Director, Governance Risk and Compliance

Anthology Inc

Director leading Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) for Blackboard's Information Security Management System. Ensuring compliance, assessing risks, and maintaining security controls.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $154,000 - $209,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 these with the ISMS.
Coordinating external audit engagements with 3PAO, 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 communicate 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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 ISO27000 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, GovRAMP or IL-4 programs
Understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies, cloud and server infrastructure, network technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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 these with the ISMS.
Coordinating external audit engagements with 3PAO, 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 communicate 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. 🎯 Requirements
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 ISO27000 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, GovRAMP or IL-4 programs
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Hard Skills & Tools

IT auditcompliancerisk managementinformation securityidentity and access managementvendor risk assessmentsproject managementcloud implementationsoftware development lifecyclesecurity standards

Soft Skills

documentation skillscommunication skillscollaborationmentoringcross-trainingforecastingplanningorganizational skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving

Certifications

ISO27000 seriesNIST Special Publication 800 seriesSOC auditsFedRAMPGovRAMPIL-4