GRC Automation Specialist (Governance, Risk & Compliance, TPRM)

About the role

The Governance, Risk, and Compliance Automation Specialist is responsible for assisting in assessing third-party risk across Samsara’s new and existing systems and building automated workflows to support a scaling program.

You take Security seriously, but understand there is a business to operate and strive to build low friction solutions and decisions made in close partnership with others. On a typical day, you might work with Samsara’s legal or procurement team to discuss an ongoing review of a vendor, build and refine AI enabled workflows to scale the vendor risk program, and collaborate with teams across the business to understand and define vendor use cases and data flows.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact – helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Work with the Manager and Sr. Director of Platform Security and Compliance to provide programmatic updates and communicate both program, third-party, and technical risk to the broader Information Security leadership team
• Drive automation and efficiency in the TPRM program through the use of third-parties, such as Zip and Vanta, and creating native solutions; ensuring security reviews and reassessments scale with company growth.
• Partner with Procurement, Legal, and Privacy to ensure vendor risks are identified, documented, and mitigated throughout the vendor lifecycle.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 2-4 years of experience in the governance, risk, and compliance space
• Experience implementing or maintaining vendor-risk programs
• Experience performing security and maturity assessments
• Supporting the creation or maintenance of risk registers, compliance inventories, and control mappings across internal and external systems
• Ability to work with systems teams to collaboratively implement security controls across a diverse range of systems, such as Okta, Slack, Salesforce, and internal tooling
• Professional experience coordinating and interacting with external auditors, internal engineering teams, business stakeholders, senior leadership, and security operations teams on procurement activities, audit controls and compliance requirements
• Experience conducting vendor risk assessments, including reviewing security certifications, penetration tests, and policies.
• Strong understanding of vendor integration risks and permission scoping across SaaS platforms (eg. Slack, Google Workspace, and Salesforce)
• Ability to translate complex technical findings and requirements into clear business risks and requirements to non technical stakeholders.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience working with NIST Cybersecurity Framework profiles, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks
• Experience creating workflows through automation and AI assistance
• Experience working within common GRC and procurement platforms such as Zip and Vanta.
• Experience managing high volumes of vendor requests and competing priorities.
• Prior assessment experience in the Software-as-a-Service industry