GRC Presales Security Engineer - Vendor Risk & Trust

xAI; Ashington; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Visa sponsorship

401(k) plan

Job summary

xAI is seeking a mid-to-senior Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) professional for third-party risk management and customer trust in Ashington, UK. The role blends cybersecurity GRC with presales, gaining deep knowledge of SpaceXSI tech stacks to answer vendor questionnaires and support customer diligence.

You will own responses to vendor security questionnaires, maintain a reusable knowledge base, and work with Engineering, Legal, and Product to ensure evolving controls and architecture are

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, information security, cybersecurity, or STEM field.
• 5+ years in cybersecurity, GRC, or third-party risk with customer-facing duties.
• Experience completing vendor security questionnaires and security due-diligence discussions.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve responses to vendor security questionnaires, RFPs, and assessments.
• Present security posture to customers during meetings as SME.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Legal, and Product to keep security content up to date.

Skills

Vendor risk management

GRC & security assurance

Presales security

Customer-facing communication

Security questionnaires

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/InfoSec/Engineering

Tools

Vanta

Drata

SOC 2 / ISO 27001 knowledge

Job description

xAI is seeking a mid-to-senior Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) professional for third-party risk management and customer trust in Ashington, UK. The role blends cybersecurity GRC with presales, gaining deep knowledge of SpaceXSI tech stacks to answer vendor questionnaires and support customer diligence.

You will own responses to vendor security questionnaires, maintain a reusable knowledge base, and work with Engineering, Legal, and Product to ensure evolving controls and architecture are