountability for the entity’s defense security operations.
- Board Governance & Executive Reporting: Maintain a direct reporting line to the Netherlands Board of Directors; provide regular executive briefings on threat vectors, regulatory compliance, risk postures, and facility readiness.
- Personnel Security (PERSEC) Lifecycle: Design, implement, and run the personnel security apparatus.
- Governance & Investigations: Conduct NL-specific security investigations, manage incident response, assess insider threat vectors, and execute required regulatory reporting under Dutch MOD rules and internal corporate standards.
- Regulatory SME: Serve as the internal Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Dutch defense regulations (ABDO), state-secret protection frameworks, and applicable European Union security directives.
- Pragmatic Security Culture: Establish a pragmatic, modern security culture across Anduril NL.
- Multinational Alignment: Partner closely with regional, international, and US/UK security leadership to harmonize global security policies.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Security Management, Law, International Relations, Criminology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 8+ years of progressive security leadership experience within the Dutch defense sector, intelligence community, military, or a cleared defense prime operating in the Netherlands.
- Demonstrated experience preparing, certifying, and maintaining physical sites to obtain Dutch Ministry of Defence (MOD) Facility Security Clearances (FSC) under ABDO (Algemene Beveiligingseisen voor Defensieopdrachten) regulations.
- Direct experience performing the duties of, or working alongside, a designated Beveiligingsambtenaar (BVA) interfacing directly with the MIVD.
- Proven expertise in leading complex personnel security vetting (VGB), corporate security investigations, and insider threat programs.
- Demonstrated executive presence with experience briefing and advising corporate Boards of Directors, legal counsel, and military officials.
- High-agency, pragmatic operator who can build security infrastructure from scratch without relying on bureaucratic templates.
- Full professional working proficiency / fluency in both Dutch and English (written and verbal) is required.
- Must currently hold, or be immediately obtain and maintain, the highest level of Dutch national security clearance (Verklaring van Geen Bezwaar – VGB).
Benefits:
Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages available at little to no cost to employees.
Key skills: Dutch defense regulations (ABDO), Personnel security vetting (VGB), Corporate security investigations, Insider threat programs, Facility Security Clearance (FSC), NATO security classifications, Prior service as a security officer or intelligence professional within the Dutch Ministry of Defence, MIVD, or AIVD, Experience establishing sovereign defense compliance programs for a foreign-headquartered multinational technology or defense company, Familiarity with NATO security classifications and bilateral international security agreements
Job Detail
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Offered Salary0- £15,000
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Career LevelManagerial
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GenderBoth
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INDUSTRYDevelopment