[Hiring] Senior IS&T Governance Partner @Parloa

Role Description

As a Senior IS&T Governance Partner at Parloa, you will play a key role in safeguarding the trust and credibility of our platform by ensuring the highest standards of governance, security, and regulatory compliance. You will be entrusted with one of the organization’s most critical responsibilities: enabling Parloa to scale rapidly while remaining compliant, secure, and audit-ready at all times.

Our IS&T Governance Department is building a world-class framework for governance, assurance, and risk management. We are establishing a mature structure of internal controls, reviews, and audits to certify our products and operations against the highest international standards, including:

• ISO 27001
• ISO 22301
• PCI DSS
• HIPAA

This is a rare opportunity to become an early member of Parloa’s internal Governance function and play a pivotal role in shaping how security, compliance, and risk management are embedded into a high-growth, AI-driven organization.

Areas of ownership:

• Act as a core member of the remotely distributed IS&T Governance team, fostering a strong culture of security and compliance awareness across planning, development, and operational activities.
• Ensure that changes in product, development, and operational processes are properly documented, risk-assessed, and reviewed in a timely and structured manner.
• Partner with the Commercial organization by supporting security and compliance questionnaires, contributing to contract and DPA reviews, and participating in customer calls as a trusted subject matter expert.
• Manage and respond to incoming requests related to compliance, information security, and regulatory topics, providing clear, pragmatic, and actionable guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Serve as the internal authority on information security best practices, continuously promoting industry standards and driving their consistent adoption across the organization.
• Lead and support the preparation, execution, and continuous maintenance of security certifications and regulatory frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, ISO 22301, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA).
• When new certifications or regulatory frameworks are required, take ownership of understanding the applicable security and legal requirements in close alignment with Legal and the DPO, and translate them into hands-on guidance for engineering, product, and operations teams.
• Drive the practical implementation and adoption of compliance controls by embedding governance and security requirements into daily workflows and technical designs.
• Contribute to the definition and continuous improvement of governance processes, policies, and standards to ensure scalability and long-term audit readiness.
• Support risk assessments, DPIAs, and control design activities for new products, features, and architectural changes.

Qualifications

• A seasoned GRC / Information Security professional with 6–10+ years of experience across information security, compliance, risk management, and regulatory frameworks in technology-driven environments.
• Deeply experienced in security and compliance standards such as ISO 27001, SOC II, FedRAMP, PCI DSS v4, ISO 42001, and data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), with a strong understanding of how they apply in modern SaaS and AI platforms.
• A trusted advisor who can confidently engage with engineers, product leaders, legal teams, auditors, and enterprise customers, translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical actions.
• A hands-on operator who is comfortable moving between strategic governance design and detailed control implementation, audits, and evidence generation.
• A builder of scalable governance who designs processes and controls that enable speed and innovation rather than slow them down.
• A culture carrier who naturally embeds security, privacy, and compliance thinking into everyday decision-making across the organization.
• Analytical and pragmatic, balancing regulatory rigor with business reality to deliver solutions that are both compliant and operationally efficient.
• Resilient under pressure, remaining structured, credible, and decisive in audits, customer security reviews, and high-stakes compliance discussions.
• A continuous learner who stays current on emerging regulations, security standards, and best practices in cloud security, AI governance, and data protection.

Benefits

• OTE Salary Range - $150,000 - $170,000 + Equity
• Range includes Bonus
• Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data.
• All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information.
• Parloa is an e-verify employer in the USA.

Company Description

We’re at the beginning of a new era in customer experience, one where AI doesn’t just respond, but understands, reasons, and takes action. We’re building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments: complex questions, high volumes, real stakes. When millions of people reach out to a brand, those interactions aren’t just support tickets; they’re defining experiences.

At Parloa, ownership isn’t a buzzword; it means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. We operate in a category that’s evolving fast, where the bar is high, and the problems are complex. We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through.

We’ve grown beyond the earliest startup phase, but we’ve kept the intensity: fast execution, direct feedback, and a strong expectation to contribute meaningfully from day one.

Backed by leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital, we’re scaling with a clear ambition: to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI.