Remote Risk and Compliance Specialist Jobs
Remote Risk and Compliance Specialist jobs are open across the U.S. in financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance, where distributed teams depend on specialists to manage regulatory obligations and internal controls. Companies hiring remotely right now include Peraton, JLL, and Finix. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Our team at Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), is united by a commitment to collaboration and scientific excellence, building on a strong foundation of innovation, expertise, and reliability. Guided by our vision to help researchers rapidly move from the lab to life-changing advances, we work closely with global partners to accelerate progress and genomics breakthroughs across fields like cancer, infectious disease, rare genetic disorders, and more. At IDT, you’ll be part of a culture rooted in continuous learning and improvement—where your growth fuels our mission to accelerate the pace of genomics and helps shape a healthier, brighter future for all.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Director, IT Governance, Risk & Compliance is responsible for responsible for the performance of compliance standings on behalf of IT, inclusive IT SOX, PCI-DSS, and General Controls, in appropriate conjunction with business peers. This role provides strategic leadership for IDT's IT compliance and SOX control environment. This role is accountable for establishing a sustainable, risk-based compliance program that supports reliable financial reporting, effective technology governance, and informed enterprise risk decisions. The Director leads the IT compliance team and builds the organizational capability, executive visibility, and strategic partnerships needed to strengthen controls across a complex technology environment. As a trusted business partner, the Director works with IT leaders across multiple affiliated companies to advance shared priorities and consistent compliance practices.
This position reports to the VP, Digital Transformation and Information Technology and is part of the IT function and will be fully remote.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Set the strategy and governance model for IT compliance, establishing policies, standards, procedures, accountability, and executive visibility across the control environment.
- Direct the annual IT SOX program and audit, ensuring risk-based scope, effective controls, successful audit execution, and timely resolution of findings.
- Provide oversight of business process controls, IT General Controls, automated application controls, and other technology-dependent controls, ensuring their design and performance remain aligned with financial reporting risks and changes in the technology environment.
- Own the integrity of the IT risk and control framework, including governance of Risk and Control Matrices and the standards used to maintain clear, accurate, and sustainable compliance documentation.
- Lead resolution of significant control gaps and emerging risks, setting priorities, holding stakeholders accountable for sustainable remediation, and providing the CIO with accurate assessments of compliance performance and enterprise risk actions.
- Own strategic business partnerships with IT leaders across multiple affiliated companies, building trusted relationships and leading shared compliance priorities, projects, and best practices across participating IT organizations.
- Lead and develop the IT compliance team, translating strategy into priorities, building capability, and improving the effectiveness and scalability of the compliance program.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, cybersecurity, business, or a related field with 10 or more years of relevant experience including managing Risk, Governance or Compliance in IT.
- Understanding of Auditing Frameworks (ISO27001, ISO27002, ISO17799) and their successful implementation in a dynamic and growing organization.
- Experience in both SOX Compliance & PCI-DSS annual cycles. Relevant experience must include progressive responsibility in IT audit, IT compliance, technology risk, internal controls, or a related technology field, including leadership of multiple annual SOX cycles.
- Minimum 3 years of people leadership experience, including responsibility for strategy, priorities, talent development, performance management, and delivery through a team
- Experience supporting major enterprise platforms, ERP environments, cloud services, system implementations, acquisitions, or technology transformation programs.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role
- Ability to travel – 10-20%
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Experience with SAP, D365 ERPs is a plus
- Experience in MedTech, LiveScience industry is a plus.
- CISA, CRISC, CISM, or a comparable technology risk or security certification preferred.
IDT, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
At IDT we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for IDT can provide.
The annual salary range for this role is 170-220K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Our team at Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), is united by a commitment to collaboration and scientific excellence, building on a strong foundation of innovation, expertise, and reliability. Guided by our vision to help researchers rapidly move from the lab to life-changing advances, we work closely with global partners to accelerate progress and genomics breakthroughs across fields like cancer, infectious disease, rare genetic disorders, and more. At IDT, you’ll be part of a culture rooted in continuous learning and improvement—where your growth fuels our mission to accelerate the pace of genomics and helps shape a healthier, brighter future for all.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Director, IT Governance, Risk & Compliance is responsible for responsible for the performance of compliance standings on behalf of IT, inclusive IT SOX, PCI-DSS, and General Controls, in appropriate conjunction with business peers. This role provides strategic leadership for IDT's IT compliance and SOX control environment. This role is accountable for establishing a sustainable, risk-based compliance program that supports reliable financial reporting, effective technology governance, and informed enterprise risk decisions. The Director leads the IT compliance team and builds the organizational capability, executive visibility, and strategic partnerships needed to strengthen controls across a complex technology environment. As a trusted business partner, the Director works with IT leaders across multiple affiliated companies to advance shared priorities and consistent compliance practices.
This position reports to the VP, Digital Transformation and Information Technology and is part of the IT function and will be fully remote.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Set the strategy and governance model for IT compliance, establishing policies, standards, procedures, accountability, and executive visibility across the control environment.
- Direct the annual IT SOX program and audit, ensuring risk-based scope, effective controls, successful audit execution, and timely resolution of findings.
- Provide oversight of business process controls, IT General Controls, automated application controls, and other technology-dependent controls, ensuring their design and performance remain aligned with financial reporting risks and changes in the technology environment.
- Own the integrity of the IT risk and control framework, including governance of Risk and Control Matrices and the standards used to maintain clear, accurate, and sustainable compliance documentation.
- Lead resolution of significant control gaps and emerging risks, setting priorities, holding stakeholders accountable for sustainable remediation, and providing the CIO with accurate assessments of compliance performance and enterprise risk actions.
- Own strategic business partnerships with IT leaders across multiple affiliated companies, building trusted relationships and leading shared compliance priorities, projects, and best practices across participating IT organizations.
- Lead and develop the IT compliance team, translating strategy into priorities, building capability, and improving the effectiveness and scalability of the compliance program.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, cybersecurity, business, or a related field with 10 or more years of relevant experience including managing Risk, Governance or Compliance in IT.
- Understanding of Auditing Frameworks (ISO27001, ISO27002, ISO17799) and their successful implementation in a dynamic and growing organization.
- Experience in both SOX Compliance & PCI-DSS annual cycles. Relevant experience must include progressive responsibility in IT audit, IT compliance, technology risk, internal controls, or a related technology field, including leadership of multiple annual SOX cycles.
- Minimum 3 years of people leadership experience, including responsibility for strategy, priorities, talent development, performance management, and delivery through a team
- Experience supporting major enterprise platforms, ERP environments, cloud services, system implementations, acquisitions, or technology transformation programs.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role
- Ability to travel – 10-20%
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Experience with SAP, D365 ERPs is a plus
- Experience in MedTech, LiveScience industry is a plus.
- CISA, CRISC, CISM, or a comparable technology risk or security certification preferred.
IDT, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
At IDT we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for IDT can provide.
The annual salary range for this role is 170-220K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote risk and compliance specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, law, or a related field
- Experience interpreting and applying federal or industry-specific regulations
- Proficiency with governance, risk, and compliance platforms such as MetricStream or RSA Archer
- Certification such as CRCM, CRISC, CFE, or CCEP preferred or required
- Ability to conduct internal audits, write policies, and present findings to leadership
- Strong written communication skills for drafting compliance reports and regulatory filings
Tips for Your Remote Risk and Compliance Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote risk and compliance specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Demonstrate async communication skills upfront
Remote risk and compliance teams rely on written memos, documented procedures, and clear audit trails. Use your cover letter and work samples to show you can communicate regulatory findings and risk assessments clearly in writing, without back-and-forth meetings.
Highlight GRC tool experience in your materials
Remote employers want specialists who can operate governance, risk, and compliance platforms like Archer, ServiceNow GRC, or LogicGate independently. Name the specific tools you've used and the compliance workflows you managed inside them, not just generic software familiarity.
Prepare for scenario-based remote interviews
Remote risk and compliance interviews often include walk-throughs of past audits, regulatory gap analyses, or policy development. Have one or two concrete examples ready that show how you identified a control weakness, escalated appropriately, and documented the resolution without direct supervision.
Remote Risk and Compliance Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote risk and compliance specialist job?
Target remote-first firms, fintech companies, insurance carriers, and healthcare organizations, which hire risk and compliance specialists on fully distributed teams. Remote employers screen for self-direction, precise written communication, and the ability to run audits, assess controls, and produce compliance documentation without in-person oversight. Certifications like CRCM, CCEP, or CRM and experience with GRC platforms like Archer or ServiceNow give candidates a clear edge.
Which companies hire remote risk and compliance specialists?
Remote risk and compliance specialist roles are posted by Peraton, JLL, and Finix and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These include remote-first firms, national financial institutions, and distributed healthcare and technology companies that manage regulatory risk across multiple jurisdictions.
Can you get a remote risk and compliance specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are competitive because employers expect you to manage compliance tasks independently from day one. Focus on companies with structured onboarding, such as larger fintechs or insurance carriers. Completed coursework in risk management, a compliance certification, or demonstrated ability with GRC tools and regulatory research can substitute for direct work history when applying to entry-level remote openings.
Do you need a degree for remote risk and compliance specialist jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers value demonstrated compliance knowledge, relevant certifications, and hands-on experience with regulatory frameworks over a specific degree. A background in finance, law, or business helps, but candidates who can show practical audit work, policy writing, or risk assessment results, alongside credentials like the CCEP or CRM, are competitive without a four-year degree in a directly related field.
Which industries hire the most remote risk and compliance specialists?
Remote risk and compliance specialist roles concentrate in Technology & Software, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors operate distributed teams across multiple states and regulatory environments, creating consistent demand for specialists who can manage compliance programs without being on-site.
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