Head of Global Assurance

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive assurance programs across Scale’s Global Public Sector and Commercial businesses, covering FedRAMP, NIST frameworks, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
• Manage and develop a technical assurance team responsible for public sector authorizations, audits, control evidence, and remediation reporting.
• Set priorities and operating cadences for assurance workflows, including intake, evidence collection, and metrics-driven deadline management.
• Build executive-level metrics and dashboards that provide leadership with a clear view of program health, strategic priorities, and key risks.
• Partner with the Legal team on contract-driven assurance obligations, sensitive escalations, and external-facing customer representation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Security, Engineering, and Product to validate evidence, track remediation, and support authorization requirements.
• Manage high-stakes relationships with external auditors, assessors, certification bodies, and government authorizing officials.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity compliance, GRC, or public/commercial assurance, including an active U.S. security clearance (SCI eligible).
• Proven leadership experience managing senior technical professionals and distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Deep technical familiarity with FedRAMP, continuous monitoring, and scalable control frameworks within cloud or AI/ML environments.
• Excellent communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to advise executive leadership on assurance and risk tradeoffs in fast-moving technical environments.

Nice-to-Haves

• Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, or AWS/Azure Solutions Architect credentials.
• Experience with emerging technologies, specifically developing compliance approaches for GenAI, LLMs, or large-scale data platforms.
• Direct experience with JAB authorization environments or classified/national security GovCloud deployments.