Principal Governance Risk & Compliance Analyst

Who We Are

Red Canary was founded to create a world where every organization can make its greatest impact without fear of cyber threats. We’re a cyber security company who protects, supports and empowers organizations to make better security decisions so they can focus on their mission without fear of cyber threats.

The combination of our market-defining technology and expertise prevents breaches every day and sets a new standard for partnership in the industry. We’re united in our commitment to customers and grounded in our values, which earned us a place on Built In's 2025 Best Places to Work list. If our mission resonates with you, let’s talk.

What We Believe In

- Do what’s right for the customer

- Be kind and authentic

- Deliver great quality

- Be relentless

Challenges You Will Solve

At Red Canary, the protection of our customers and employees is of the utmost importance. Red Canary’s Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) team provides oversight to ensure that our people, platforms, and data remain secure in compliance with our policies and applicable laws. 

As a Principal GRC Analyst, you will help ensure that our controls, policies, and procedures are designed, implemented, and tested to deliver the best possible outcomes for Red Canary and our customers. Reporting to the General Counsel, the Principal GRC Analyst is responsible for activities and improvements across the entire scope of Red Canary’s GRC programs.

What You'll Do

• Lead governance, risk, and compliance initiatives.
• Lead regular reviews to ensure that policies and controls are effective, while aligning them to company values and all applicable compliance requirements; identify potential improvements and manage their implementation.
• Identify, design, and lead projects to automate the collection and presentation of auditing data for internal and external consumption.
• Lead internal audits and risk assessments of the Red Canary environment; identify potential improvements and manage their implementation.
• Schedule, prepare for, and lead annual external audits against SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and other standards.
• Maintain security and compliance certifications; identify and manage new certification initiatives.
• Lead the vendor risk management function for evaluating Red Canary’s vendors and partners to identify potential risks; identify potential improvements and manage their implementation.
• Lead the response to questions and questionnaires from customers, potential customers, and partners regarding security and compliance; identify potential improvements and manage their implementation.
• Support the sales team in vetting security and compliance terms in customer contracts.
• Help oversee security awareness training that is both relevant and instructive.
• Lead relevant and engaging business continuity and incident response exercises. 

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 audits. Experience with audits under ISO 27701, FedRAMP, and CMMC experience is a plus.
• 5+ years of managing or performing security questionnaires and vendor assessments.
• Experience addressing security and compliance terms in commercial contracts.
• The ability to articulate and shift between various compliance and regulatory frameworks.
• An understanding of the unique risks presented by cloud-native architecture and compliance and audit strategies for environments heavily reliant on SaaS.
• Strong experience interacting with auditors and gaining their confidence as a source of truth.
• Expertise in designing and managing strategies to identify, articulate, and mitigate risks.
• Experience in designing and implementing automation to the collection and presentation of audit data.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• A practical mindset that can balance compliance and business needs.
• The ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously.
• A patient and positive attitude.

The targeted base salary for this role is $130,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for a grant of stock options, subject to the approval of the company's board of directors. This role is also eligible for participation in the company's bonus program. The application deadline is March 21st, 2025.

Why Red Canary?

Red Canary is where people embody our mission to improve security outcomes for all. People work hard to maintain a culture that encourages authenticity in order to do your best work. Our people are driven and committed to finding the best security outcomes, delivering real and actionable answers, and being transparent along the way. 

At Red Canary, we offer a very rich benefits program to our full-time team members so they can focus on their families and improving our customers’ security. For a full list of benefits, please review our Benefits Summary:

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Individuals seeking employment at Red Canary are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.