Job brief: Director, Security, Investigations, and Intelligence

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-14 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-14.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $225,000 to $265,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Washington, DC
• Posted: 2026-11-08

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Director".

Must have

• Own required reporting, including adverse information reports, suspicious contact reports to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), security incident inquirie…
• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, intelligence studies, cybersecurity, or computer science, or 4+ years of professional experience in investigations, insider threat, intellig…
• 10+ years of professional experience in investigations, insider threat, intelligence, or counterintelligence.
• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
• Experience building or running a cleared insider threat program under NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117), DoDM 5205.07, and ICD 503 and ICD 705, including the program charter, insider threa…
• Advanced degree or professional certification in investigations, intelligence, or cybersecurity

Conditions

• Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
• Must be willing to travel to company sites, SCIFs, data centers, and partner locations as needed
• Position is subject to pre-employment screening, including a background check and a drug test
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.

Main duties

• Lead internal and external investigations across X, X Money, SpaceXSI, and SpaceX, including insider threat, employee and contractor misconduct, intellectual…
• Set investigative direction for X, including the integrity of agents on the platform (automated or AI-driven accounts and actions), account compromise caused…
• Oversee X Money financial-crime investigations in support of Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering obligations, including suspicious activity reports ma…
• Direct the intelligence and counterintelligence programs, including collection, analysis, production, dissemination, adversary tracking, and supply-chain and…
• Own required reporting, including adverse information reports, suspicious contact reports to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), secu…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs in Washington, DC: $178k a year (250 listings, 75 employers). This listing is 38% higher.
• Across SpaceX's 2,758 open listings, 56% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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