Governance, Risk, and Compliance Lead

About Us:

Here at Fireworks, we’re building the future of generative AI infrastructure. Fireworks offers the generative AI platform with the highest-quality models and the fastest, most scalable inference. We’ve been independently benchmarked to have the fastest LLM inference and have been getting great traction with innovative research projects, like our own function calling and multi-modal models. Fireworks is funded by top investors, like Benchmark and Sequoia, and we’re an ambitious, fun team composed primarily of veterans from Pytorch and Google Vertex AI.

The Role:

Fireworks AI is a leading provider of AI-powered solutions that help businesses unlock the full potential of their data. As an innovative company at the intersection of AI and data security, we are committed to providing top-tier services while maintaining the highest standards of security, compliance, and privacy. Join our team to help build and manage secure, compliant, and privacy-respecting systems that ensure our clients’ success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Sales Teams: Work closely with our sales organization to address customer security, compliance, and privacy needs, responding to questionnaires, conducting audits, and participating in customer and prospect calls.
• Build and Grow Security Programs: Develop and expand a program dedicated to meeting and anticipating customer security, compliance, and privacy requirements.
• Develop Expertise in Fireworks AI Products: Cultivate deep expertise in the features of Fireworks AI products and infrastructure, becoming the subject matter expert on security and compliance aspects.
• Train and Educate: Lead the education and training efforts for Fireworks AI’s sales team, ensuring they understand and can communicate our security, compliance, and privacy posture.
• Create Valuable Security Assets: Own and create critical security and compliance documentation, including websites, white papers, FAQs, and other resources that address customer and internal needs.
• Contract Review & Advisory: Review and provide guidance on security clauses in customer contracts, ensuring that our security, compliance, and privacy posture is accurately reflected.
• Support Compliance Audits: Assist with compliance audits where applicable, ensuring we meet necessary standards and certifications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Information Security, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, or equivalent experience in compliance or information security policy.
• Familiarity with one or more compliance frameworks, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, or others.
• You’ve partnered closely with sales teams, understand the sales process, and are comfortable interacting with customer-facing teams.
• You are knowledgeable about the privacy landscape and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant standards.
• You can manage multiple tasks and high-priority projects, with a proven ability to streamline processes and deliver high-quality metrics.
• You are a skilled communicator who can translate complex concepts into clear, consumable language for diverse audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

In addition to the minimum qualifications:

• Previous experience supporting customer-facing teams is a plus.
• Experience with tools like SIEM, RFP tools

Why Fireworks AI?

• Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.
• Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
• Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.
• Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.

Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.