Associate Director, Security & Compliance (US)

Location: United States; remote-first

Salary: $140,000–$175,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a digital-first creative agency combining creativity and technology to deliver digital products and client solutions.

What you will do

• Lead security, privacy, and compliance strategy across SaaS products and client projects.
• Own SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 readiness, ongoing compliance, control design, evidence collection, and auditor coordination.
• Lead privacy governance covering HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA requirements.
• Embed security and privacy practices into product development and client delivery, including identity, access, data handling, multi-tenancy, logging, and auditability.
• Establish client security plans, lead vendor reviews, and support security questionnaires, RFPs, and client assurance activities.
• Maintain incident response playbooks, exercises, escalation processes, and post-incident improvements.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive information security experience, including leadership in SaaS and/or professional services environments.
• Strong application and cloud security knowledge covering identity and access, encryption, key management, logging, monitoring, and vulnerability management.
• Demonstrated ownership of SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 programs from readiness through steady-state operations.
• Working knowledge of HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA, with experience operationalizing privacy controls.
• Clear communication skills for working with internal teams, auditors, and client stakeholders.
• Comfort coordinating work across a geographically dispersed organization and multiple time zones.

Nice to have

• Agency or consulting experience supporting multiple client projects.
• Experience with AI-enabled products, data flows, model risk, and ISO 42001.
• Expertise in GCP, AWS, or Azure and common SaaS security patterns.
• Experience with Vanta, Drata, SecureFrame, security tooling, or relevant security and privacy certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first approach with teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
• Work spans creative technology, financial services, travel and hospitality, government, education, media, and other major categories.
• Opportunity to support SaaS products and projects for global brands and agency clients.