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At Preply were all about creating lifechanging learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor craft a personalized learning journey and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is humanled techenabled and its creating real impact. So far 90000 tutors have delivered over 20 million lessons to learners in more than 175 countries. Every Preply lesson sparks change fuels ambition and drives progress that matters.
Meet the team!
Preply is seeking a Senior Security GRC Analyst to join our Cybersecurity team and own one of the most businesscritical functions in our fastgrowing global company. This is a greenfield opportunity to shape and scale our governance risk and compliance (GRC) program.
The role will be central to maintaining and expanding our compliance with industry standards (especially SOC 2 Type 2 building scalable governance processes and proactively identifying and mitigating organizational risks.
Youll work crossfunctionally with Legal Engineering Security Product Finance and company leadership. The ideal candidate brings deep risk and compliance expertise thrives in ambiguity and is energized by building secure scalable systems that support business growth.
What you will be doing:
Risk Management & Compliance
- Own and continuously improve Preplys risk management framework.
- Design execute and evolve enterprise risk assessments surfacing both technical and nontechnical risks.
- Lead compliance initiatives for SOC 2 Type 2 with potential expansion to ISO 27001.
- Track and report Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and other datadriven risk metrics.
- Develop and maintain a thirdparty risk management program.
Governance & Policy Development
- Write update and maintain security and compliance policies in collaboration with Legal and Security.
- Embed governance practices into everyday business operations.
- Help drive privacyfocused initiatives such as data retention and vendor risk assessments.
Crossfunctional Collaboration
- Act as the primary liaison between Cybersecurity Legal and Engineering.
- Partner with Legal on translating regulatory requirements (GDPR CCPA etc. into actionable policies.
- Support internal and external audits policy reviews and compliance syncs.
- Drive security awareness and compliance culture across the company.
What you need to succeed:
- 5 years in GRC risk management compliance or cybersecuritypreferably in a tech or SaaS environment.
- Flexible backgroundcan come from:
- Engineering or technical roles with exposure to platform risk/security.
- Legal or compliance roles ideally with cybersecurity or privacy specialization.
- Hybrid profiles (e.g. lawyers with CISSP or engineers with compliance experience).
- Proven track record in:
- SOC 2 implementation (musthave).
- GDPR ISO 27001 or similar frameworks.
- Risk assessments and KRIs.
- Crossfunctional collaboration and stakeholder management.
- Core Competencies
- Strong understanding of cloud security and modern SaaS risk landscapes.
- Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical businessfriendly policies.
- Effective communicator with experience presenting to executives and running crossfunctional sessions.
- Knowledge of security tools and privacyenhancing technologies is a plus.
Certifications (Nice to Have)
- CISA CISM CISSP CRISC ISO 27001 Lead Auditor CIPM
Our Principles
- Care to change the world We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
- We do it for learners For both Preply and tutors learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
- Keep perfecting To create an outstanding customer experience we focus on simplicity smoothness and enjoyment continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
- Now is the time In a fastpaced world it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
- Disciplined What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our . We set clear goals focus on what matters and utilize our resources efficiently.
- Dive deep We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
- Growth mindset We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe todays best performance becomes tomorrows starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
- Raise the bar We raise our performance standards continuously alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and highperforming teams that can make a real difference.
- Challenge disagree and commit We value open and candid communication even when we dont fully agree. We speak our minds challenge when necessary and fully commit to decisions once made.
- One Preply We prioritize collaboration inclusion and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together we support and celebrate each others progress.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Preply is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Different opinions and viewpoints are key ingredients in our success as a multicultural EdTech company.
Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race color religion gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability age or veteran status. Together we are The World Class.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC