Cybersecurity GRC Manager

Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense and aerospace sectors.

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We are presently seeking a Cybersecurity GRC Manager who will work out of our corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. and is committed to ensuring overall business success and corporate governance. In addition to a vast portfolio of high-performance photonic products and technologies, Excelitas offers single source convenience and reliability for integrated end-to-end photonic solutions… from light source to sensor, and everything in between.

We excel at delivering innovative and customized components, sub-assemblies and fully integrated photonic systems to meet the unique illumination, optronic, sensing and optical technology needs of global OEM customers.

Main responsibilities:

Governance & Policy Development

* Develop, maintain, and govern information security policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory, contractual, and customer requirements;

* Ensure policies and related documentation are clear, practical, enforceable, and reviewed on a defined, documented cadence;

* Translate external regulatory, contractual, and customer security requirements into internal control expectations and actionable guidance;

* Monitor changes in regulatory requirements and industry frameworks, assessing organizational impact and driving updates to policies and controls as needed;

* Manage the policy exception and waiver process, ensuring risk assessment, appropriate approval, time-bound tracking, and resolution;

Compliance & Regulatory Assurance

* Support and manage compliance with CMMC Level 2, SOX, and other regulatory or customer-driven security requirements;

* Develop and maintain CMMC program documentation, including system boundaries, data flows, interconnections, and control implementations;

* Maintain the organization's SPRS score in coordination with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and control owners, ensuring alignment with the current security assessment posture;

* Support SOX IT General Controls (ITGCs), including access reviews, change management, and IT operations controls;

* Manage remediation activities across audit findings, control gaps, and POA&Ms, ensuring clear ownership, validated closure evidence, and timely resolution;

* Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external audits, coordinating walkthroughs, evidence collection, control testing, and ensuring timely, high-quality responses;

* IT Security Risk Management

* Conduct IT security risk assessments, documenting risks, impacts, likelihood, and mitigation plans;

* Maintain the enterprise IT security risk register and track risks through remediation or formal risk acceptance;

* Provide risk-based guidance to stakeholders on control design, security architecture decisions, and risk acceptance;

* Develop and maintain GRC dashboards, metrics, and reporting to provide visibility into risk posture, control effectiveness, and program health;

* Prepare and deliver risk briefings and GRC program updates to senior leadership, ensuring informed decision-making and documented risk acceptance;

* Support and mature the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) program, including risk assessments and ongoing monitoring;

* Support the development and delivery of security awareness and compliance training programs aligned with organizational and regulatory requirements;

* Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within GRC workflows, including evaluation and implementation of GRC tooling;

GRC Team Management

* Manage day-to-day activities of GRC analysts;

* Conduct performance reviews and annual goal setting;

* Drive team development, capability building, and professional growth;

Requirements:

* 5+ years of progressive experience in IT Security Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) or related disciplines;

* Strong working knowledge of CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 requirements, SOX IT General Controls (ITGCs), Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), and IT security risk management frameworks;

* Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain security policies, procedures, and standards that are clear, enforceable, and audit-ready;

* Hands-on experience supporting internal and external audits, including evidence preparation, walkthrough facilitation, and remediation of findings;

* Strong analytical, organizational, documentation, and communication skills;

* Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent work streams and drive activities to timely completion with minimal supervision;

* U.S. Person status as defined under ITAR (22 CFR…