AI-Driven Third-Party Security Risk Analyst

Plaid; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Equity options

Paid time off

Job summary

Plaid is seeking a Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance professional to lead end-to-end vendor risk assessments for third parties. You will evaluate customer and partner security posture onboarding to Plaid’s platform, maintain the risk lifecycle, and drive remediation with scalable, AI-powered workflows.

The role emphasizes rigorous analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and program maturation. Join Plaid’s security team to protect data across a broad partner ecosystem while advancing

Qualifications

• 4+ years of vendor risk management experience.
• Experience running security risk assessments of third parties and translating findings to risk ratings.
• Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF and common control domains.
• Ability to mature third-party risk programs and drive remediation tracking.

Responsibilities

• Run Vendor Security Risk Assessments end-to-end from intake to rating and documenting findings.
• Vet Customer and Partner Security Posture onboarding to the platform.
• Maintain the third-party risk lifecycle including tiering, reassessments, and remediation follow-through.
• Mature the program with improved questionnaires and workflows for higher volume.
• Report ecosystem risk to Security and cross-functional stakeholders; apply AI-enabled tooling to increase throughput.

Skills

Vendor risk assessment

Third-party risk management

Security standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001,

Education

CTPRP

CISA

CISSP

Tools

OneTrust

ProcessUnity

Whistic

SecurityScorecard

Job description

Plaid is seeking a Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance professional to lead end-to-end vendor risk assessments for third parties. You will evaluate customer and partner security posture onboarding to Plaid’s platform, maintain the risk lifecycle, and drive remediation with scalable, AI-powered workflows.

The role emphasizes rigorous analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and program maturation. Join Plaid’s security team to protect data across a broad partner ecosystem while advancing