IT Risk and Compliance Manager

Job Summary:

Does This Describe You?

Are you an experienced IT risk and compliance leader who enjoys turning complex regulatory requirements into practical solutions? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where you can lead a talented team, modernize services, and help stakeholders make informed technology decisions?

Information Strategy and Services (ISS) is seeking an IT Risk and Compliance Manager to lead university-wide IT risk and compliance operations supporting the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Denver. This position combines people leadership, technical expertise, strategic planning, and partnership to protect university data and technology while supporting the university's missions.

We are looking for an inclusive leader to manage our IT Risk and Compliance team, reduce university risk, and ensure compliance with requirements such as HIPAA, FERPA, PCI, and FISMA. If you think you have what it takes to lead this team, we want to know more about YOU!

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a team of IT risk and compliance professionals, setting priorities, managing workloads and performance, and supporting professional growth.

• Lead the university's IT risk and compliance program, including risk assessments, regulatory compliance, policy development, monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement.

• Oversee risk and compliance assessments for university and third-party systems, applications, cloud services, AI technologies, and other technologies, ensuring risks, requirements, controls, and recommended treatments are documented.

• Build partnerships across the university to identify and address IT risk and compliance needs with researchers, healthcare partners, technology teams, legal counsel, privacy, procurement, administrators, and other stakeholders.

• Strengthen technology and vendor security practices, including reviewing contracts and cloud service agreements and addressing security requirements and identified risks.

• Modernize IT risk and compliance services by implementing GRC tools, improving workflows, and using monitoring, metrics, and reporting to improve service delivery.

What Success Looks Like

• The IT risk and compliance team has clear priorities, service expectations, and opportunities for professional growth.

• University stakeholders receive practical, timely guidance to understand and address technology risks and compliance requirements.

• Security and compliance risks are consistently identified, documented, assigned, monitored, and addressed.

• Risk and compliance services become more efficient, responsive, scalable, and easier to navigate.

• Compliance programs, policies, assessments, risk registers, and reporting remain organized, current, and aligned with university and ISS priorities.

• The manager builds trusted relationships across technical, research, clinical, legal, privacy, procurement, and administrative functions.

What You'll Bring

• Strong leadership and operational management skills, including team development, performance management, workload planning, and service oversight.

• Advanced knowledge of IT risk management, information security, regulatory compliance, security controls, and risk mitigation.

• Experience interpreting and applying requirements such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, FERPA, GLBA, NIST, FISMA, or CMMC.

• Ability to translate technical, regulatory, and risk information into clear, practical guidance for varied audiences.

• Strong analytical, communication, decision-making, project management, and relationship-building skills.

• A collaborative, accountable, and service-oriented leadership approach focused on technical excellence and continuous improvement.

Work Location:

Hybrid -ISS supports a flexible work environment while recognizing the value of in-person collaboration. This position requires a minimum of three days per week on campus, with additional in-person presence as needed for meetings, activities, collaboration engagements, or operational needs. The work schedule will be based around core working hours in Colorado Mountain Time.

Why Join Us:

Information Strategy and Services (ISS) partners across the campus to deliver information technology services that empower teaching, learning, research, and patient care. ISS brings together expertise across four key areas: Technology & Infrastructure, Security & Compliance, Information & Data Enablement, and Business Strategy.

Together, we connect service and technology.

Our work is guided by six shared principles that connect our teams and shape how we serve our customers:

• Curiosity- Explore beyond one's own experience and environment.

• Compassion- Demonstrates empathy, understanding, and respect for all people.

• Collaboration- Partner well beyond our space and build partnerships to achieve organizational results.

• Commitment- Dedication and engagement one has to their job, team, organization and university.

• Competence- Know our craft and be committed to continuous improvement and learning.

• Confidence- Be empowered and assured to represent our customers and their needs.

Active investment in our culture and our people is foundational in developing and delivering service excellence. To cultivate a people centric workplace, we do the following:

• Growth & Development: Our Workforce Development Program builds critical skills and supports career advancement.

• Empowered Managers: Leaders are trained in coaching and team effectiveness to drive success.

• Open Communication: Stay connected through monthly town halls and annual summits.

• Wellness Focus: We prioritize employee well-being with supportive wellness initiatives.

• Coaching Culture: Continuous learning and feedback are part of how we grow together.

• Flexible Work: We offer flexible arrangements whenever possible to support work-life balance.

Click here to find out more about ISS's Culture

The University of Colorado offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, tuition benefits, ECO pass, paid time off - vacation, sick, and holidays and more. To see what benefits are available, please visit: https://www.cu.edu/employee-services/benefits-wellness.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options

• Dental: Multiple plan options

• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision

• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay

• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year

• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)

• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)

• Holiday Days: 15/year

• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses

• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Education, or a closely related field

  • Substitution: 4 years of professional or high-level technical work experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree. An associate's degree with two years of relevant work experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree

Experience:

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in information technology, information security, risk management, regulatory compliance, or related functions. Experience must include:

  • Third-party technology risk management and security assessments of university-operated or vendor-provided systems, applications, cloud services, or emerging technologies, including contractual security compliance.

  • Collaboration on cross-functional IT security, risk, or compliance projects.

  • Implementation or administration of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms, workflow automation, reporting dashboards, or related technologies.

  • Administration or support of IT risk and compliance functions in higher education, academic research, healthcare, an academic medical center, or a similarly complex environment, including collaboration with faculty, researchers, healthcare professionals, administrators, or other clientele.

• 2 years of management experience, including responsibility for leading professional or technical staff, managing priorities and workloads, and overseeing team operations and performance.

Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing IT risk, information security, or compliance programs or services within a large, complex organization, preferably in higher education, academic research, healthcare, or an academic medical center.

• Experience developing, administering, or managing HIPAA Security compliance programs, including applying HIPAA Security requirements within information security, IT risk management, or compliance functions.

• Experience establishing, administering, or maintaining PCI DSS or other regulatory compliance programs.

• Experience with third-party technology risk, security assessments, and cross-functional IT security or compliance initiatives, including collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience implementing or administering governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms, workflow automation, reporting dashboards, or related technologies.

• Experience developing and maintaining information security policies, standards, procedures, and related compliance documentation.

• Experience supporting federally funded research, regulated research data, or secure computing environments.

• Relevant professional certification such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGRC, HCISPP, GIAC, or a comparable security, risk management, audit, or compliance certification.

Conditions of Employment:

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship. We are unable to provide work visa sponsorship or employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of creating or managing a HIPAA security compliance program.

• Knowledge of establishing and maintaining a PCI DSS compliance program.

• Knowledge of developing information security policies, standards, and procedures.

• Knowledge of supporting federally funded research, regulated research data, or secure computing environments.

• Leadership and management skills, including staff supervision, performance management, team development, and operational oversight.

• Experience managing IT risk and compliance programs, services, and operations within a large, complex organization.

• Technical knowledge of information security principles, enterprise technologies, security controls, vulnerabilities, and risk mitigation practices.

• Experience applying IT security and compliance principles in operational technology environments, evaluating security controls, identifying risks, and recommending practical remediation.

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and security frameworks, including FERPA, HIPAA, GLBA, PCI DSS, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, and CMMC.

• Experience conducting and overseeing IT risk assessments, compliance analyses, risk registers, compliance monitoring, and audit tracking.

• Knowledge of regulated research environments, sensitive data requirements, and secure computing practices.

• Knowledge of GRC platforms and experience evaluating tools that support risk assessments, compliance management, reporting, and operational efficiency.

• Project management, process modernization, and organizational change-management skills.

• Analytical, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to align risk and compliance activities with university, IT, and Information Security and Compliance program goals.

How to Apply:

We value the thoughts you put into a Cover Letter and would like to see your

Resume, and List of References. For full consideration, please submit the following document(s):

1. A letter of interest describing relevant job experiences as they relate to listed job qualifications and interest in the position

2. Resume

3. Three to five professional references, including name, address, phone number (mobile number if appropriate), and email address

Questions should be directed to:

ISS Human Resources

iss-humanresources@cuanschutz.edu

Screening of Applications Begins:

Immediately and continues until position is filled. For best consideration, apply by 11/18/2026.

Anticipated Pay Range:

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established as $92,804 - $120,000

The above salary range (or hiring range) represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. This position may be eligible for overtime compensation, depending on the level.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Colorado provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

ADA Statement:

The University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Human Resources ADA Coordinator at hr.adacoordinator@cuanschutz.edu.

Background Check Statement:

The University of Colorado Anschutz is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations for all prospective employees.

Vaccination Statement:

CU Anschutz strongly encourages vaccination against the COVID-19 virus and other vaccine preventable diseases. If you work, visit, or volunteer in healthcare facilities or clinics operated by our affiliated hospital or clinical partners or by CU Anschutz, you will be required to comply with the vaccination and medical surveillance policies of the facilities or clinics where you work, visit, or volunteer, respectively. In addition, if you work in certain research areas or perform certain safety sensitive job duties, you must enroll in the occupational health medical surveillance program.