Manager IT Compliance

Overview

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We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're seeking driven and enthusiastic professionals to join our team, empower lives, fuel businesses, and drive innovation. Connectivity is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected.

Our successes, now and in the future, are powered by our amazing product, a commitment to our people and culture, and the connections we make in our communities.

If you are resourceful, collaborative, and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is for you!

The Manager IT Compliance will oversee and manage our company's SOX, PCI, AI governance, and related IT governance, risk, and compliance obligations. The ideal candidate will have a mixture of security, risk management, AI governance, and IT compliance skills with a history of managing and delivering complex compliance projects on time and within budget. This role will supervise multiple teams of compliance specialists and act as a central point of contact for the organization for all compliance matters.

• Provide leadership, guidance and direction to the Security & IT Compliance team and related stakeholders
• Act as a central contact person for the organization for all matters related to Security & IT Compliance
• Define and maintain the Security & IT Compliance framework for the various IT Compliance disciplines including people, process and technologies needed to maintain compliance
• Design, specify, implement, and monitor internal controls to ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, internal policies and standards
• Evaluate IT controls and drive remediation of control weaknesses, and communicate to respective compliance stakeholders
• Supervise the performance of risk assessments, self-audits and establish performance metrics against control-related policies and procedures
• Provide recommendations for meeting compliance requirements and manage any exceptions to closure
• Develop and deliver training and awareness programs to teach staff the importance of compliance and how it is maintained with laws, internal policies and standards
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of all requirements the organization must comply with, including laws, contractual commitments, and internal policies
• Provide oversight to compliance activities when interacting with third parties/vendors. Review contractual agreements to ensure IT compliance adherence
• Prepare, perform and approve performance evaluations and development plans; interview and approve personnel for hire
• Manage vendor relationships, ensuring vendors are responsive to company needs
• Negotiate with legal on contracts, statements of work and maintenance agreements to ensure compliance
• Participate in budget planning and analysis
• Lead the design and operation of the company's AI governance and compliance program, aligning controls with frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and applicable AI-related regulations
• Perform compliance and risk assessments of internal and third-party AI/ML use cases, evaluating data privacy, security, bias, model transparency, and regulatory exposure prior to deployment
• Maintain the enterprise AI inventory and accompanying policies, standards, and acceptable-use guidelines for responsible adoption of AI
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, Data Science, Engineering, and the AI Governance Committee to operationalize responsible AI principles within existing GRC, change-management, and SDLC processes
• Drive automation of evidence collection, control testing, and continuous controls monitoring through modern GRC platforms to reduce manual effort and audit fatigue
• Develop and report compliance KPIs, control health dashboards, and AI-risk indicators to senior leadership and external auditors
• Monitor evolving regulatory and standards landscape and translate requirements into actionable controls and roadmap items

• A bachelor's degree in…