Who We Are
ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that’s changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sound simple? We strive to keep it that way! Our mission is to give schools the power to incredibly enhance family engagement for all students. ParentSquare and RemindHub, our flagship products, serve over 22 million students and drive our mission by providing unified communications tools -forms, sign ups, payments, RSVPs, direct messaging, language translations, chat and more. Remind Chat, our free product, reaches over 80% of K-12 students, providing a safety-first and easy-to-use platform for direct communication between teachers and families. And our latest innovation, SmartSites, offers state-of-the-art websites for school districts, enhancing their online presence and accessibility.
We are not just creating a product; we are creating empowered educators and engaged parents to improve the lives of all students. We are passionate advocates for our customers and for our employees and we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.
Who We’re Looking for
We make our security and compliance practices a top priority at ParentSquare and are seeking a Compliance Manager to lead our security and compliance efforts while also focusing on scaling and growing our practices. You are someone who is meticulous, organized, and adept at managing critical deadlines while comfortable working in a cross-collaborative environment. From maintaining compliance across various areas, project managing initiatives like internal audits, and overseeing the logistics of internal programs; you will balance routine and reactive tasks, manage monthly and annual security exercises, and champion a culture of security through processes and training. You are a results-driven person with a sincere passion for security alongside a passion for improving the lives of students.
This role will include:
- Management of compliance deadlines including periodically recurring compliance projects
- Routine security program maintenance
- Ownership of internal security and compliance audits
- Improving internal processes and operations
- Vendor compliance management
- Planning and oversight of annual commitments such as penetration testing and disaster recovery exercises
- Ensuring our company security policies are properly followed and tracked
- Carrying out and implementing security initiatives
Our ideal candidate will have the following:
- Experience managing compliance software such as Vanta
- 3-5 years of experience in IT security, IT risk management, compliance management, or related fields
- A history of successfully working with various stakeholders ranging from external customers to internal security teams
- Experience assessing and managing third party service providers
- Successful completion of prior audits or familiarity with supporting audits
- Experience with industry-standard security frameworks and related audit processes, such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001
The perks of working for us are great!
You’ll get your foot in the door as our company continues to grow. We’re big believers in work-life balance and provide:
- Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
- An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1
- Paid Parental Leave
- Stock options
- Health + wellness reimbursements
- PTO that increases each year
- 15 paid holidays, including your birthday!
As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive.
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
The salary range for this role will be $80,000 to $120,000, DOE.
