WordPress VIP (WPVIP), the enterprise division of Automattic, is the world’s leading content management platform. Leveraging our FedRAMP certification, WPVIP is expanding its reach into the public sector, and growing momentum in highly regulated use cases. WordPress, the Open Source CMS, powers 40% of the web, and our large and growing ecosystem of technologies, services, and integrations is designed to bring that freedom and power to our customers, which include several federal government agencies, as well as Meta, The New York Times, Salesforce, and hundreds more.
Our government sector business is rapidly expanding as we capitalize on the US Federal Government’s “Cloud Smart” mandate, and we are correspondingly increasing our investment in our GRC capabilities. Consequently, we’re looking for an experienced leader to guide our investments, and to make an impact by establishing an enterprise-grade, world-class Compliance function.
With deep expertise with the FedRAMP certification process as well as Compliance more generally, you will drive toward attaining compliance standards including FedRAMP, ISO27K, SOC, and CSA Star; contribute to evolving our approach to GRC; and help our business capture a healthy share of the government sector total addressable market. This will entail being familiar with compliance standards such as NIST 800-53, and also being able to guide the organization on implementation approaches that balance security and compliance requirements with business and cultural realities. Your approach will be practical and include a willingness to roll up your sleeves and support implementation in various ways, including project-managing critical efforts.
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Salary range: $190,000-$260,000 USD – Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, where we pay in local currency.
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