[Hiring] Senior Director, Security & Compliance @Prompt

Role Description

The Senior Director, Security & Compliance serves as the company’s Compliance Officer and designated HIPAA Security Officer and is accountable for the company’s enterprise compliance and information security programs. This role owns the governance, control environment, certification and audit programs, security risk management, policy framework, and cross-functional operating model required to maintain compliance with HIPAA/HITECH, SOC 2, and other applicable regulatory, contractual, and certification requirements.

The Senior Director will partner closely with Legal, Engineering, DevOps, IT, Product, People, Finance, and other business functions to translate requirements into clear controls, accountable owners, remediation plans, and sustainable operating processes. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to build and mature the program while leveraging strong technical resources across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the company’s Compliance Officer and designated HIPAA Security Officer, leading the company’s compliance and information security programs.
• Own HIPAA/HITECH compliance, including the Security Risk Analysis, risk-management plan, and ongoing oversight of required safeguards.
• Be accountable for SOC 2 Type II and other compliance certifications, attestations, and assurance programs, including audit readiness, auditor relationships, remediation, and evidence sufficiency.
• Own the company’s compliance and information-security policy framework, including policy development, review, approval, exceptions, and ongoing governance.
• Establish clear ownership for controls across the organization and ensure deficiencies, risks, and remediation plans are identified, tracked, and appropriately escalated.
• Partner with Engineering, DevOps, architecture, and IT leaders to evaluate security approaches and ensure technical controls appropriately address compliance and risk requirements.
• Own the security incident-response framework and partner with Legal, Privacy, technical teams, and executive leadership on incident assessment, response, and remediation.
• Lead the security and compliance aspects of third-party risk management, enterprise customer diligence, audits, RFPs/RFIs, and security escalations.
• Partner with Product, AI, Engineering, Legal, and other stakeholders to establish appropriate governance for emerging technologies and the use of sensitive data.
• Continuously improve the company’s compliance and security operating model so that requirements are clear, ownership is durable, and controls operate effectively in practice.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in compliance, information security, risk management, or related disciplines, including meaningful leadership responsibility.
• Deep practical knowledge of HIPAA/HITECH and healthcare compliance requirements, ideally within a covered entity or business associate environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading SOC 2 Type II or comparable certification and assurance programs.
• Experience building or materially improving compliance governance, control environments, policy frameworks, audit readiness, and cross-functional accountability.
• Strong working knowledge of cloud security, application security, IAM, vulnerability management, endpoint security, secure SDLC practices, and modern SaaS architecture.
• Ability to engage credibly with technical leaders, evaluate proposed approaches, identify material risk, and translate technical issues into business, compliance, and customer impact.
• Strong executive judgment and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Legal, Engineering, Product, IT, People, Finance, auditors, customers, and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to drive accountability across functions without relying solely on direct reporting relationships.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CHC, or similar are preferred but not required where equivalent experience is demonstrated.

Requirements

• Hands-on security and compliance leader who can build a durable program.
• Deep healthcare compliance expertise, strong risk judgment, and technical fluency to work effectively with Engineering, DevOps, architecture, and IT partners.
• Success means creating a company-wide operating model where compliance and security requirements are well understood, controls have clear owners, risks are surfaced early, certifications are continuously supported, and security enables the business to move quickly and responsibly.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Remote/hybrid environment
• Potential equity compensation for outstanding performance
• Flexible PTO
• Company-wide sponsored lunches
• Company paid disability and life insurance benefits
• Company paid family and medical leave
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance benefits
• Discounted pet insurance
• FSA/DCA and commuter benefits
• 401k
• Credits for online fitness classes/gym memberships
• Recovery suite at HQ — includes a cold plunge, sauna, and shower