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From the employer's careers site First seen 9 Sept 2026 · Still live on 23 Oct 2026

Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOX

Anthropic San Francisco, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$410,000-$510,000 USD per year

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Description

Anthropic's Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team is seeking a Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOX to ensure the company's security and control commitments are met. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining control requirements and acceptance criteria for in-scope engineering systems and infrastructure, partnering with Internal Audit, and validating that implemented controls meet the required standards.

Key responsibilities:

  • Define control requirements and acceptance criteria across ITGC domains for SOX in-scope systems.
  • Set the bar for in-scope systems from day one, ensuring controls are not retrofitted after the fact.
  • Pressure-test changes for SOX impact during design and maintain a clear view of changes that alter the SOX scope.
  • Own second-line control monitoring and evidence readiness, standing up continuous controls monitoring and automated evidence collection.
  • Drive control deficiency remediation with cross-functional partners.
  • Assess scope changes through a SOX lens and provide technical and compliance assessments.
  • Maintain alignment with the broader compliance portfolio, ensuring controls are designed once and evidenced once.

The ideal candidate will have experience leading or contributing to an ITGC program through SOX 404 readiness, genuine engineering fluency, programming skills in Python or a systems language, and deep familiarity with developer platforms, release engineering, or ERP/financial systems control domains.

The annual compensation range for this role is $410,000-$510,000 USD.

Skills

Required

  • Python
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD pipeline
  • SOX 404 compliance
  • PCAOB AS 2201
  • COSO 2013

Nice to have

  • CISSP
  • CISA
  • CPA
  • SOC 1 reliance
  • service organization control mapping

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