[Hiring] Director, Governance Risk & Compliance @Figma

Role Description

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:

• Set direction for our certification portfolio.
• Build the risk and controls frameworks that scale with our growing business and product suite.
• Represent 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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience implementing compliance programs for emerging products, including AI-enabled products, with a strong understanding of cloud-based technologies and their GRC implications.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Figma offers equity to employees, as well as a competitive package of additional benefits, including:
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits with company contributions.
• Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
• Mental health and wellness benefits.
• Paid time off, including paid sick leave and holidays.
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) subject to manager approval.
• Company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and lifestyle spending accounts.
• Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.