Lead Analyst, Information Security Governance, Risk, & Compliance

Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.

We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.

The Role:

The Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead Analyst will play a key role as part of a group of Information Security Compliance professionals responsible for operational services related to the Information Security Compliance program, facilitating Governance, Risk, & Compliance activities related to various compliance and regulatory requirements, and working with cross-functional teams throughout the company and audit/assurance services for the implementation of security controls.

The InfoSec GRC Lead Analyst will report to the Director of Information Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance and participate as a key member of the Information Security & Compliance Team.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in managing a compliance program for a portfolio of internal/external audits & certifications, ensuring documented and sustainable compliance practices across the company.
• Assist with the implementation and direction of compliance processes to automate and continuously monitor information security controls, exceptions, risks, testing, and evidence artifacts. Develops reporting metrics and dashboards.
• Assists control owners in defining responsibilities and control standards for regulatory and compliance goals – including but not limited to the following audits and certifications: SOX, PCI, HIPAA, SOC1/2, FED RAMP, HITRUST, ISO 27001/27017/27018, Cyber Essentials, etc.
• Map and maintain common controls framework and control scope/applicability for a portfolio of compliance initiatives and information security policies.
• Assists in the establishment of an Information Security GRC Center of Excellence by providing audit and assurance services to support a portfolio of compliance projects. Provide compliance subject matter expertise and advisory services to stakeholders/control owners.
• Documents and reports control failures and gaps to stakeholders. Provides remediation guidance and prepares stakeholders' reports to track remediation activities. Evaluate & report any security/compliance risks to track as part of the company risk register. Consults on developing security standards, procedures, and controls to manage risks.
• Gather requirements guide assigned controls within the centralized GRC tool & audit/certification document repository to care for compliance program information across the company. Work with business unit/product level compliance teams to strengthen and align to a shared company compliance plan and organization approach/methodologies to ensure streamlined, lean, effective, and agile processes.
• Provides dashboards and reports based on regular assessments and testing of the effectiveness and efficiency of controls.
• Perform operational activities related to the compliance program and escalate deviations when needed.
• Perform audit services including risk and gap assessments to business units as needed.
• Provide input on responses for company-wide compliance-related customer/partner/third-party requests.
• Practice Agile methodologies and promote/strengthen automation across all initiatives to promote a higher level of work quality and act as a model for others to emulate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field of study
• 10+ years of experience working with applicable information security management, governance, and compliance principles, practices, laws, rules, and regulations
• 10+ years of experience in Information systems auditing, monitoring, controlling, and assessment process
• Proficiency in Risk assessment and direction methodology
• Proficiency in working with recognized IT Security-related standards and technologies.