Vice President, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Versant; New Jersey; On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Versant Media in New Jersey is seeking a Vice President, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to lead the cyber risk program across brands and business units. You will set strategy, mature risk frameworks, and align governance with the broader Cyber organization.

The role involves directing audits, policy development, risk assessments, and executive communications, partnering with senior leaders to drive risk-aware decisions, and building a resilient security program across Versant's media and

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in a leadership role across cyber security disciplines including governance, risk, compliance and audit.
• Experience leading external audits and regulatory reviews across complex business processes.
• Proven ability to develop governance policies, compliance programs and board reporting formats.
• Strong track record building risk management frameworks and incident response coordination.
• Experience with M&A security evaluations and cross-functional stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction of the GRC organization and align with Cyber strategy.
• Transform maturity of risk management lifecycle and operational processes.
• Direct cross-business engagement and prioritization across GRC services.
• Manage outsourced services and staff to improve efficiency and coverage.
• Evaluate security risk across brands and establish accountability for risk acceptance.
• Foster collaboration across business lines and drive an inclusive defense mission.
• Maintain feedback loops with partners and translate input into actions.
• Lead and develop staff while maintaining high performance and inclusion.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Risk management

Compliance

Audit

Communication

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in IT related field

Master’s Degree in IT related field

Job description

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

The Vice President, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) will be a key senior leader within the new Versant Cyber organization and will make an impact by leveraging their technical experience with strong business acumen to build and expand on core capabilities while modernizing the team’s approach to risk. This individual reports directly to the Chief Information Security Officer and will set the strategic direction of the organization’s security evaluation program, control frameworks, and risk management processes while ensuring their effective operation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Key areas of focus for the VP, GRC include managing the organization’s governance program, risk management and trending lifecycle, compliance and policy management, corporate audit liaison functions and leading cybersecurity assurance responsible for risk evaluation and remediation. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following activities:

• Setting the strategic direction of the GRC organization with alignment across key Cyber partner organizations and the overall Cyber strategy.
• Transforming the maturity of existing functions including ownership of the risk management lifecycle and operational processes.
• Directing cross business engagement, interactions, intake of security requests and prioritization across GRC services.
• Directing multiple outsourced services and staff to support operational efficiencies.
• Evaluating security risk of technology implementations across all brands and business units and establishing appropriate accountability within business leadership for accepted risk.
• Crossing business lines, forging key stakeholder relationships, and driving an inclusive cyber defense mission applicable to Versant and its business areas.
• Maintaining an effective feedback loop with business partners – seeking and integrating business area feedback into daily operations and strategic growth.
• Influencing the Versant Cyber Organization, executing its strategic and tactical mission, and being a leader of its transformation, maturity, and sustainability.
• Managing, developing, and supporting staff across a wide range of experience levels and maintaining a high bar for effectiveness and inclusion on the team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 10 years working in a leadership position across cyber security disciplines to include but not limited to Cyber-focused security assurance, governance, risk, compliance, audit, and business facing assessment/risk/resolution lifecycle management.
• Hands on experience leading external audits and regulatory reviews involving multiple, complex business workflows.
• Prior experience creating and maintaining governance policies, compliance programs, security training, and board reporting formats.
• Prior experience developing internal testing and control frameworks to ensure operational efficiency and compliance.
• M&A experience driving security evaluations and providing comprehensive risk evaluations.
• Prior experience leading functions and staff defending large, complex global computing enterprises and understanding strategic and tactical requirements to transform and maintain key security functions.
• Expert knowledge of risk frameworks (e.g., COSO, ISO 31000), industry-specific regulations (e.g., SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA), risk assessment, and mitigation strategies.
• Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape including different types of adversaries, campaigns, and the motivations that drive them and the ability to translate this to defending Versant.
• Strong and proven communication (both verbal and written) and customer engagement skills with experience briefing corporate executives and professionals.
• Strong leadership skills, social and business acumen, and proven results working with leaders across organizational and business lines to solve complex problems.
• Experience providing direct support and input to business executives and taking a lead role in driving the strategic direction of the organization’s mission.

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:

• Previous experience working in multiple large complex environments and specifically within the Governance, Risk, and Compliance functions.
• Previous experience leading Governance, Risk, and Compliance functions in the media, entertainment, and/or advanced technology industries.
• Previous experience building, maintaining, or transforming a risk management program.
• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT related field and/or equivalent work experience
• Master’s Degree in an IT related field

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.