GRC Automation Lead – InfoSec & Controls

Prudential Ins Co of America in; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive base salaries

Annual bonus potential

401(k) with company match

Company-funded pension

Wellness programs

Education benefit

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Lead, Information Security GRC Automation at Prudential Financial, Inc. in Newark, NJ, focuses on building automated control testing, monitoring, telemetry, and evidence capabilities to improve risk visibility and reduce manual effort.

The role reports to the Director of Information Security Governance and works with Risk Management, Technology, Audit, and Information Security to modernize governance. It is a hybrid role with on-site presence required several days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated control testing, continuous monitoring, telemetry, and evidence collection capabilities that improve visibility into control effectiveness and reduce reliance on manual processes.
• Translate control library requirements into scalable automation solutions, metrics, monitoring routines, and testing approaches that support risk-based governance and compliance objectives .
• Identify opportunities to automate testing and evidence collection across the control environment, helping mature governance from periodic assessments to near real-time monitoring.
• Ensure automated testing results, evidence, and supporting data to remain accurate , traceable, and audit-ready .
• Establish and maintain connections across governance, risk, asset, technology, CMDB, and evidence platforms to create a scalable and connected governance ecosystem.
• Partner with technology teams and control owners to onboard new evidence sources, improve data quality, and enhance traceability across controls, assets, risks, and reporting.
• Design sustainable automation frameworks that support control monitoring, reporting, remediation tracking, and executive visibility across Information Security Governance.
• Help establish the foundational data structures, taxonomies, and integration patterns required to scale future automation initiatives
• Partner closely with Library & Standards, Policy & Enablement, Business Intelligence, Risk Management, Internal Audit, and Technology teams to create an integrated governance capability that connects controls, standards, adoption, metrics, and executive reporting.
• Lead continuous improvement of automation operating models, including intake, prioritization, testing, evidence collection, reporting, and governance workflows.
• Develop scalable playbooks, standards, and operational routines that improve consistency, accelerate adoption, and enhance the effectiveness of automated control monitoring.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders to modernize governance practices, reduce manual effort, and drive a more data-driven approach to risk and control management across the enterprise

Skills

Automation testing

GRC

Governance

Azure DevOps

Jira

GitHub

Jenkins

Power Automate

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

GitHub

Jenkins

Power Automate

Job description

Lead, Information Security GRC Automation at Prudential Financial, Inc. in Newark, NJ, focuses on building automated control testing, monitoring, telemetry, and evidence capabilities to improve risk visibility and reduce manual effort.

The role reports to the Director of Information Security Governance and works with Risk Management, Technology, Audit, and Information Security to modernize governance. It is a hybrid role with on-site presence required several days per week.