Senior GRC Specialist
Senior GRC Specialist responsible for day-to-day governance, risk, and compliance operations including risk assessments, third-party risk management, internal audits, control monitoring, and policy maintenance at an AI infrastructure company. Requires 5-7 years GRC/IT audit experience, knowledge of security frameworks, and GRC platform proficiency.
About the job
What you'll do
- Own day-to-day GRC operations including user access reviews and certifications, security awareness and phishing/deepfake simulation facilitation, JML tracking, and triage and enforcement of policy and control exceptions.
- Run the risk management program: perform annual and ad-hoc risk assessments, maintain the risk register, partner with risk owners on remediation, and track issues through to closure.
- Manage third-party risk: run vendor and subprocessor risk assessments, conduct ongoing monitoring, and track remediation across critical vendors.
- Design and execute targeted internal audits to test control effectiveness, and facilitate or support external audit cycles by coordinating evidence, control owners, and remediation.
- Own continuous control monitoring and evidence automation: administer our GRC platform, keep automated control tests and evidence healthy, and maintain audit readiness year-round.
- Build and foster relationships with cross-functional partners across engineering, IT, operations, legal, and sales.
- Partner with control owners to educate them on their control responsibilities, prepare them for audits, and help operationalize controls.
- Keep the policy library current by reviewing and updating security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Turn program data into action: translate access review, awareness, and risk findings into insights and metrics that drive interventions.
How the role will grow
- End-to-end audit leadership: move from supporting to owning audits including scoping and coordination.
- Program and control maturity: lead control improvement and automation initiatives.
- Leadership and influence: mentor team members, represent GRC in projects, and shape program direction.
What we're looking for
- 5-7 years of experience in GRC, IT audit, information security, or a closely related field.
- Working knowledge of major security and privacy frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001/27701/42001, NIST CSF, HIPAA, GDPR, or CCPA.
- Experience with GRC platforms (Anecdotes, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, OneTrust, ServiceNow GRC).
- Experience running user access reviews and understanding of identity and access management concepts (RBAC, least privilege, segregation of duties, JML processes).
- Hands-on experience administering a security awareness or phishing simulation platform (Adaptive Security, KnowBe4, Hoxhunt, Proofpoint, or similar).
- Comfort with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and how SaaS products are built and operated.
- Strong written communication skills to translate control requirements and security concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Detail-oriented and organized with ability to manage multiple audits, campaigns, and deadlines.
- Collaborative mindset focused on partnership across teams.
Skills
GRC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, Nist Csf, GDPR, HIPAA, Vanta, Drata, Servicenow Grc, RBAC, Jml, Knowbe4, AWS, GCP, Azure
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