CareerPlan

VP of GRC

Palo Alto, CAFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-09
On-siteVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Build and lead Zania's customer-facing GRC organization, acting as the senior GRC voice for Fortune 500 and Big 4 clients to deliver audit-ready outcomes using agentic AI.

Role type

VP of GRC (Customer-facing leadership & strategy)

Builds

Customer delivery playbooks for SOC 2, ISO 27001/42001, NIST, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, DORA, and EU AI Act

Domain

Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) with AI/Agentic automation

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

GRC expertise (audits, assessments, remediation), customer-facing leadership, executive presence, team building, AI curiosity

Preferred skills

Big 4 or advisory firm experience, GRC platform experience, AI governance framework familiarity, early-stage startup leadership

Technologies

SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, NIST, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, DORA, EU AI Act

Responsibilities

Build and scale the GRC organization, own customer delivery end-to-end, serve as executive advisor to CISOs/CROs, build agent-first playbooks, shape product via field insights, support strategic deals, measure delivery metrics

Seniority

VP, hands-on IC with strategic scope