Remote - US•United StatesNorth America•April 27, 2024
GitHub is looking for an experienced GRC professional with a technical bent to champion compliance for GitHub Enterprise. This role will be uniquely positioned to build relationships and serve as a liaison across GitHub and will work in close collaboration with GRC and security management. GitHub is committed to developing a compliance program that enables rapid product development while reliably exceeding our customers' high expectations for security and compliance.
As part of the team reporting into the Security-GRC Staff Manager, you will work closely with multiple groups across the GitHub and Azure Compliance teams, including infrastructure, operations, legal, finance, HR, sales, and software engineering to develop sound process and implement necessary controls to meet customer needs, satisfy external audit and regulatory requirements, and address internal business objectives.
If you have a demonstrated record in compliance program management, have experience collaborating with product owners, engineering teams, and diverse business organizations in order to drive enterprise objectives and want to contribute to making the world's largest software development platform more secure, we want to hear from you!
About the Role:
As part of the Audit and Compliance team, this role will lead compliance efforts for GitHub’s products that target the highest levels of compliance and security assurance, including FedRAMP High and DISA IL4/5. You will work closely with multiple groups including software engineering, infrastructure, product, management, and audit to develop security architectures that meet customer needs and advance internal business objectives. You will contribute to the strategic roadmap for GitHub’s audit and compliance story across our products. This role is expected to anticipate problems, identify possible solutions, lead the business to a decision, and drive implementation.
This is an excellent opportunity for a strong Individual Contributor to have a hand in elevating compliance and security as a business and sales enabler, and to integrate a deep understanding of product and business into the compliance space. Our ideal candidate takes a pragmatic approach to compliance, functions as part of a growing team, and is able to balance the needs of a dynamic engineering culture with that of protecting the company and customer data. Compliance at GitHub is a team effort, so bringing your team members, leadership, and customers along for the ride is integral to your success. Central to the team's culture is that of inclusion, transparency, and teamwork — we lift each other up to be successful.
Past experience leading significant compliance results in IT, Software, Finance, Government or other complex organizations will stand out.
Responsibilities:
A large focus of this position will be to:
This job is U.S.-based and open nationwide, however, semi-frequent travel (<10%) to our San Francisco, CA headquarters, or Seattle, WA, will be necessary for a remote worker.
Qualifications:
Preferred Attitude:
The first step in the interview process is for you to take a look at the questions below and give us your thoughts on each topic. These responses will be shared with the hiring manager for the role.
Why a written response? GitHub is the work platform for developers, and Hubbers (developer and non-developer alike) use GitHub for all critical path work, all day everyday! This plus our remote-first culture makes the written word our primary form of communication.
How much effort should you spend on this? Thoughtfully crafted answers are appreciated, but we know your time is valuable, so please DO NOT feel it necessary to provide long, in depth responses. This is not expected to be an academic dissertation. We want to see how you reflect yourself in your own voice and style.
(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $148,000 to maximum $168,400 + bonus + equity + benefits.· Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired in Colorado.
Who We Are:
GitHub is the developer company. We make it easier for developers to be developers: to work together, to solve challenging problems, and to create the world’s most important technologies. We foster a collaborative community that can come together—as individuals and in teams—to create the future of software and make a difference in the world.
Leadership Principles:
Customer Obsessed - Trust by Default - Ship to Learn - Own the Outcome - Growth Mindset - Global Product, Global Team - Anything is Possible - Practice Kindness
Why You Should Join:
At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) to do the best work of their lives. We've designed one of the coolest workspaces in San Francisco (HQ), where many Hubbers work, snack, and create daily. The rest of our Hubbers work remotely around the globe. Check out an updated list of where we can hire here: https://github.com/about/careers/remote
We are also committed to keeping Hubbers healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We've designed our top-notch benefits program with these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we've built a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Please note that benefits vary by country. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.
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