Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance

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GRC Director leading Atmosera’s internal compliance program and managed GRC services. Managing federal SSPs, audits, risk remediation, and technical security control alignment.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead Atmosera's internal GRC program and Managed Governance, Risk & Compliance services
  • Establish standardized GRC methodologies, processes, templates, evidence requirements, and quality controls
  • Lead risk assessments, control assessments, compliance readiness, policy governance, Managed Audit, Managed Questionnaires, and other GRC engagements
  • Manage client commitments, priorities, capacity, deliverable quality, and service performance
  • Identify opportunities for automation and AI to improve GRC delivery and scalability
  • Partner with Sales and Client Success on service scoping, SOWs, pricing, and complex opportunities
  • Lead and maintain System Security Plans for federal clients
  • Develop and review control implementation statements and supporting evidence
  • Coordinate with technical control owners to validate control implementation
  • Manage POA&Ms, control deficiencies, remediation activities, milestones, and dependencies
  • Coordinate responses to government, assessor, and auditor findings and requests
  • Facilitate SSP and control working sessions with clients, engineers, security teams, and stakeholders
  • Support continuous monitoring, security assessments, and authorization activities
  • Maintain alignment between documented controls and the actual operating environment
  • Support requirements involving NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, FISMA, CMMC, FedRAMP concepts, and agency-specific requirements
  • Lead cybersecurity risk assessments, control gap assessments, risk registers, treatment plans, exceptions, and remediation tracking
  • Support SOC 2, NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CMMC, and Microsoft security benchmark frameworks
  • Own Managed Audit methodology, including audit readiness, evidence management, auditor coordination, findings, and remediation
  • Oversee Managed Security Questionnaire delivery and reusable response and evidence libraries
  • Ensure policies, standards, procedures, and control documentation reflect operational practices
  • Partner with the CISO to operate and mature Atmosera's internal security and compliance program
  • Serve as a senior GRC advisor to client security, IT, risk, compliance, and executive leadership
  • Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into actionable security improvements
  • Partner with Security Operations, Managed Azure, Microsoft 365, and engineering teams to map control requirements to technical implementations
  • Maintain working knowledge of Azure, Entra ID, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Purview, and Azure Policy
  • Support vCISO engagements requiring governance, risk, audit, or compliance expertise
  • Lead, mentor, and develop GRC Analysts and Consultants
  • Manage workload, capacity, priorities, quality assurance, and escalations
  • Build repeatable processes that allow the GRC practice to scale
  • Complete onboarding, shadow active engagements, and audit current MGRC workflows within 90 days
  • Independently own the GRC function, manage the SOC 2 Type 2 program, lead MGRC delivery, and manage complex federal SSP activities within one year

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of cybersecurity, GRC, security assessment, audit, or related experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading GRC programs or teams
  • Hands-on experience with NIST SP 800-53, System Security Plans, POA&Ms, control implementation statements, and federal security requirements
  • Experience managing audits, evidence, risk assessments, control gaps, policies, and remediation programs
  • Ability to translate regulatory requirements into technical and operational security controls
  • Strong client-facing, executive communication, and technical stakeholder management skills
  • Experience in an MSSP, MSP, consulting, professional services, federal program, or government contractor environment (preferred)
  • Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 security experience (preferred)
  • CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT, or similar certifications (preferred)

Benefits:

  • Competitive salaries commensurate with experience and skills
  • 100% company match on 401(k) contributions up to 4% of salary
  • Performance-based compensation with bonus potential in addition to base salary
  • 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance for employees
  • Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
  • Three weeks of paid time off
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Paid community service leave
  • Employee recognition and reward program
  • Ability to work from home or from a local US office