Director, Security Compliance and Trust

The role

You will build and lead the security compliance and trust function. You will own governance, risk, compliance, audit, privacy, and AI governance for the Motive platform.

What you will do

• Own the compliance, privacy and trust function end-to-end
• Build a single integrated control framework across multiple frameworks
• Own the annual audit calendar and manage auditor relationships
• Lead the path to FedRAMP
• Own privacy compliance operations including DSAR, DPIAs, and ROPA
• Manage regulatory readiness for new international markets
• Act as the face of security and privacy posture to customers
• Architect an AI-first operating model for the function
• Own the security policy, standards library, and company-wide security training
• Establish the AI governance program

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in security compliance, GRC, privacy, audit or risk management
• 5+ years in leadership roles managing both people managers and senior individual contributors
• Hands-on experience writing policies, designing controls, and building control mappings
• Ownership of multi-framework compliance programs in a cloud-native SaaS environment
• Operational privacy experience across GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
• Experience standing up compliance and privacy in new international markets
• Experience with FedRAMP
• Demonstrated use of AI to run compliance work
• Ownership of customer-facing trust functions
• Experience leading globally distributed teams across multiple timezones
• Working fluency in AI governance frameworks
• Authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations

Nice to have

• CIPP/E, CIPP/US or CIPM
• Familiarity with PIPEDA/Law 25, LGPD or the Mexican LFPDPPP
• Experience supporting IPO readiness, SOX or equivalent regulated-environment scrutiny
• Experience with sensitive personal data at scale

Benefits

• Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits
• Paid time off
• Sick time off
• Short term and long term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• 401k contribution

Before you apply

• Must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations
• Candidates may be required to execute a non-compete covenant depending on role and primary work location

About the company

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. The Motive platform serves nearly 100,000 customers across various industries.