Director, Governance Risk and Compliance

Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance
Remote - United States About the Role

The Director, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) is responsible for leading efforts to assess the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information via the framework set forth in the company’s global Information Security Management System (ISMS). This includes assessments of compliance with company security policies, operating an internal and third‑party risk management process, and regular review and measurement of the effectiveness of information security controls.

The successful candidate will liaise with and advise various teams, including those responsible for systems architecture, systems deployments and application configuration. The position is a subject‑matter expert able to translate complex regulations in NIST, ISO, SOC, and PCI‑DSS frameworks and standards into practical security controls and processes, and reporting on the company’s risk posture to senior management.

• Developing and maintaining the organization’s ISMS documentation, including policies, standards, and procedures for risk management, compliance, and information security. Responsible for recommendations to the CISO, Product Management, Legal and Finance leadership teams that provide security program alignment with compliance requirements.
• Responsible for information risk management, collaborative design of information security controls, assessment of effective implementation of applicable controls, including identity and access management.
• Staying current on evolving regulatory environments, security threats, and compliance best practices, and updating policies and procedures accordingly.
• Responsible for maintaining and improving information security awareness in the organization.
• Translating business and information security needs and integrating those with the ISMS.
• Coordinating external audit engagements with 3
  
  PAO, ISO/SOC auditors, PCI DSS QSA firms and other security assessors, including coordinating responses and remediation efforts.
• Conducting vendor risk assessments and ensuring third‑party compliance with security and privacy standards.
• Reviewing and monitoring the activities of the Security Incident Response and Business Continuity Management teams to ensure that the information security controls are used effectively during the complete life cycle of business continuity and disaster recovery response.
• Managing the recurring measurement of the effectiveness of ISMS controls implemented and communicating findings with senior management.
• Enforcing document control management processes for the Information Security Management System.
• Assisting with forecasting, planning and risk assessment relevant to evolving security control coverage in alignment with the company’s technology strategy.
• Maintaining and applying current industry knowledge and best practices. Researching and recommending use of new technologies.
• Project management including analysis of business requirements, creating and updating project plans, and tracking projects to successful completion.
• Assisting with vendor management, forecasting and program budget management.
• Managing personnel including mentoring and cross‑training of team members to achieve business objectives.

• US Citizenship
• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in IT audit and/or compliance
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Strong understanding of security standards and frameworks including ISO
  27000 series, NIST Special Publication 800 series, SOC audits, and security requirements of Data Privacy laws
• Previous experience gaining an ATO or P-ATO for a cloud implementation under the FedRAMP, Gov Ready or IL-4 programs
• Understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies, cloud and server infrastructure, network technologies
• Experience managing security staff, collaboration and relationship building with global teams

• Current CISA, CISM, CISSP or equivalent certification is strongly preferred

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