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Culture Amp

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Australia, Sydney

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IT - Administration

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Job Description:

The Senior Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance will lead and strengthen our enterprise-wide risk and compliance strategy and operational execution. You will embed a culture of risk awareness, operational resilience, and legal/regulatory compliance, supporting Culture Amp in achieving business outcomes and maintaining stakeholder trust. You will ensure our frameworks, policies, and controls align with global standards (such as GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001) and regulatory obligations, while enabling innovation (including responsible development of AI capabilities). This role partners closely across the executive, board, and functional leadership to set appetite, monitor, mitigate and report on key risks, and drive continuous improvement.

Job Responsibility:

Own and continuously evolve Culture Amp’s Risk Management Framework, ensuring our risk practices, appetite statement, and controls underpin strategic objectives, regulatory expectations, and stakeholder trust
Facilitate forums and practices that effectively govern risk (ie Board and Management Risk Management Committees)
drive regular forums for senior leadership to validate and monitor company-wide risks, including strategic, operational, financial, technology, and regulatory risks
Develop reporting packs for the Finance, Audit and Risk Governance Board sub-committee and the Board, ensuring transparency on key risks, compliance obligations, and risk-based decisions
Collaborate with the functional risk owners to identify, assess, and prioritise risks across the organisation, including financial, operational, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and reputational risks
Maintain oversight of risk registers and support functional risk owners to drive remediation plans including cost-benefit analysis, in line with appetite and tolerance
Partner across the business (customer, product, ops teams) providing advice on the risk implications for emerging technology (e.g., Agentic AI, etc.), ensuring products and services are aligned to customer and regulatory obligations and within risk tolerance settings
Oversee corporate compliance obligations including Camper training and tracking, ensuring staff complete mandatory requirements and are equipped to identify and respond to evolving threats (e.g., cybersecurity, fraud, business resiliency events)
Lead business resiliency and business continuity practice including documenting and maintaining supporting documentation, continuous improvement, and conducting at least annual simulations
Foster a risk-aware culture throughout the organisation by promoting risk management education and awareness

Requirements:

10+ years in risk management and compliance with at least 5 years experience in a leadership role
Track record leading risk and compliance for a high-growth, multi-national AI-led technology business (ideally SaaS/platform)
Familiarity with effective application of risk management frameworks in technology/AI platform development and industries with privacy and data protection obligations
Proven leadership building cross-functional risk forums/committees, delivering commercial outcomes in a risk-empowered context
Strong knowledge of auditing standards (e.g. IIA Standards), risk management frameworks (e.g. ISO 31000), and compliance requirements (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)
Experience in developing, implementing, and managing an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program in alignment with organisational objectives
Extensive background in ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and standards like GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and industry-specific regulations
Experience with global operations, understanding the differences of compliance and risk management in different regulatory environments
Strong ethical leadership, particularly in handling sensitive information and decisions with integrity

What we offer:

Employee Share Options Program
Programs, coaching, and budgets to help you thrive personally and professionally
Access to external providers for mental wellbeing and coaching support
Monthly Camper Life Allowance
Team budgets dedicated to team building activities and connection
Intentional quarterly wellbeing pauses
Extended year-end breaks
Excellent parental leave and in work support program available from day 1
5 Social Impact Days a year
MacBooks for you to do your best & a work from home office budget
Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (Available for US & UK only)

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Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

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