GRC Careers: Governance, Risk and Compliance JobsGovernance · Risk · Compliance Careers

Jobs › California › San Francisco Bay Area › GRC Specialist

GRC Specialist

Mixpanel
GovernanceOn-siteFull-timeSan Francisco$174,600 - $213,400

Mixpanel is hiring for the job of GRC Specialist , San Francisco (On-site). This is a Governance job in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $174,600 - $213,400. Review the full details below and apply directly with Mixpanel.

Organization: MixpanelLocation: San FranciscoWorkplace: On-siteFocus: GovernanceSalary: $174,600 - $213,400Posted: Nov 7, 2026
Mixpanel is hiring for this Governance job in San Francisco, one of the metros GRC Careers tracks for governance, risk, and compliance hiring. See other GRC jobs in San Francisco →

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working diagnose what’s not and decide what to build next. Learn more at a mixpanel.com.

About the Role

Security at Mixpanel is not a check-the-box exercise. Our growing team is dedicated to understanding and managing security risks while enabling our engineering and product design partners to continue making world-class software.

Mixpanel s Information Security Risk Management (ISRM) team is hiring a GRC Specialist to own the day-to-day operations of our GRC function. You ll be the first line of response for customer security requests and third-party risk work keeping our pipeline moving so senior analysts can focus on risk judgment. This is a growth role with a defined path to GRC Analyst.

Responsibilities

Customer security questionnaires Partner with teams across the company to complete customer security questionnaires and keep stakeholders informed of progress. Third-party risk management Support our third-party risk management program by running vendor intake gathering and verifying security documentation and tracking each vendor s status as it moves through review remediation and renewal. Request management Serve as the first point of contact for incoming GRC requests triaging them and escalating items that need deeper review. Compliance operations Follow up with control owners vendors and internal teams on open remediation and compliance items until they re closed and triage alerts from our compliance monitoring platform. Content accuracy Keep the information we share with customers current by flagging outdated or inconsistent content and driving the corrections. Automation and improvement Use AI tools to streamline repetitive GRC workflows proactively identify improvement opportunities and document your work so the team can reuse it.

We re Looking For Someone With

1-2 years of experience in GRC security compliance vendor risk or a related role Hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g. Claude Code Claude Cowork) to automate repetitive GRC workflows Self-directed resourceful and comfortable with ambiguity with the ability to make progress on incomplete requests with little direction find information (documentation tooling internal teams)ask the right follow-up questions and know when to escalate. Sound judgment and initiative including using autonomy to make decisions within your scope spotting areas for improvement proposing solutions and running with them while escalating larger changes. Understanding of risk management processes including how risks are identified assessed and tracked and how they apply across the third-party lifecycle (due diligence risk assessment remediation tracking and ongoing monitoring) Baseline understanding of security systems and processes (e.g. access management logging encryption vulnerability management) and of audit processes and frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 including how evidence and control testing work Ability to understand what a customer is asking in a security request and respond accurately including interpreting intent behind loosely worded or unfamiliar questions Ability to translate audit and compliance requirements into clear actionable asks for engineering teams Motivation to learn and grow with curiosity about security and compliance and a desire to build a career in the GRC space. Comfort with scrutiny including explaining and defending your work with evidence when customers vendors engineers or auditors challenge it and treating review feedback as input for improvement written communication and follow-through with the ability to coordinate across teams manage many concurrent items and work independently across time zones

Nice to Have

Experience with Vanta or another GRC platform Experience with Freshservice or another ticketing system Experience with third-party risk management tools Scripting or no-code automation experience (e.g. Python Zapier) CompTIA Security+ ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or similar entry-level certification

What Success Looks Like

First 3 months You make independent decisions on routine requests understand our vendor intake and questionnaire processes end-to-end and know when to escalate. By 6 months You own the vendor intake pipeline and coordinate questionnaire responses with minimal oversight and customers and vendors in your time zone get faster responses. By 12 months You ve automated at least one recurring workflow with AI tools documented it for the team and are ready to take on more such as vendor risk reviews as you grow toward GRC Analyst.

Growth Path

This role is the entry point of a defined GRC career path. As you build experience you can grow into GRC Analyst where you ll complete customer questionnaires and vendor risk reviews review vendor renewals support audits and maintain customer-facing security information. From there the path continues to Senior GRC Analyst.

Compensation

;1:2;2;The total target compensation (TTC) for this full-time position is $174,600 - $213,400 across the United States. This amount includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. This position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical vision and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.\n\nOur salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range individual pay is determined by experience job-related skills qualifications and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range your recruiter can share this information.;2:769;3;1;11:4;12 The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical vision and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings a here.

Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range individual pay is determined by experience job-related skills qualifications and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range your recruiter can share this information.

Mixpanel Compensation Range $116,000 $140,000 USD

Benefits and Perks

Comprehensive Medical Vision and Dental Care Mental Wellness Benefit Generous Vacation Policy Additional Company Holidays Enhanced Parental Leave Volunteer Time Off Additional US Benefits Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K) Wellness Benefit Holiday Break

em *please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values

Make Bold Bets We choose courageous action over comfortable progress. Innovate with Insight We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment - combining data experience and collective wisdom to drive;powerful outcomes. One Team We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone. Candor with Connection We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations. Champion the Customer We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs ensuring their success is our north star. Powerful Simplicity We find elegant solutions to complex problems making sophisticated things accessible.

Why choose Mixpanel?

We’re a leader in analytics with over 29,000 customers and $277M invested from prominent investors like Andreessen-Horowitz Sequoia YC and most recently Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the ever-evolving challenges tied to scaling reliability design and service. Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.

400 Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel we are focused on things that really matter our people our customers our partners out of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women people with disabilities veterans underrepresented minorities and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.

Location and market context

This job is based in San Francisco on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Mixpanel's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About governance jobs

Governance jobs design the structures, policies, and oversight that keep complex programs accountable, coordinating across legal, risk, compliance, and technology. Jobs like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as governance frameworks, policy standards, and oversight and reporting practices.

How to position yourself for this governance job

Strong candidates emphasize policy and standard-setting, committee and stakeholder coordination, oversight reporting, and translating strategy into durable operating structures. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Mixpanel would apply governance frameworks, policy standards, and oversight and reporting practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

Similar GRC jobs

More GRC jobs in San Francisco

Hiring for Governance?

Reach candidates who are already searching for this role, not a general audience. Your posting appears on this page, in the job alerts, and across the GRC Careers network.

Post a job  Pricing from $99 · About GRC Careers · Hiring toolkit

Want to be next in a job like this?

Jobs like GRC Specialist in San Francisco open regularly. Be first to know, privately. No current employer ever sees you looking.

New Governance jobs, the moment they post.

One click unsubscribe.
Know your GRC? Take the 2-minute AI Governance Challenge. No signup needed.
Play now →

Employer, or see something wrong with this posting? Report this posting and we will review it promptly.