GRC Manager

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USASalary:
USD 139,254–168,318 / yr Department:
Legal & Compliance Employment:
Full Time

Experience:

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** 16 Sep 2026
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Opportunity details## About this role.

AI Summary Mattermost is seeking a senior GRC Manager to own and modernize its governance, risk, and compliance program across federal and commercial markets. The role leads certification readiness, audits, risk management, vendor risk, customer security assurance, and compliance documentation for standards including CMMC, NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II. A major objective is replacing manual evidence gathering with continuous controls monitoring, GRC automation, and AI-enabled workflows.

This is a hands-on, high-autonomy program ownership position that is expected to scale into leadership of a GRC team. U.S. citizenship, U.S. location, and eligibility for a government security clearance are required.## Role DNAA quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description.### Job Complexity5/5

Easy Hard### Pace & Pressure5/5

Relaxed Fast-paced### Autonomy Level5/5

Guided Full ownership### Communication Load5/5

Independent Collaborative
** AI insight
** This role carries end-to-end accountability for high-stakes federal and commercial compliance programs, including CMMC readiness, audit execution, and customer assurance. It requires deep regulatory expertise, technical cloud-control knowledge, and the ability to drive cross-functional remediation while building scalable automation.## Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median

Market rate**$153,786
** US market range**$135k–$180k
** 0 $ 198k
** AI insight
** The disclosed target yearly salary range is USD 139,254 to USD 168,318, with a midpoint of USD 153,786. This is competitive for a senior U.S.

-based GRC Manager responsible for federal compliance, CMMC/NIST programs, SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and compliance automation; an estimated broader U.S. market range is USD 135,000 to USD 180,000 annually, depending on location, clearance requirements, certifications, and management scope.## Core skills

Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity.

Governance, Risk & ComplianceCMMCNIST 800-171

NIST 800-53

ISO 27001

SOC 2 Type IIFederal Compliance Risk Management Third-Party Risk Management Compliance Automation
** Sample interview questions
** Mattermost is the leading collaborative workflow platform for defense, intelligence, security, and critical infrastructure. Trusted by the U.S. Department of War and Fortune 500s, our platform runs on-premises and in private clouds, delivering secure messaging, file sharing, workflow automation, audio/screenshare, and project management—all with full data and operational control. Mattermost powers high-stakes workflows across mission planning, real-time, real-world operations, Dev Sec Ops , incident response, and cyber defense—enabling secure collaboration from tactical edge and DDIL environments to enterprise HQ.

Teams operate across web, desktop, and mobile, with embedded interoperability for Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365.To learn more, visit www.mattermost.com Mattermost is hiring a
** GRC Manager
** to own and modernize our governance, risk, and compliance program across both federal and commercial markets.

This is a program-ownership role for someone who brings a modern, engineering-led approach to…