Senior Manager, Governance and Trust

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Develop and execute a modern strategy for governance, risk, and compliance that empowers the company’s go-to-market strategy and ambitions
• - Build and retain a top-tier team of subject matter experts and technicians that can effectively support and advise world-class Engineering and Product Security functions
• - Level up our governance, risk management, and assurance activities through practical implementation of automation and AI capabilities
• - Lead G&T with an ''automation first'' mindset, and be unreasonably dissatisfied with any control that requires manual, periodic assurance
• - Deliver a category-leading customer experience around trust and security
• - Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and other security functions to build or strengthen the tools, processes, and documentation necessary to wow new customers and delight existing ones

Required Skills

• - Can-do attitude and a focus on progress over perfection - a role model leader that develops and coaches junior staff
• - Strong understanding of modern public cloud and SaaS-based infrastructure, and assurance automation and evidence collection using cloud APIs
• - Experience implementing and operating FAIR-based risk management programs
• - Excellent knowledge of frameworks like NIST 800-53 and the ISO 27000 family
• - Fluency in regulatory frameworks like NIS2 and CRA as well as programs like FedRAMP and IRAP will also important
• - Level 999 Wizard skills for Google sheets, slides, docs, dashboards, etc.
• - Proven track record managing cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced environments (startup or growth-stage preferred)
• - Outstanding executive presence, as this job interacts extensively with customers, partners, and Chainguard executives
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and business audiences

Benefits

• - Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs
• - Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options
• - 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents
• - ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset
• - 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child''s first year