Manager - Information Security Compliance

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.

Verisign is seeking a hands-on technical manager to join an impactful Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team. In this role, you will support an enterprise-wide governance, risk, and compliance program focusing on security control assurance, security risk management, policies and standards, continuous control monitoring, and ensuring compliance with internal and external security requirements.

• Reviewing information security control design and conducting tests

• Standing up automated evidence collection practices

• Responding to external regulatory information requests

An ideal candidate cares deeply about automation and reducing friction. We expect the candidate to possess competencies that allow them to bring noticeable and measurable improvements in some of the above-mentioned areas. This position requires the technical depth and communication range to brief audiences from system engineers to senior leadership.

• Manage a security control assurance program, including planning and executing test procedures, assessing design and operating effectiveness, and driving identified gaps to remediation.

• Manage compliance with external regulatory obligations, translating requirement into control objectives, coordinating regulator information requests, and tracking remediation commitments.

• Build a continuous control monitoring program by collaborating with control and system owners and translating security control requirements into automated tests.

• Interface directly with technical engineering teams to design and improve security controls, define implementation requirements, and determine what effective security control operations should look like.

• Report on compliance and control assessment results, risk trends, and remediation priorities to audiences ranging from controls owners to senior leadership through clear reporting, executive briefings, and dashboards.

• Assist with the development of enterprise information security policies and standards.

• Lead a team of practitioners, setting priorities and quality standards, and ensuring commitments are met.

• Domain expertise in cyber security standard methodologies and security control frameworks such as CIS Controls, SOC 2/3 Trust Services Criteria, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and NIST SP800-53; with hands-on experience testing and mapping controls across frameworks

• Experience in a public company environment managing compliance across multiple regulatory and security frameworks

• Technical understanding of security controls, identifying control objectives, and how to implement them in a complex enterprise IT environment

• Ability to creatively develop and refine control tests tailored to specific control implementations

• 8+ years progressively responsible experience in information security governance, risk, compliance, or security assessment/audit

• 4+ years of security control assessment experience required

• 2+ years of related experience leading or managing others

• Professional security management certification, such as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor