Head of Trust and Security

Filevine

Head of Trust and Security overseeing compliance and security initiatives at a leading Legal AI company. Leading FedRAMP and internal compliance efforts across multiple teams.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $190,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in FedRAMP compliance, security frameworks, and risk management, with a strong ability to translate regulatory requirements into actionable engineering and product strategies. Proven leadership in managing cross-functional initiatives and executive reporting within high-trust technology environments.

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FedRAMP ComplianceSecurity Compliance FrameworksProduct And Program ManagementRisk ManagementStakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

FedRAMP ModerateNIST 800-53Continuous MonitoringPOA&M GovernanceData GovernancePrivacy OperationsTechnical Implementation PlansRegulatory Requirements TranslationAutomation ConceptsCross-Functional Initiative Leadership

Soft Skills

Analytical Decision-MakingWritten CommunicationExecutive PresenceStakeholder EngagementPragmatic Approach

Industry Keywords

SaaSCloud TechnologyHigh-Trust EnvironmentsGRCPrivacy-By-DesignCustomer Security Review Processes3PAO EngagementFederal Cloud Authorization WorkflowsRisk Acceptance WorkflowsTrust Center Materials

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own Filevine’s FedRAMP 20x Moderate strategy, delivery plan, certification readiness, and ongoing compliance posture.
Lead the design and execution of FedRAMP evidence automation, continuous monitoring, and reporting required for Marketplace certification and sustained authorization.
Serve as the single-threaded owner for FedRAMP engagements with 3PAOs, the FedRAMP PMO, agency stakeholders, and internal executive sponsors.
Set the roadmap and priorities for dedicated FedRAMP engineering resources, ensuring regulatory requirements become shipped technical controls, automated evidence, and operationally sustainable processes.
Own POA&M governance, risk acceptance workflows, certification readiness reporting, and remediation planning across product and platform teams.
Ensure FedRAMP implementations are pragmatic, risk-based, technically grounded, and appropriately scoped for Filevine’s architecture, maturity, and business priorities.
Provide clear, consistent executive reporting on progress, risk, tradeoffs, dependencies, resourcing needs, and certification readiness.
Drive governance for vulnerability findings from scanning tools, penetration tests, customer reviews, audits, and bug bounty programs, including risk adjustment, remediation ownership, escalation, and executive tradeoff decisions.
Maintain a single source of truth for security/compliance status, control gaps, remediation commitments, and customer-facing trust claims.
Ensure trust center materials, customer security responses, sales enablement messaging, and public compliance claims are accurate, current, and defensible.
Translate privacy obligations and customer commitments into product, engineering, and operational requirements.
Support AI and data governance efforts by ensuring privacy, security, and customer trust requirements are reflected in product and operational decisions.
Drive alignment between compliance goals, engineering capacity, product strategy, customer commitments, and business risk.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of experience in security compliance, GRC, product/program leadership, privacy, trust, or related roles within SaaS, cloud, or high-trust technology environments.
Direct ownership of FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, FedRAMP 20x, or a comparable federal cloud authorization program.
Proven experience translating regulatory, security, and privacy requirements into technical implementation plans with engineering teams.
Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with executive visibility, ambiguous requirements, and multi-quarter delivery timelines.
Experience partnering with security engineering, infrastructure, product, legal, audit, and customer-facing teams.
Deep knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP 20x automation concepts, continuous monitoring, POA&M governance, 3PAO engagement, and federal cloud authorization workflows.
Strong working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and customer security review processes.
Strong working knowledge of privacy operations, consent management, data governance, DSR workflows, subprocessors, DPAs, retention, and privacy-by-design practices.
Ability to translate regulatory and security requirements into actionable, value-driven product and engineering work.
Strong product and program management expertise, including roadmap development, prioritization, milestone definition, and executive reporting.
Pragmatic, analytical approach to risk management and decision-making in fast-paced environments.
Excellent stakeholder management, written communication, and executive presence.
Comfort operating with dedicated engineering resources while remaining accountable for prioritization, clarity, outcomes, and risk-based tradeoffs.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (for full-time employees)
Competitive & Fair Pay
Maternity & paternity leave (for full-time employees)
Short & long-term disability
Opportunity to learn from a dedicated leadership team
Top-of-the-line company swag