Senior GRC Leader - Cybersecurity & Compliance (Remote)

Pellera Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pellera Technologies, a leading cybersecurity services firm, is seeking a Principal/Senior GRC Consultant to advise clients on governance, risk and compliance. You will lead engagements across audits, framework assessments, and cloud-security reviews, translating requirements into pragmatic improvements while guiding executive conversations and delivering high-quality client deliverables.

This remote US-based role emphasizes experience with NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and regulatory programs, plus

Qualifications

• Fifteen or more years of cybersecurity, IT, governance, risk, compliance, or related disciplines.
• Experience in consulting, professional services, or client-facing environments.
• Ability to independently lead complex GRC engagements.
• Broad knowledge of security controls, regulatory requirements, risk management, and audits.
• Experience documenting evidence, findings, and remediation recommendations.
• IT general controls and control testing knowledge.
• Excellent report writing, presentations, and executive communication.
• Ability to manage multiple client engagements with quality and timeliness.
• Willingness to travel occasionally; United States work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex GRC engagements from discovery to reporting and executive presentation.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews with executives, technology leaders, and control owners.
• Review policies, procedures, system documentation, data flows, and control evidence.
• Evaluate design and operating effectiveness of cybersecurity, privacy, and governance controls.
• Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities with practical roadmaps.
• Produce executive-ready reports, workpapers, and dashboards.
• Present results to client stakeholders including boards and auditors.
• Bridge GRC and technology across multi-cloud and on-prem environments.
• Support pre-sales discovery, scoping, and proposal development.
• Mentor other consultants and contribute to reusable methodologies.

Skills

Stakeholder interviews

Risk assessment

Policy and procedure review

Control testing

Executive reporting

GRC frameworks

Cloud security

Audit readiness

Vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

ServiceNow GRC/IRM

Archer

OneTrust

Vanta

LogicGate

OpenPages

CSA STAR/CCM

Job description

Pellera Technologies, a leading cybersecurity services firm, is seeking a Principal/Senior GRC Consultant to advise clients on governance, risk and compliance. You will lead engagements across audits, framework assessments, and cloud-security reviews, translating requirements into pragmatic improvements while guiding executive conversations and delivering high-quality client deliverables.

This remote US-based role emphasizes experience with NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and regulatory programs, plus