Cybersecurity Compliance Program Manager

Chennai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 16 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Your work days are brighter here.

Were obsessed with making hard work pay off for our people our customers and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people money and agents were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll feel it. Not just in the products we build but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity empathy and shared enthusiasm. Were in this together tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well give you the trust to take risks the tools to grow the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone including yourself youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

About the Team
Workdays Cybersecurity GRC team is the guardian of customer trust. We are responsible for building and managing programs designed to protect the confidentiality integrity and availability (CIA) of our customers most sensitive data. We ensure that company practices policies and processes are performed in accordance with contractual and regulatory requirements and Workdays core values and help represent these practices to our customers.
We act as strategic partners that fuel Workdays growth while maintaining unwavering protection of our data and infrastructure. Joining our team means directly contributing to the security posture of a global SaaS leader. If youre driven by a passion for safeguarding millions of customers data and eager to innovate compliance programs at scale this is your opportunity to be part of a top-priority initiative.

About the Role

The GRC Specialist is a pivotal P3-level role responsible for bridging the gap between security policy/compliance and technical implementation. This individual will contribute to the design documentation and enforcement of security controls across the organizations technology environment driving compliance through technical solutions and process optimization.

About You

About You
Responsibilities include:

Assist in the evaluation of internal controls in key risk areas of cyber activities/practices to ensure compliance with internal policies and applicable rules laws and regulations.
Maintain the technical security policies and standards that govern our infrastructure.
Monitor the effectiveness of security controls and track remediation efforts.
Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and monitor compliance status.
Work on different security compliance programs both internally and externally with customers and auditors.

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience in a GRC capacity with a proven ability to translate complex business requirements into technical governance guardrails.
Practical experience with security frameworks and standards (e.g. ISO 27001 NIST CSF CIS Benchmarks).
Background knowledge of information technology with a clear understanding of cybersecurity and risk management.

Desired Qualifications:

Working knowledge of scripting or data analysis tools (e.g. Python SQL) to automate compliance reporting metric collection and audit data preparation.
Experience governing or auditing security controls for infrastructure and services hosted on major cloud service providers (e.g. AWS GCP Azure) with an understanding of cloud-native security tools and frameworks.
Professional certifications such as CISM CISA CRISC or CGEIT

Professional and Soft Skills:

Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to contribute effectively to technical discussions and decisions.
Proven ability to analyze complex technical security problems and propose pragmatic business-enabling solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate complex security and risk implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrates strong ownership of tasks and projects delivering high-quality work with minimal supervision.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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Your work days are brighter here.Were obsessed with making hard work pay off for our people our customers and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people money and agents were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on w...