Salary
💰 $102,100 - $197,100 per year
About the role
- Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the organization’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance program.
- Act as a central liaison between senior leadership, business units, auditors, and regulators.
- Ensure strategic objectives are met while legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations are satisfied.
- Develop, maintain and socialize enterprise-wide GRC policies, standards and procedures.
- Facilitate cross-functional steering committees; provide regular risk and compliance reporting to executives and the board.
- Align the GRC program with business strategy, ensuring clear accountability across departments.
- Own the full risk management lifecycle: identification, assessment, treatment, monitoring and reporting.
- Maintain the enterprise information security risk register and conduct periodic risk reviews using industry frameworks.
- Lead scenario analyses and business impact assessments (BIA); recommend and track mitigation plans.
- Implement financial loss expectancy models for quantitative risk assessment.
- Manage external audits and assessments (e.g., SOC II) from scoping through remediation.
- Monitor emerging regulatory changes (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, etc.) and advise stakeholders on required controls.
- Coordinate third-party attestation activities and maintain evidence demonstrating compliance.
- Support the enterprise through unified audit lifecycle management.
- Map regulatory and contractual requirements to internal controls; oversee control testing, maturity scoring and improvement initiatives.
- Partner with Information Security to integrate technical controls—such as IAM, vulnerability scanning and incident response—into the GRC platform.
- Ensure policies are reviewed, approved and communicated on a defined cadence.
- Design and deliver ongoing risk and compliance training for employees, contractors and key vendors.
- Promote a culture of compliance and ethical behavior through targeted campaigns and leadership engagement.
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of analysts or specialists; set goals and measure performance.
- Evaluate and manage GRC software tools and third-party risk management solutions.
- Oversee budgets related to compliance initiatives and external consulting support.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of security control frameworks (SOC II, ISO 27001, NIST)
- Experience with regulatory compliance requirements (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA)
- Proficiency with GRC platforms and risk management tools
- Understanding of technical security controls and their implementation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences
- Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to influence and build consensus across organizational boundaries
- Critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
- 5+ years of experience in GRC, risk management, compliance, or information security
- 2+ years of experience leading or managing audit engagements (SOC II preferred)
- Experience building GRC programs in healthcare technology or SaaS environments