Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Lead (AI)

TL;DR

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Lead (AI): Building, scaling, and maturing a comprehensive compliance and risk management program for a high-growth AI infrastructure platform with an accent on SOC 2, ISO 27001, and privacy regulation adherence. Focus on designing scalable GRC processes, overseeing audit lifecycles, and integrating AI safety and ethics into the organizational policy framework.

Location: San Mateo, CA

Company

hirify.global is a leading generative AI infrastructure company focused on high-performance, low-latency LLM inference and model serving.

What you will do

• Design and execute the GRC strategy, implementing and maintaining frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, and HIPAA.
• Serve as the primary liaison for external audit bodies, managing the end-to-end lifecycle from scoping to remediation.
• Establish a global privacy compliance program ensuring adherence to GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA regulations.
• Develop and lead the company-wide risk assessment program to identify and mitigate data security and compliance risks.
• Own the Third-Party Risk Management program, conducting vendor due diligence and contract reviews.
• Integrate AI safety, ethics, and security policies into the company-wide documentation lifecycle.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in GRC roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
• Proven experience leading GRC/Security programs in a high-growth, cloud-native environment.
• Expertise in using GRC platforms like Vanta to automate compliance operations.
• Strong ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable engineering work-streams.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with IT, Security, and Engineering.
• Commitment to detailed project management and timely completion of audit deliverables.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborate with world-class engineers and researchers from Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI.
• Ownership-driven culture with minimal bureaucracy and high-impact project opportunities.
• Work at the forefront of AI infrastructure development and scalable model serving.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive innovation environment.