Global Cybersecurity Director - Risk & Compliance

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Boston (MA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero-dollar health premiums

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Retirement contribution

Paid time off

Parental leave

Gym reimbursement

401(k) option

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group is seeking a Director of Federal Security Governance, Risk & Compliance (SGRC) to lead the strategy and governance for federal cybersecurity, governance, and AI risk across BCG Federal offerings. You will translate complex regulatory requirements into practical controls, drive audit readiness, and partner with Security Architecture to align policies with engineering.

This role requires executive communication, change management, and the ability to obtain necessary U.S.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity, information security, GRC, audit or risk management.
• Experience leading federal cybersecurity compliance programs (CMMC, NIST 800-171/53, FedRAMP).
• AI security governance experience with GenAI risk management.
• Strong collaboration with Security Architecture and dev/IT teams.
• Executive-level communication and reporting skills.
• Organizational change management in security programs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Federal GRC pillar strategy, roadmap, and governance cadence across BCG Federal.
• Direct enterprise compliance initiatives for DFARS, CMMC 2, NIST 800-171/53, FedRAMP, and AI governance.
• Partner with Security Architecture to translate regulatory requirements into operating baselines.
• Own readiness for federal assessments, SSP development, evidence prep, and audit defense.
• Establish Federal AI Governance with risk methodologies and safe adoption pathways.
• Manage federal risk register governance, including identification, mitigation, and reporting.
• Lead security reviews of contracts, RFPs, and vendor risk management.

Job description

Locations

Boston | Washington

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You’ll Do

BCG Federal operates within a federally regulated environment supporting consulting, cloud, software, data, and emerging AI technology capabilities. The Director, Federal Security Governance, Risk & Compliance (SGRC) serves as the senior accountable lead for the SGRC pillar. This role drives the strategy, risk governance, regulatory compliance, certification readiness, and control maturity agenda across all BCG Federal offerings.

The Director leads enterprise readiness and audit defense across key federal frameworks; including CMMC Level 2, NIST SP 800-171/53, FedRAMP and DFARS. Working closely with Security Architecture, the Director translates complex regulatory requirements into policy and control objectives, establishing the governance framework while Architecture designs the technical controls and secure cloud baselines.

Furthermore, this role pioneers Federal AI Governance, establishing guardrails, risk assessment protocols, and approval pathways for Generative AI and machine learning tools deployed across federal boundaries.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

You excel at leading complex federal cybersecurity and compliance programs by combining technical GRC expertise, executive communication, organizational change management, and trusted stakeholder relationships.

YOUR DUTIES WILL INCLUDE

• Lead the Federal GRC pillar strategy, roadmap, operating model, governance rhythm, reporting structure, and control maturity agenda across BCG Federal.
• Direct enterprise compliance initiatives supporting DFARS, CMMC Level 2, NIST 800-171/, FedRAMP, AI governance, cloud security, and related federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Partner closely with Security Architecture to align policies with technical engineering; defining what control outcomes are required while Architecture designs how technical controls and baselines are configured.
• Own organizational readiness for federal assessments and certifications, including assessment scoping, SSP development, evidence preparation, stakeholder preparation, audit defense, C3PAO engagement, and executive reporting.
• Establish and mature Federal AI Governance, including risk methodologies, safety frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF), boundary protections, and approval pathways for secure adoption of Generative AI and LLMs.
• Own the federal risk register governance model, including risk identification, severity assessment, mitigation planning, exception management, escalation, and reporting.
• Lead cybersecurity review of federal contracts, RFPs, client opportunities, software approvals, cloud service reviews, and third-party vendor risk management to support secure technology adoption.
• Lead organizational change management for federal cybersecurity and compliance initiatives, including stakeholder alignment, communications, training, readiness tracking, and sustainment of new governance processes.
• Oversee continuous monitoring (CONMON) governance, evidence traceability, recurring review cadences, POA&M tracking, and management reporting.
• Define and deliver executive-level metrics, dashboards, QBR content, risk reporting, compliance status updates, and decision-ready materials for leadership.
• Lead, mentor, onboard, and develop GRC personnel while improving team operating rhythms, accountability, prioritization, and delivery quality.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security, GRC, audit, compliance, risk management, or technology governance environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading federal cybersecurity compliance programs (preferably supporting CMMC Level 2, NIST 800-171/53, FedRAMP) in consulting, cloud, SaaS, or federal contracting environments.
• Direct experience leading or materially supporting external assessments, regulatory inquiries, audit readiness efforts, C3PAO assessments, evidence preparation, and audit defense.
• Proven track record establishing AI Security Governance, evaluating machine learning/GenAI security risks, and applying federal AI risk management frameworks.
• Proven ability to partner with Security Architecture, DevSecOps, and IT engineering teams to translate complex legal and federal requirements into practical operating baselines.
• Strong organizational change management experience, including leading cross-functional process adoption, stakeholder readiness, communications, training, and sustainment of new operating models.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing executive briefings, policies, audit materials, and management-level reporting.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance where required.

Additional info

*** For US locations only ***

In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.

• The base salary range for this role begins at $176,000.00 in our lowest cost US region and goes up to $199,830.00 in our highest cost US region. Your recruiting contact can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.

In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 30% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.

All Of Our Plans Provide Best In Class Coverage

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
• Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
• Paid sick time on an as needed basis

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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