[Hiring] Security Compliance Coordinator @Top Hat

Role Description

Are you highly organized and looking to launch your career in information security at a mission-driven EdTech company? At Top Hat, we are looking for a detail-oriented Security Compliance Coordinator to keep our compliance work organized, our evidence current, and our audit requests moving smoothly. In this role, you will act as the organizational backbone of our security compliance program, gaining hands-on experience while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to build a foundational career in governance, risk, and compliance while helping to protect the data of millions of educators and students.

Qualifications

• Experienced in coordination, administration, document management, or audit support.
• Highly organized with an exceptional attention to detail.
• A clear communicator who is confident and comfortable following up with various teams to ensure deadlines are met.
• Tech-savvy and comfortable using spreadsheets, task trackers, and document management tools.
• Trustworthy and capable of handling sensitive, confidential information with the utmost care.
• Curious and eager to learn about security controls, audit processes, and compliance frameworks.
• Bonus points if you have familiarity with compliance platforms like Vanta, or frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, or GovRAMP (helpful, but not required).

Requirements

• Gather and organize compliance evidence from control owners across the company.
• Upload and maintain evidence in Vanta using our established guidelines.
• Quality-check submissions to ensure all required documents, dates, and approvals are accurate, flagging any gaps for further review.
• Manage the pipeline by tracking evidence requests, owners, deadlines, and overdue items.
• Coordinate logistics for audit meetings, control walkthroughs, and auditor follow-up requests.
• Maintain the administrative foundation of our program, including compliance calendars, document versions, and ownership records.
• Drive policy compliance by coordinating policy reviews and tracking required employee acknowledgements.
• Follow up on remediation tasks, ensuring that completion evidence is routed to the Security team for final validation.
• Keep the team informed by providing short, clear status updates on progress, blockers, and upcoming deadlines.
• Protect our data by handling and sharing all evidence strictly according to access and privacy requirements.

Benefits

• A noble mission that creates meaningful, fulfilling work.
• A team that cares deeply for customers and for each other.
• Flexible, remote first work environment.
• Professional learning and development for all role levels.
• An awesome and welcoming Toronto HQ.
• Competitive health benefits that start on day one.
• A management team focused on performance, growth, engagement and connection.
• Our winning strategy and market potential.
• Innovative PTO policy with lots of time and space for self-care.
• Passionate customers that believe in us—and what we do.
• A chance to work with new tech like generative AI—and see the customer impact.