Phylo

Phylo

Security GRC Specialist

South San Francisco

Sponsorship not specified$53k-$800kDetected 1 day ago
Cloud PlatformsCybersecurityComplianceHIPAAResearchCommunication

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About the role

  • We're hiring a hands-on Security & Compliance Lead to build and scale Phylo's security, privacy, and compliance program.
  • You'll own our compliance roadmap, lead audits and customer reviews, and work closely with engineering to turn requirements into practical controls.

Responsibilities

  • Own Phylo's security and compliance roadmap.
  • Lead SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR readiness, audits, evidence collection, and remediation.
  • Partner with engineers to implement scalable controls across cloud infrastructure, applications, and AI systems.
  • Lead customer questionnaires, RFPs, due diligence, and security conversations.
  • Run risk assessments and drive remediation across systems, vendors, and processes.
  • Maintain lightweight policies, customer-facing security documentation, and compliance reporting.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in security GRC, compliance, or a security engineering-adjacent role.
  • Experience leading SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, or similar programs.
  • Strong understanding of cloud and application security.
  • Ability to translate regulatory requirements into technical controls.
  • Experience supporting audits and enterprise customer security reviews.

Nice to have

  • Experience with HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, HITRUST, or GDPR.
  • Familiarity with AI governance frameworks such as NIST AI RMF or ISO 42001.
  • Experience automating GRC and compliance workflows.
  • Lunch and snacks when you're in the office
  • Regular team offsites and company events

Compensation

  • Competitive salary and equity share in building the future of biomedical discovery

Benefits

  • Build HIPAA-ready processes for workloads involving protected health information.

Company info

  • Phylo is an applied research lab building agentic intelligence to accelerate biomedical discovery.
  • Spun out of Stanford's Biomni project, our team brings together researchers, engineers, and scientists across AI and biology.
  • We are backed by a $13.5 million seed round led by a16z, Menlo Ventures, and Anthropic.
  • What We're Looking For

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