Senior Compliance Analyst, Governance Programs

Snowflake
CA-Menlo Park, US
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in regulated-industry compliance and cross-functional program management.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in compliance or GRC and a track record of leading cross-functional initiatives
    — “Proven program management experience, including leading cross-functional initiatives without direct authority over contributors.”
  • Professionals with expertise in AI-driven compliance automation and a keen interest in agentic enterprise solutions
    — “Experience using AI to automate or streamline manual compliance workflows.”

Things to consider

  • US Personhood is a strict requirement due to the handling of federal data
    — “US Personhood required (due to nature of covered federal data and government authorization work)”
  • The role demands a high level of collaboration and influence across multiple departments
    — “Ability to influence stakeholders across Engineering, IT, Legal, and Security to drive control implementation and remediation.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in translating complex compliance frameworks into actionable controls
    — “Ability to translate governance requirements into practical controls and processes that operational teams actually adopt.”
  • Showcase your ability to build self-service compliance resources for customers and teams
    — “Build self-service resources so customers and field teams can increasingly answer compliance questions on their own.”
  • Emphasize your background in managing compliance readiness and audit processes
    — “Establish and run programs that manage Snowflake's compliance posture against those requirements, including readiness, how we communicate that posture externally, and leading customer and regulator audits.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • define and scale governance programs
  • strengthen compliance architecture
  • partner with leaders across IT, Legal, Product, Security, and Engineering
Typical background
5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, GRC, or a related governance function

Skills & requirements

Required

Risk ManagementProgram ManagementWriting And Maintaining Governance ArtifactsInfluence StakeholdersKnowledge Of Recognized Governance Or Risk Frameworks

Preferred

CisspCriscCISANIST 800-53HIPAA

Stack & domain

Risk ManagementComplianceGRCProgram ManagementAIISO 27001SOC 1/soc 2NIST CSFNIST 800-53HIPAAInfluenceCommunicationTeamworkCisspCriscCISASecurity

About the role

Original posting from Snowflake via Ashby

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

We are hiring a Senior Compliance Analyst, Governance Programs for our SnowTrust GRC team. In this highly visible role, you will define and scale governance programs, strengthen our existing compliance architecture, and partner with leaders across IT, Legal, Product, Security, and Engineering to raise our security posture and build customer trust worldwide.

AS A SENIOR COMPLIANCE ANALYST, GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:

  • Build a deep understanding of regulated-industry compliance requirements and how they apply to Snowflake.
  • Establish and run programs that manage Snowflake's compliance posture against those requirements, including readiness, how we communicate that posture externally, and leading customer and regulator audits.
  • Become an expert on Snowflake's control environment, security features, and best practices for customer deployments.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor on Snowflake's security and compliance obligations and documentation, responding to customer and regulator inquiries.
  • Build self-service resources so customers and field teams can increasingly answer compliance questions on their own.
  • Join sales conversations to explain Snowflake's security and compliance capabilities.

OUR IDEAL SENIOR COMPLIANCE ANALYST, GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS WILL HAVE:

  • 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, GRC, or a related governance function preferred.
  • Proven program management experience, including leading cross-functional initiatives without direct authority over contributors.
  • Experience writing and maintaining governance artifacts, including policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders across Engineering, IT, Legal, and Security to drive control implementation and remediation.
  • Solid knowledge of at least one recognized governance or risk framework, such as ISO 27001, SOC 1/SOC 2, or NIST CSF.
  • Ability to translate governance requirements into practical controls and processes that operational teams actually adopt, going beyond policy authorship.
  • Experience using AI to automate or streamline manual compliance workflows.
  • US Personhood required (due to nature of covered federal data and government authorization work)

BONUS POINTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

  • CISSP, CRISC, CISA, or other information security certifications
  • Experience with NIST 800-53 or HIPAA

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com

Source: Snowflake careers (Ashby)

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