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Governance, risk, and compliance roles in Public Sector: government agencies, transit and infrastructure, and civic technology.
Open Public Sector GRC roles (53)
Commercial Governance, Audit & Risk Lead
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Manager
Director of Enterprise Risk Management
Cybersecurity Compliance Manager
Regulatory Compliance Manager
Assistant City Attorney II - Risk & Litigation
Director of Compliance & Risk Management
Governance, Risk & Compliance
AI Policy Lead
Head of Government Cyber Integration
IT Business Planner II - Contract & Vendor Audit
Internal Auditor III
Auditor
RMF/GRC Program Lead
Security Compliance Architect
Senior Manager, Customer Trust & Security Governance
Senior AI Security Consultant
EMEA Assurance Lead
Compliance Analyst, Texas Institute for Electronics
Associate, Regulatory Operations
Director, GTM Data Governance & Strategy
Security Controls Assurance Lead
Staff Security Assurance Engineer
Senior Product Manager - Ad Fraud and Identity Solutions
Sr. Staff Security Assurance Engineer
Export Control Officer, Office of Research Support and Compliance
Senior Analyst, Regulatory Affairs
Senior Analyst, Regulatory Operations
IT Specialist Cyber Security (Developmental)
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Continuity Plans and Policy Specialist
DHS Continuity Evaluation Program Lead
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Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-07/09 (MP) Open Continuous
Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-07/09 (DE) Open Continuous
IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)
Manager, GRC Subject Matter Experts, Product
Chief Audit Officer
Senior GRC Specialist
Senior Manager, GRC Subject Matter Experts, Product
Senior Compliance Engineer
Governance Risk and Compliance
Associate General Counsel, Product and Privacy
Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance
Engineering Manager, GRC Platform
Staff+ Software Engineer, GRC Platform
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations
Staff Technical Program Manager - Compliance Architecture
Staff+ Security Engineer, Risk Engineering
Insider Risk Analyst - SkillBridge Intern
Principal Compliance Engineer
Senior Compliance Automation Engineer
Sr. Counsel, Regulatory
The Public Sector GRC market
In the public sector you are not just following the rules, you are part of the machine that makes them. Government agencies, transit and infrastructure authorities, and the civic-tech firms that serve them hire steadily for compliance, risk, privacy, audit, and information security built around FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST, and public-records and accountability rules. The work is stable and mission-bound, and as agencies pick up AI and modern data systems, the need for oversight talent keeps climbing. If you want your work to serve the public directly, the civic GRC market is wide open.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
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