GRC Analyst, Partnership Compliance

Summary

Join Sprout Social's IT team as a GRC Analyst focused on Partnership Compliance. This unique team structure offers diverse project exposure and opportunities for career growth. You will create monitoring processes for partner terms of service changes, respond to technical assessments, and collaborate with other teams to build and maintain internal controls. You'll also implement access governance, participate in audits, and support sales and success teams in showcasing Sprout's security posture. The role requires experience in IT audit or compliance and a strong understanding of security frameworks. Growth opportunities include becoming a subject matter expert on partner developer portals and leading technical assessments.

Requirements

• 5+ years of combined experience in security, IT audit, risk management, legal, or similar roles supporting a cloud-based environment
• Experience with system/tool administration and a deep understanding of role-based access controls
• Experience with reviewing and interpreting legal documents
• Experience in developing, implementing, and testing controls in support of compliance or privacy frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, SOX, NIST, ISO, CSA, GDPR, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Create monitoring processes for changes in our social network partners’ terms of service
• Respond to technical assessments from our social network partners
• Pair with other members of the GRC, Legal, and Engineering teams to create, remediate, and monitor a set of internal controls built on the requirements from our social network partners
• Implement access governance over the social networks’ developer portals
• Participate in internal and external audits–testing, maturing, and automating our security controls along the way
• Support our Sales and Success teams in assuring customers of our industry-leading security and privacy posture with your knowledge of cybersecurity and procurement

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work US central or US eastern time zone working hours is highly preferred
• Attention to detail and a willingness to learn the technicalities of people, processes, and systems
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently across distributed teams
• Experience at social media, marketing, or similar companies
• Deep knowledge of security frameworks and processes
• Certifications in security (Security+, CISSP) or GRC (CISA, CRISC)
• Experience working closely with Security, Legal, Engineering, and Sales teams in supporting of company-wide objectives, internal and external audits, and the sales lifecycle

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays