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Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance

Doppel · US Remote · Remote

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About Doppel

Outpace AI-driven attacks. Unify Digital Risk Protection, Human Risk Management, and Email Security to stop digital threats before they scale, empower your teams to lead your defense, and scale your SOC with agentic AI. Backed by Bessemer and a16z.

About the role

Doppel is looking for a Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance to lead and scale our GRC function as the company grows. You will set the company-wide strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap for governance, risk, compliance, privacy, third-party risk, control assurance, and customer trust.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience across GRC, security risk, compliance, security audit, or related disciplines, including significant experience leading teams and owning a GRC function or similarly broad program
  • Experience building and scaling GRC programs and teams in a high-growth technology, SaaS, cybersecurity, or similarly complex environment
  • Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic advisor to senior executives, translating security, compliance, and regulatory risk into clear business decisions and priorities
  • Deep understanding of management systems (ISMS/PIMS/AIMS), Trust Services Criteria, common control frameworks, control assurance, and evidence requirements within cloud-first environments
  • Experience designing and operating enterprise risk management programs, including risk appetite, risk registers, governance forums, escalation, remediation, and formal risk acceptance
  • Experience overseeing third-party risk, access governance, privacy, customer security assurance, and other core GRC programs at scale
More about this role

Doppel is looking for a Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance to lead and scale our GRC function as the company grows. You will set the company-wide strategy, operating model, and multi-year roadmap for governance, risk, compliance, privacy, third-party risk, control assurance, and customer trust.

As the leader accountable for GRC at Doppel, you will ensure our security and compliance programs scale with the complexity of our business, customers, products, and regulatory environment. You will own the strategy for SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, and future frameworks while building the systems, team, and governance structure required to operate them efficiently at scale.

You will serve as a strategic advisor to the CISO and executive leadership on enterprise risk and compliance, provide visibility into material risks and control posture, and represent Doppel with auditors, strategic customers, and other external stakeholders. You will partner closely with Security, Engineering, Product, IT, Legal, People, Finance, and Sales to embed effective risk management into how the company operates without creating unnecessary friction.

Set the GRC strategy: Define and execute...

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