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

Job description

About this role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications and requirements

• 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.
• 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.