Senior Technical Program Manager, Data – Audit Readiness

Job Description:

• Act as the program management layer for the Data team during audits, interfacing with internal Audit coordination teams, Risk and Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors.
• Own audit readiness as a continuous, always-on practice by maintaining inventories, playbooks, and catalogs between audits.
• Create and manage an inventory of audit tests, expected requests, and response playbooks for Data team-owned systems and processes.
• Maintain a catalog of audit-scope data sources, including known issues, readiness status, and improvement areas, supported by mock testing and identification of reengineering needs.
• Coordinate with Finance, Security, Compliance, and other business stakeholders during audit activities.
• Implement tagging and governance processes with Data Governance to identify endorsed datasets and tables considered audit ready.
• Manage the auditor data access role to ensure access is fit for purpose.
• Build inventories, playbooks, and governance processes that convert audit requests into repeatable, documented readiness.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in program or project management, audit coordination, or data governance
• Experience in a regulated or heavily audited financial-services environment preferred
• Experience with SOC, SOX, IT general controls, or other regulatory audit frameworks
• Experience coordinating audit engagements or liaising between technical teams and Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors
• Strong organizational skills and experience building and maintaining inventories, playbooks, or documentation for recurring cross-functional processes
• Familiarity with data cataloging, tagging, or governance practices supporting audit readiness and control certification
• Understanding of data access management principles and ability to evaluate whether access is fit for purpose
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to produce documentation for technical stakeholders and auditors
• Familiarity with AuditBoard, Jira, or Workiva preferred
• Knowledge of automated control design and control automation preferred
• Prior experience building or scaling a SOC, SOX, or control system preferred
• PMP, CAPM, or similar program/project management certification preferred

Benefits:

• Bonus program
• Equity program
• Wellness allowance
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k)
• Equal opportunity employment
• Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates
• Dogfooding Kraken products is required after joining