Security Compliance Lead San Francisco

Asana; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health, wellness & fitness

Career coaching & support

Inclusive family building benefits

Long-term savings or retirement plans

In-office culinary options

Job summary

Asana is seeking a Security Risk and Compliance Lead to mature and operate FedRAMP, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 programs. The role sits at the intersection of GRC and compliance engineering, owning FedRAMP day-to-day while supporting audit cycles and control frameworks across standards.

The position is based in San Francisco with a hybrid schedule (office Mon/Tue/Thu; optional WFH Wed; Fri depending on work). You will partner with Security, Legal, Privacy, and R&D to ensure obligations are met and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC).
• Hands-on FedRAMP experience (ConMon, evidence collection, or Moderate/High boundary).
• Knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, or NIST CSF helpful, but FedRAMP depth matters most.
• Organised and deadline-driven with multiple workstreams.
• Able to explain compliance to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with compliance automation or evidence collection tooling is a plus.
• Curiosity about modern SaaS engineering and AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own FedRAMP Continuous Monitoring package submissions and timeliness.
• Drive completion of FedRAMP requirements with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain calendars of FedRAMP deliverables and flag risks.
• Act as internal SME for FedRAMP and guidance for teams.
• Support evidence collection workflows and remediation activities.
• Assist in broader controls maturity efforts across SOC 2, ISO 27001.

Skills

GRC

FedRAMP

Certification

Audits

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Automation mindset

SaaS security

Tools

GRC platforms

Scripting

APIs

Job description

Role Overview

As a Security Risk and Compliance Lead you will play a hands-on role in maturing and operating Asana's compliance and certification programme—with a primary focus on FedRAMP Continuous Monitoring and authorization activities. This role sits at the intersection of traditional GRC work and compliance engineering: you will own our FedRAMP programme day-to-day, while also supporting our broader audit cycles and control frameworks across SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with early-career GRC experience who has a strong grounding in FedRAMP and is excited to grow their technical skills in a high-growth SaaS environment. You will partner closely with Security Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and R&D to ensure our FedRAMP obligations are met with rigour, our controls are effective, and our certifications are maintained.

This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What You’ll Achieve

FedRAMP Continuous Monitoring

• Own the monthly FedRAMP ConMon package submission, ensuring it is accurate, complete, and delivered on time every month.
• Track and drive completion of all timebound FedRAMP requirements by working closely with Engineering, People, and other responsible teams.
• Maintain a clear calendar of FedRAMP deliverables and proactively flag risks to timelines, escalating where needed to ensure nothing slips.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for FedRAMP, acting as the day-to-day point of contact for FedRAMP-related queries from internal teams and helping them understand their obligations and what good looks like.
• Proactively engage with a wide range of teams—including Engineering, IT, and People to work through FedRAMP controls maturity activities, close existing gaps, and drive remediation efforts to completion with clear documentation of progress.

Controls Maturity & Broader Certifications

• Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of Asana's broader control framework across SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other applicable standards.
• Support external compliance audits end-to-end: coordinating evidence requests, liaising with auditors, and tracking findings through to closure.
• Contribute to controls maturity scoring and reporting, providing ongoing visibility into programme health for senior leadership.
• Build strong working relationships across the business so that control owners feel supported and accountability is shared, not siloed within the compliance team.

Evidence Collection & Automation

• Own evidence collection workflows within our GRC platform, ensuring controls are reliably mapped, evidence is current, and audit artefacts are ready year-round—with particular attention to FedRAMP requirements.
• Document evidence collection procedures so that processes are transparent, auditable, and maintainable by the broader team.
• Where possible, identify opportunities to automate repetitive evidence-gathering tasks—curiosity and initiative here will be valued, though this is not a core requirement of the role.

About You

• 5+ years of experience in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), information security, or a closely related field—internships and co-ops count.
• Hands-on experience with FedRAMP—ideally including ConMon, evidence collection, or working within a FedRAMP Moderate or High boundary. This is the most important qualification for this role.
• Foundational knowledge of broader security compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or NIST CSF is a plus, but depth in FedRAMP matters most.
• Organised and deadline-driven: you can manage multiple workstreams, track time-sensitive obligations (like monthly FedRAMP submissions), and keep audit artefacts tidy without being reminded.
• Comfortable engaging with a wide variety of teams—Engineering, People, IT, Legal—to explain compliance requirements, gather evidence, and build the relationships needed to close control gaps.
• A clear communicator who can translate compliance requirements into plain language for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Exposure to compliance automation or evidence collection tooling (GRC platforms, scripting, API integrations) is a plus, but not essential—curiosity and a willingness to grow technically matter more.
• Curious about how modern SaaS engineering works—comfortable asking questions and learning the technical context behind a control.
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

At Asana, we’re committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you’re interested in this role and don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What We’ll Offer

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we’re committed to looking at market value, which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $158,000–$180,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include equity and benefits. Speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:

• Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
• Career coaching & support
• Inclusive family building benefits
• Long-term savings or retirement plans
• In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations.

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About us

Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong.

We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.