GRC Specialist
Cohere
Job Description
Overview
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products. Join us on our mission and shape the future!
What You’ll Do
- Build, implement, and scale compliance programs, controls, and processes across frameworks and regulatory requirements including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, ISO 42001, Product Compliance, and FedRAMP/DoD (+others)
- Support and mature compliance efforts related AI governance including work aligned to ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act
- Drive compliance readiness for FedRAMP, DoD, and related public sector requirements, while supporting broader enterprise and customer-facing compliance obligations
- Partner with Security, Engineering, Modeling, Product, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to translate requirements into practical, scalable controls
- Improve compliance operations through automation, tooling, and scalable workflows
- Help build scripts or lightweight tools for evidence collection, reporting, control tracking, and audit readiness
- Manage cross-functional projects, timelines, remediation efforts, and audit preparation
- Support audits, assessments, and customer or regulatory compliance requests.
What We’re Looking For
- You’ll ideally have 5+ years of progressive experience in the following:
- Building and scaling compliance programs across multiple frameworks and regulatory requirements, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, with extensive experience in FedRAMP, DoD, and public sector or highly regulated environments
- AI governance and frameworks such as ISO 42001
- Strong project management and cross-functional execution skills
- Technical fluency and comfort working with Engineering and Security teams
- Automation, workflow tooling, or process design; some hands-on experience with Python or similar scripting for lightweight automation is a plus
- Strong written communication, organization, and attention to detail
Nice to have
- Experience designing and implementing mature risk management frameworks, including FAIR, quantitative risk methodologies, and other structured enterprise risk models
- Consulting experience in regulated environments, including multi-jurisdictional compliance programs and regulatory requirements across the U.S. and international markets
- Experience with additional frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST RMF, NIST AI RMF, CMMC, or similar standards
- Experience working in cloud-native, SaaS, or highly technical product environments
- Experience preparing reports, metrics, and presentations for senior leadership, including communicating compliance posture, program progress, and risk insights to executive stakeholders
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.