Hyperproof

Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)

Hyperproof

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $146,000 - $206,000 per year

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About the role

  • As the Director of GRC, you are a revenue enabler and a cornerstone of our enterprise growth strategy.
  • Transform compliance from a reactive exercise into a Continuous Assurance engine.
  • Build a gold-standard compliance program that meets the highest regulatory bars and drives customer trust.
  • Lead the end-to-end strategy for SOC 2 Type II and FedRAMP Moderate authorizations.
  • Architect the expansion of our compliance program into new frameworks.
  • Serve as the internal owner of our own platform implementation.
  • Own and mature the company-wide security awareness and role-based training program.
  • Establish and manage a process for responding to security questionnaires.
  • Direct the assessment of all current and prospective third-party providers.
  • Govern the annual penetration testing program and third-party security assessments.
  • Define and maintain the response playbooks used for security events.

Requirements

  • Certification: CISSP is strictly required.
  • Experience: 8+ years in GRC or Information Security leadership within a high-growth SaaS environment.
  • Framework Expertise: Direct experience achieving or maintaining a FedRAMP Moderate ATO; deep familiarity with NIST 800-53 controls is essential.
  • Incident Response: Proven ability to lead through security events and design robust response frameworks.
  • Technical Literacy: Ability to discuss cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), IAM roles, and containerization with senior engineering and DevOps leads.
  • Communication: High-level executive presence for board and customer reporting, paired with a "roll-up-your-sleeves" attitude required in a small, agile team.
Benefits
  • Annual compensation reviews + equity
  • Unlimited PTO: strongly encouraged to unplug and recharge
  • Health: coverage for medical, dental, and vision - employee and dependents
  • 401K, which vests immediately, complete with a 4% company match
  • 12 weeks of Parental leave and 1 year free diapers and wipes with Honest
  • Annual company in-person events and quarterly in-person connects
  • $500 home office stipend - at the time of hire. Any additional home office needs are requested as needed.
  • $100 quarterly paid wellness stipend
  • Pet insurance discount
  • Slack channel notifications turn off after 5 pm based on your time zone
  • Two Hypercharge weeks of rest where we close company-wide (July & Dec)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
GRCInformation SecuritySOC 2 Type IIFedRAMP ModerateNIST 800-53Incident ResponseCloud ArchitectureIAM RolesContainerization
Soft Skills
Executive PresenceCommunicationLeadershipAgilityCollaboration
Certifications
CISSP