Director - IT Compliance

About Us: HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. We are proud to support a global and growing community of over 1 million businesses, comprised of agencies, consultants, and businesses of all sizes and industries.  HighLevel empowers users  with all the tools needed to capture, nurture, and close new leads into repeat customers. As of mid 2025, HighLevel processes over 15 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events every day. Our platform manages over 470 terabytes of data distributed across five databases, operates with a network of over 250 microservices, and supports over 1 million domain names. Our People With over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, we operate in a global, remote-first environment. We are building more than software; we are building a global community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in cultivating a culture where innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated, and people come first, no matter where they call home. Our Impact As of mid 2025, our platform powers over 1.5 billion messages, helps generate over 200 million leads, and facilitates over 20 million conversations for the more than 2 million businesses we serve each month. Behind those numbers are real people growing their companies, connecting with customers, and making their mark - and we get to help make that happen. Who You Are We are seeking an experienced Director of IT Compliance to own and lead the Information Technology General Controls (ITGC) framework, including application controls, to ensure strong controls, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation are in place for all systems that support financial reporting (either directly or indirectly).This is a high-visibility leadership role responsible for setting the ITGC strategy, governance, and operating model for the organization. The Director will bring deep ITGC and SOX expertise into the IT organization.This role requires hands-on leadership combined with strategic oversight, including defining, implementing, scaling, and continuously improving IT control processes across the organization. The successful candidate will have designed, implemented, and operated enterprise-grade ITGC frameworks, including application controls, for one or more high-growth public technology companies, and will be comfortable influencing at the executive level.The role requires a sound understanding of security and control principles including logical access controls, change management, least privilege, segregation of duties, computer operations, network security, vulnerability management, secure coding practices, broad data platform architectures and associated data security controls, and the ability to assess data privacy and control gaps in product and platform design.