Linear
Compliance & Trust Lead
North America · Mid
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 39 days ago
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About the role
- AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we're shaping the tools this new era requires.
- Today, our team is distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia, and we're continuing to grow internationally.
Responsibilities
- Operate and extend Linear's compliance program end to end. Maintain and mature our SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and other relevant certifications (roadmap: ISO 27701 and ISO 42001) while keeping audit overhead low and evidence collection as automated as possible
- Run our risk management program. Identify emerging risks across the product, infrastructure, and vendor landscape, drive remediation with the right owners, and surface clear signal to leadership
- Partner closely with engineering to embed compliance controls into how we build. Shape policy and tooling so security requirements land early in the development process, not as a retrofit
- Manage our third-party risk program. Evaluate vendors and subprocessors, maintain our inventory, and ensure our supply chain meets the bar we hold ourselves to on both security and privacy
- Help scale the GRC function with automation. Reduce manual toil, build durable processes, and ensure the program grows with the business without linearly growing headcount
- Autonomy oriented. You're comfortable operating with significant independence, setting your own priorities, and knowing when to loop in leadership, without needing to be managed closely
- Maintain and mature our SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and other relevant certifications (roadmap: ISO 27701 and ISO 42001) while keeping audit overhead low and evidence collection as automated as possible
- Operate and extend Linear's compliance program end to end. Maintain and mature our
- Building our teams: Why and how we do work trials at Linear https://linear.app/blog/why-and-how-we-do-work-trials-at-linear
- Our recent Series C Fundraise https://linear.app/now/building-our-way and Giving our team liquidity https://linear.app/now/giving-our-team-liquidity-through-linear-s-first-tender-offer
Requirements
- You have 7+ years in compliance and customer trust, ideally in a B2B SaaS or developer tools environment, and you've seen enough audit cycles to know where the sharp edges are
- You have deep hands-on experience with SOC 2 and ISO 27001, understand how privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA intersect with security controls, and can reason about new frameworks from first principles
Skills
- What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.
- Location & work mode
- Linear is a remote-first company, with optional co-working offices in San Francisco, New York, and London.
Compensation
- Competitive salary and equity
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Employee-friendly equity terms including early exercise in the US and extended exercise windows
- Daily meal and coffee stipend on every workday
- Health coverage (based on country requirements)
- 5 weeks paid vacation, plus local statutory holidays
- 4 months paid parental leave
- We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Company info
- Read Me https://linear.app/readme
- What we're looking for
- A story about our mission: Read Me https://linear.app/readme
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
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