Senior IT Governance & Compliance Analyst

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Governance Analyst to support IT governance frameworks, lifecycle management, risk mitigation, and audit readiness across enterprise systems. The role emphasizes NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, ITIL, and governance tools like ServiceNow, Jira, and Flexera.

You will bridge technical teams and compliance stakeholders, drive governance improvements, and collaborate with IT, risk, finance, vendor management, and internal audit teams to strengthen

Qualifications

• Experience developing, reviewing, and maintaining IT policies, procedures, technical standards, and governance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and maintain IT policies, procedures, technical standards, and governance documentation.
• Align governance processes with NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, ITIL and regulatory requirements.
• Drive organization-wide adoption of technology standards through documentation and training.
• Track governance and compliance improvements and identify gaps for optimization.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Information Security, Enterprise Risk, Finance, Vendor Risk Management, and Internal Audit.

Skills

IT governance

Information security

Risk management

Policy development

Auditing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Cybersecurity

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Flexera

CMDB

ITAM/ITSM

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Governance Analyst to support IT governance frameworks, lifecycle management, risk mitigation, and audit readiness across enterprise systems. The role emphasizes NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, ITIL, and governance tools like ServiceNow, Jira, and Flexera.

You will bridge technical teams and compliance stakeholders, drive governance improvements, and collaborate with IT, risk, finance, vendor management, and internal audit teams to strengthen