Senior Manager, Security Governance & Compliance

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Diligent is the AI leader in governance risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions helping more than 1 million users and 700000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk build greater resilience and make better decisions faster.

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Position Overview:

The Senior Manager Security Governance & Compliance defines and leads operational execution of audit and compliance strategy across multiple products and services. This person understands compliance challenges related to software and AWS cloud architecture and can ensure ongoing and efficient compliance. Reporting to the Senior Director GRC this person will also mentor and lead analysts in the GRC group. The roles primary objective is to clearly communicate compliance requirements to engineers product managers and corporate stakeholders and to ensure that Diligent products maintain a compliance status that earns customer trust and reflects the organizations commitment to security.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of analysts responsible for executing external audits and maintaining compliance monitoring tasks for the organization with a focus primarily on SOC 2 and BSI C5.
• Monitor and interpret changes in relevant laws regulations and industry standards (e.g. GDPR HIPAA SOC 2 PCI DSS). They ensure internal controls are implemented tested and maintained to meet these requirements.
• Create or revise security and compliance-related policies and control sets (e.g. Access Control Data Privacy Incident Response).
• Translate abstract regulations into actionable controls for technical and business teams.
• Promote a security culture through awareness and GRC training programs ensuring all employees understand their roles in risk management and policy adherence.
• Own people management responsibilities including goal setting feedback performance management and career development.

Required Experience/Skills

• Post-secondary degree in a relevant field.
• 7-10 years of experience in information technology or an equivalent combination of education technical training with proven people management experience.
• Proven track record in developing and implementing governance frameworks and compliance programs.
• Experience with compliance audits assessments and Privacy Impact Assessments
• Working experience with audits in AWS
• Expertise in SOC 2 BSI C5 and strong knowledge of ISO 27000 series requirements.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred Experience/Skills

• Security certifications e.g. Security SSCP CISSP

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people.Diligent offers a flexible work environment global days of service comprehensive health benefits meeting free days generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City but we have office hubs in Washington D.C. Vancouver London Galway Budapest Munich Bengaluru Singapore and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team facilitate dialogue and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate smart and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future but who want to make the world a more sustainable equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York Diligent has offices in Washington D.C. London Galway Budapest Vancouver Bengaluru Munich Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations you will be expected towork onsite at least 50% of the time.We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation teamwork and a strong sense of community.

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