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Greenhouse · Posted 14 Oct 2026

contract

Director, Governance Risk & Compliance

Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma's Governance, Risk, and Compliance team is the foundation of how we build and maintain trust - with our users, regulators, business partners, and the organizations that rely on Figma every day. We work across the organization and drive programs that ensure the effectiveness of our security protections, identify and manage risk, maintain compliance, and build trust with our customers. We're looking for a Governance, Risk and Compliance Director to lead this team through its next phase of growth. You'll own Figma's security compliance, risk management, and governance strategy end to end - setting direction for our certification portfolio, building the risk and controls frameworks that scale with our growing business and product suite, and representing GRC to executives, the board, customers, and regulators. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll manage and grow a team of GRC professionals while staying close to the programs, infrastructure, audits, and cross-functional relationships needed to both protect and enable the business. If you're a strategist and team builder who is excited to scale Figma's GRC program in a rapidly evolving environment, we'd love to hear from you! This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you'll do at Figma: Set the strategy and roadmap for Figma's GRC program, aligning compliance, risk, and governance priorities with company objectives and the Security leadership team Own Figma's certification and compliance portfolio, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, SOX ITGC, and GDPR, and expand coverage as Figma enters new markets and customer segments Lead and grow a team of compliance, risk, and governance professionals, setting priorities, developing talent, and building a culture of rigor and pragmatism Build and evolve enterprise risk and controls frameworks — including AI Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives and control effectiveness monitoring — that scale across technical and business stakeholders Manage relationships with external auditors, assessors, and regulators, and oversee audit cycles from planning through remediation Direct the selection and optimization of GRC platforms and tooling, and maintain the lifecycle of security policies, standards, and procedures Partner with Sales, Legal, and Customer Trust on security questionnaires, customer audits, contracts, and trust-related communications that support the sales lifecycle Scale enterprise risk reporting and report on program health, risk posture, and audit readiness to executive and board-level audiences We'd love to hear from you if you have: 10+ years of experience in information security, compliance, or risk management, including at least 4 years leading or managing a GRC, security, or compliance team Deep, hands-on experience with frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, including leading programs through multiple audit cycles A track record of building GRC programs from the ground up or scaling them through high-growth stages, ideally at a SaaS or platform company, including experience operating in a public company environment with SOX ITGC requirements Executive presence and exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to build cross-functional partnerships across Security, Legal, IT, Sales, and Engineering and translate technical risk into business terms for executives, the board, and customers Experience implementing compliance programs for emerging products, including AI-enabled products, with a strong understanding of cloud-based technologies and their GRC implications, and a builder's mindset comfortable with ambiguity as the program scales While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have: Supported FedRAMP authorization, SSP development, 3PAO coordination, or continuous monitoring activities Experience with global privacy and data protection regulations, such as GDPR or NIS2 Security or risk certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, or CRISC Hands-on experience implementing or administering GRC platforms such as Vanta, Drata, or similar tools Experience presenting to boards, steering committees, and audit committees At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyw

Role	Director, Governance Risk & Compliance
Company	Figma
Location	San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Type	contract
Compensation	Not disclosed
Posted	2026-10-14
Deadline	Rolling

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