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Security GRC Lead

Posted 51 days ago

candid healthMillbrae (CA)

SENIORITY

Manager

SALARY

$180,000 - 258,000

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About the role

About Candid HealthIn simple terms, healthcare in the U.S. has a massive, invisible problem behind the scenes: getting doctors paid by insurance companies is notoriously complicated. Insurance rules are constantly changing, and every bill (or "claim") requires mountains of paperwork. When mistakes happen, bills get rejected, patients end up with unexpected charges, and healthcare providers waste billions of dollars and countless hours on administrative bureaucracy instead of focusing on patient care. That is where Candid Health steps in. Founded by former Palantir leaders who experienced these pain points firsthand, we are building the modern financial backbone for American healthcare. Instead of relying on decades-old legacy software or attempting to patch broken systems with superficial tools, we've rebuilt the underlying infrastructure from the ground up. Our core product is an autonomous Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) platform. Powered by AI agents and a configurable rules engine, the platform unifies clinical, billing, and insurance data into a single smart system. It acts like an intelligent, automated back-office that handles complex medical claims from start to finish—submitting them accurately on the first pass, cutting down administrative costs, and dramatically increasing cash flow for healthcare providers. Today, we are trusted by over 200 fast-growing healthcare organizations—from digital health innovators to large enterprise medical groups—processing billions in claims annually. Backed by top investors like Sixth Street Growth, Oak HC/FT, 8VC, and Y Combinator, Candid Health recently raised a $120 million Series D to fuel the AI-driven transformation of healthcare payments and eliminate administrative friction for good.
Role Overview: We are seeking a Security GRC Lead to build our first in-house GRC program from the ground up. In this role, you won't just write policies or collect manual screenshots in spreadsheets; you will treat compliance as an engineering and data problem. You will build automated evidence pipelines, implement compliance-as-code, and establish continuous controls monitoring across our GCP infrastructure, identity systems, and CI/CD pipelines. You will turn point-in-time audits into a continuous compliance telemetry system that keeps our platform secure, resilient, and audit-ready at all times. Key Responsibilities1) Compliance Automation & Engineering Develop automated scripts and API integrations to collect compliance evidence directly from system sources instead of collecting manual screenshots. Write and deploy infrastructure-as-code and policy enforcement rules to enforce security baselines automatically. Maintain live compliance dashboards and alerts that flag configuration drift or policy violations in real time. Partnering with Legal on Medicare and Medicaid compliance Partnering closely with legal and finance teams on future due diligence and compliance projects2) Framework Mapping & Control Architecture Convert regulatory, security, and industry standards (SOC 2, HiTrust, PCI, HIPAA) into clear, testable technical controls. Map single technical controls across multiple overlapping frameworks to eliminate redundant work. Work alongside DevOps and Software Engineering teams to build compliance controls directly into CI/CD pipelines without slowing down delivery.3) Risk Management & AuditsLead technical audit readiness and external audit engagements using programmatic evidence pipelines. Automate vendor risk management workflows and API-driven vendor evaluations. Build continuous risk tracking tools fed by live vulnerability telemetry and identity logs rather than static quarterly surveys. Required
Qualifications: 3+ years in a technical security role, such as Security Engineering, Cloud Security, or Technical GRC.Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, SQL and hands on experience interacting with APIs, parsing logs, and querying databases. Hands-on experience with at least one primary cloud platform, GCP Preferred and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform Deep familiarity with core frameworks such as SOC 1/2, PCI, NIST, and/or HITRUST.Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and container environments (Docker/Kubernetes).Preferred
Qualifications:
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CRISC, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or CCSP.Experience with Policy-as-Code enginesHITRUST experience
  • Background in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering.
  • Experience with modern continuous compliance platforms (e.g., Vanta, Drata, Anecdotes).
Our values:
  • We spend at least as much time with our coworkers as we do with our closest friends + family - if we intend to do the most important + challenging work of our lives, it's important that these folks energize us, support us, inspire us, and push us to do our best work.
  • This is what you can expect of your teammates at Candid (in no particular order):We put our customers first
  • We take care of each other and ourselves
  • We anchor on outcomes and work relentlessly and creatively to achieve them
  • We collectively prioritize building a diverse and inclusive workspace
  • We believe humility is our greatest strength
  • We are candid, kind, and committed
  • We strive to be the most prepared person in the room
  • We are truth seekers
  • Pay Transparency
  • The estimated starting annual salary range for this position is $180,000 - 258,000 USD.The listed range is a guideline from
Pave data, and the actual base salary may be modified based on factors including job-related skills, experience/qualifications, interview performance, market data, etc. Total compensation for this position may also include equity, sales incentives (for sales roles), and employee benefits. Given Candid Health's funding and size, we heavily value the potential upside from equity in our compensation package. Further note that Candid Health has minimal hierarchy and titles, but has broad ranges of experience represented within roles. Location San Francisco; Denver; New York City Employment TypeFull time Location TypeHybridDepartmentEngineering

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