Principal GRC & Security Leader for AI & Cloud

CarGurus LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid model

RSUs

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

CarGurus, a leading automotive marketplace, is seeking a Principal Information Security GRC Analyst to design and drive the company’s cyber risk governance, risk, and compliance program. You will partner across Engineering, IT, Legal, Privacy, Internal Audit, and Security Operations to ensure controls effectively manage cyber risk while enabling the business.

You will lead strategic GRC initiatives, develop AI governance frameworks, oversee SOC 2 Type II compliance, and partner with finance for

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Information Security, Cyber Risk, GRC, or IT Audit.
• Proven experience building and maturing cyber risk management programs in a cloud-native SaaS environment.
• Extensive experience leading SOC 2 Type II compliance programs.
• Experience supporting SOX ITGCs in partnership with Internal Audit.
• Experience building AI governance frameworks and conducting AI security and risk assessments.
• Strong knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, and AWS security principles.
• Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction and maturity of CarGurus’ Governance, Risk, and Compliance program.
• Build the cyber risk management program, including risk assessments, risk register management, issue remediation tracking, risk reporting, and security metrics.
• Lead and mature the SOC 2 Type II compliance program, including audit readiness, evidence management, control testing, remediation tracking, and continuous control monitoring.
• Partner with Internal Audit to support SOX IT General Controls (ITGCs) and security-related SOX initiatives.
• Develop and maintain security policies, standards, and governance processes aligned with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Build and operationalize the AI Governance program, including AI risk assessments, acceptable use standards, AI inventory, third-party AI reviews, and alignment with NIST AI RMF.
• Perform cybersecurity risk assessments for cloud services, applications, infrastructure, AI solutions, and third-party vendors.
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to integrate security and AI governance into the secure SDLC.
• Lead third-party security risk management activities and vendor security assessments.
• Support customer trust by leading security questionnaires, customer security reviews, and Trust Center initiatives.
• Partner with Privacy and Legal on data classification, retention, privacy risk assessments, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop executive reporting on cyber risk, compliance posture, and key security metrics.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across GRC processes and controls.

Skills

Information Security

GRC

SOC 2 Type II

AI governance

Executive communication

Job description

CarGurus, a leading automotive marketplace, is seeking a Principal Information Security GRC Analyst to design and drive the company’s cyber risk governance, risk, and compliance program. You will partner across Engineering, IT, Legal, Privacy, Internal Audit, and Security Operations to ensure controls effectively manage cyber risk while enabling the business.

You will lead strategic GRC initiatives, develop AI governance frameworks, oversee SOC 2 Type II compliance, and partner with finance for