Director Governance, Risk, and Compliance; GRC)

Forgent is seeking a hands-on Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) to build, lead, and mature our enterprise GRC program. This role reports to the CISO and is accountable for evolving compliance functions across multiple frameworks, including ISO/IEC 27001 certification and Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) IT compliance, spanning IT general controls (ITGCs), application controls, and operational technology (OT) considerations in a manufacturing context.

You will lead a cross-functional team of internal employees and external vendors, drive governance processes, operationalize risk management, coordinate audits, and ensure continuous compliance across our global footprint.

• Establish and mature the enterprise GRC program aligned to ISO 27001, SOX, SOC 2, NIST CSF, CIS Controls and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Own the Information Security Management System (ISMS) lifecycle: scope definition, risk assessment, Statement of Applicability (SoA), control implementation, internal audit, management review, corrective actions, and surveillance/recertification readiness.
• Define and maintain policies, standards, and procedures (e.g., access control, change management, vulnerability management, secure SDLC, incident response, supplier security).
• Chair/coordinate governance forums (e.g., Risk & Compliance Steering Committee, Change Advisory Board, Management Review meetings).

• Implement enterprise risk management (ERM) for information and technology risks: risk identification, assessment (qualitative/quantitative), treatment plans, and risk acceptance with accountable owners.
• Enhance & maintain third-party/vendor risk management (TPRM) including due diligence, contractual controls, continuous monitoring, and remediation.
• Integrate operational technology (OT) risk (ICS/SCADA, IIoT) into the enterprise risk register with pragmatic controls that do not disrupt production.

• Lead ISO 27001 certification journey: gap analysis, roadmap, control implementation, training/awareness, internal audits, and liaison with external certification bodies.
• Own SOX ITGCs and application controls: design, documentation, testing coordination, remediation tracking, and /Disclosure Committee reporting.
• Align identity & access management, change management, computer operations, and IT service delivery to SOX and ISO control objectives; ensure evidence quality and audit readiness.
• Coordinate with Finance/Accounting on financial reporting risks.

• Plan and execute internal audits (ISO 27001, policy compliance, control effectiveness) and coordinate external audits (SOX, ISO surveillance/certification, PCI, etc.).
• Build defensible control evidence repositories, ensure sampling precision, and drive timely remediation of findings.
• Develop and maintain control libraries, test plans, and mapping across frameworks (ISO, NIST, SOX ITGC etc.).

• Select, implement, and administer GRC platforms (e.g., Archer/Drata/Vanta, Service Now GRC/IRM, One Trust) and integrate with ticketing, IAM, CMDB, SIEM, and ERP (e.g., SAP/Oracle).
• Operationalize continuous control monitoring (CCM) and control analytics (e.g., access outliers, change exceptions, segregation of duties conflicts).
• Define and publish KPIs/KRIs and Board/C-suite dashboards: audit status, control effectiveness, residual risk, TPRM posture, policy adoption, incident trends.

• Lead a hybrid, geographically distributed team of employees and vendor/consulting resources; set objectives, coach, and develop talent.
• Build SOWs, manage budgets, and ensure vendor SLAs/KPIs and quality outcomes.
• Foster a…