Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Lead, Federal

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Lead, Federal

Washington, D.C.

Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society's challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people and we're amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

We are looking for a senior Governance, Risk, and Compliance leader to own Peregrine's FedRAMP High program and establish the security and compliance foundation required to support Department of War (DoW) deployments at DoD Impact Level (IL) 4, IL5, and IL6, ICD 503 accreditation for Top Secret environments, and agency-specific system authorizations.

This is not a generalist compliance or audit-support role. You will translate federal and defense requirements into implementable technical and operational controls and work across Security, Engineering, Product, Legal, Federal Deployment, and GTM to guide those controls through assessment, authorization, and continuous operation as Peregrine's federal business evolves.

Clearance and eligibility. You currently hold, or are able to obtain, an active U.S. security clearance (required), and are based in Washington, D.C.

Our Washington, D.C. office is located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, and this role is expected to be hybrid, with 4 in-office days per week.

Own Peregrine's FedRAMP High authorization program sustaining and expanding our existing ATO through continuous monitoring, remediation, and reauthorization, including Peregrine's transition from FedRAMP Rev. 5 toward applicable FedRAMP 20x requirements.

Translate FedRAMP, NIST, federal agency, DoW and Intelligence Community requirements into technical and operational controls and establish the control architecture necessary to support IL4, IL5, and ultimately IL6 deployments alongside ICD 503 environments.

Lead agency-specific system authorizations, from initial engagement through ATO issuance and ongoing sponsorship.

Partner with Security and Infrastructure Engineering to evaluate system boundaries, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), network security, encryption and key management, logging, vulnerability and configuration management, hardening, supply-chain security, and incident response against federal and DoW requirements.

Lead authorization artifacts, control implementation statements, evidence, assessment responses, and continuous-monitoring deliverables while ensuring documented controls are supported by architecture, configuration, automation, procedures, and operating evidence.

Drive assessment findings and control gaps to closure and develop scalable control ownership, evidence collection, monitoring, and compliance-automation practices that improve the efficiency and quality of Peregrine's assurance program.

Ensure external security representations accurately reflect implemented controls and evidence, and advise Peregrine's Federal and customer-facing teams during procurements, technical evaluations, security reviews, and customer engagements.

You are comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with broad organizational influence and can drive programs across engineering, security, product, legal, operations, and customer-facing teams.

You approach compliance as an engineering and risk-management discipline and are willing to challenge weak implementations, unsupported assertions, and inadequate evidence.

You can turn complex or evolving requirements into defensible implementation strategies and communicate technical security issues clearly to engineers, executives, assessors, customers, and government security officials.

Salary Range: $158,000 - 184,000, Annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is here.

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.