Flock Safety is seeking an experienced GRC leader with an engineering background to join our team. As the Director of GRC Engineering, you will be responsible for taking our program to the next level, maintaining a high level of trust with our customers, and ensuring our cybersecurity program is continuously improving.
What You'll Do
- Own, manage, and be accountable for supporting our revenue team on net new deals, renewals, and RFIs related to customer security reviews.
- Build automation into GRC processes and deploy GRC-as-Code / Policy-as-Code.
- Deploy AI into our GRC processes where appropriate.
- Lead and build a high-performing team.
- Manage our public trust center and maintain a high level of customer service for internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead our annual external audits such as SOC2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, CJIS, FedRAMP and serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors.
- Lead our internal audits and manage vendor security reviews for our entire supply chain.
- Lead cyber risk management for the business and oversee the cybersecurity risk register.
- Draft and manage all cybersecurity-related policies, procedures, and standards.
- Partner closely with Product Security & Privacy, Engineering, and Product teams to conduct privacy threat modeling.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and key risk indicators (KRIs) from engineering and cloud telemetry data.
- Lead and maintain compliance with NCIC requirements, ensuring proper access controls and operational alignment.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of people leadership experience and 10+ years of general GRC experience.
- Ability to delegate and dive deep with your team to solve problems quickly.
- Proven ability to define and execute a multi-year vision, strategy, and roadmap for the GRC Engineering function.
- Experience mentoring and coaching team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and automation-first thinking.
- Experience managing budgets, vendor relationships, and resource allocation.
- Ability to drive a proactive, security-minded, and compliance-aware culture across engineering and product.
- Strong experience in reviewing and redlining contracts, balancing customer requirements with organizational risk.
- Strong negotiation skills for managing vendor and supply chain risks.
- Proven ability to build business-centric Third Party Risk programs.
- Experience with and deep knowledge of CJIS Security Policy or NIST 800-53.
- Experience and knowledge of HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, LINDDUN.
- Understanding of product development, SDLC, and CI/CD.
- Deep knowledge of AWS and familiarity with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience integrating GRC processes with vulnerability management and security configuration tools.
- Strong communication and diplomatic skills for building consensus from dispersed teams with competing priorities.
- Ability to build and nurture strong cross-business relationships with Engineering, IT, Product, Legal, Revenue, People, and the broader cybersecurity team.
Technical Stack
- AWS
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
Team & Environment
You will lead our existing GRC team members and report directly to the CISO.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary range: $195,000 to $260,000 + Flock Safety Stock Options (equity).
- Flexible PTO: Non-accrual PTO plus 11 company holidays.
- Fully-paid health benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and an HSA match.
- Family Leave: 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all employees. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.
- Fertility & Family Benefits: Partnership with Maven and a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit for eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.
- Mental Health: Access to Spring Health for therapy, coaching, and medication management.
- Caregiver Support: Partnership with Cariloop.
- Equity Guidance: 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors via Carta.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): Including Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs, and Melanin Motion.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position open to candidates in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Austin.
Flock Safety is an equal opportunity employer.
