Manager, Governance, Risk and Compliance at Sama

• You will also be responsible for leading and driving our current compliance efforts to ensure the timely completion of all audits and standardise and accelerate the management of audits to avoid gaps and duplication of effort. This includes managing the external & internal audit plans, updating existing controls, assisting in maintaining certifications, and mapping to future certifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with relevant stakeholders to define and maintain the required policies, procedures, monitoring practices, and improvements to align with business objectives.
• Work with relevant stakeholders in defining the necessary level of knowledge on existing and emerging regulatory GRC requirements across the organization.
• Develop the annual compliance work plan that reflects the organization's unique characteristics by coordinating internal compliance review and monitoring activities, including periodic reviews of departments.
• Direct, manage, train and appraise the performance of the GRC team; delegate authority and responsibility to the team with supervision, accountability and review.
• Identify the lack of and/or improvements to policy and process, assess the effectiveness of current policies and processes and recommend and implement required changes.
• Monitor the maturity of the GRC program and work with the relevant stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities.
• Own and have the overall responsibility for risk assessment, audit review, monitoring & managing compliance within the organization.
• Provide strategic direction to the management team on GRC through clear and concise reports.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 7+ years of years of related experience; 3 years of leading/managing teams.
• Global Privacy experience and knowledge is an added advantage (EU, US, APAC ideally)
• Prior experience establishing and maintaining compliance programs for regulations or certifications such as ISO, GDPR, SOC2
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects and prioritize work in a fast-paced atmosphere with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, and policies.
• One or more industry certificates e.g. CRMP, CRCMP, CRMA
• Ability to deal with ambiguity effectively.
• Ability to discreetly handle highly confidential and proprietary information.
• Analytical and goal-oriented; a strong bias toward action.
• Deep commitment to building an ethical, world-class company team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience implementing and maturing compliance programs in a fast-paced start-up/emerging growth environment.