Security & Compliance Lead

Join to apply for the Security & Compliance Lead role at Klue This range is provided by Klue. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range CA$105.00/yr - CA$140.00/yr At Klue, we’re building the future of competitive intelligence. Your role as our Security & Compliance Lead will be at the center of how Klue protects data, manages risk, and ensures security enables, not hinders, growth. You’ll lead our security, privacy, and compliance initiatives, supporting everything from product development to vendor management, while championing a culture of proactive security across the organization. As we scale, maintaining trust with our customers, partners, and team is more important than ever and that’s where you come in. What You’ll Do Security Leadership: Be Klue’s trusted expert on all things security, guiding teams and customers through reviews, removing blockers, and ensuring confidence in our practices. Compliance Ownership: Own our SOC 2 Type 2 audit process end‑to‑end—driving evidence collection, auditor coordination, and continuous compliance improvement. Privacy Stewardship: Oversee Klue’s privacy framework, manage subprocessor relationships, and ensure compliance with global regulations like GDPR and CCPA. Incident Response: Lead the charge when issues arise—maintaining and testing our business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response plans to keep Klue ready for anything. Cross‑Functional Enablement: Partner with IT and Engineering to embed security into every system and process, ensuring protection scales with innovation. Education & Advocacy: Build security awareness across the company, delivering engaging training and empowering every team member to play their part in keeping data safe. What You’ll Need To Be Successful You’ll know you’re crushing it when Klue has a transparent, trusted, and efficient security posture that scales with our growth. What Success Looks Like A clear, up‑to‑date external‑facing security/trust page builds customer confidence. Customer and vendor security reviews are simplified and automated. Subprocessor management and update notifications are streamlined and timely; security is proactive, forward‑thinking, and aligned with both product and organizational needs. What You Bring Must‑Haves Experience in information security, risk, privacy, and compliance—ideally within a B2B SaaS or cloud‑native environment. Hands‑on experience managing SOC 2 Type 2 audits, from control implementation to auditor coordination. Strong working knowledge of security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST) and global privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA). Excellent communication skills—you can confidently respond to complex customer questionnaires and translate technical concepts for any audience. Sound judgment and pragmatism—you know when to enforce controls and when to enable smart risk‑taking. A get‑things‑done mindset: strategic when needed, hands‑on when required. Ability to work independently and drive progress across multiple teams without direct authority. A natural collaborator who values partnership over policing. Nice‑to‑Haves Industry certifications like CISSP, CISM, or CIPP/E. Experience partnering with Legal on privacy and security terms in contracts or data protection agreements. A keen interest in exploring how AI can enhance security and compliance. Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. Not ticking every box? That’s okay. We take potential into consideration. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of the specifics listed above. If you know you have what it takes, even if that’s different from what we’ve described, be sure to explain why in your application. At Klue, we’re committed to building a high‑performing team where people feel a strong sense of belonging, can be their authentic selves, and are able to reach their full potential. If there’s anything we can do to make our hiring process more accessible or to better support you, please let us know; we’re happy to accommodate. Why Klue Might Be the Perfect Fit For You At Klue, you’ll push the boundaries of what’s possible. For yourself, your team, and our customers. The environment here feels more startup than corporate. You’ll roll up your sleeves, build, iterate, and level up. This is a place where your ideas matter, you can shape what comes next, and leave your mark. If you’re looking to join a category‑defining company… where you own big outcomes, influence real customers, and work with smart, gritty people… you’ll thrive here. How We Work At Klue We love the balance of connection and flexibility. We work hybrid , spending at least 2‑3 days a week in‑office to collaborate, brainstorm, and build together. Our main hubs are in: