Compliance & Trust Lead at Linear

📋 Description

• Operate and extend Linear's compliance program end-to-end.
• Maintain SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications.
• Own security questionnaires and enterprise procurement reviews.
• Run risk management across product, infra, and vendors.
• Embed compliance controls with engineering to land early in build.
• Manage third-party risk: vendors, subprocessors, inventory.
• Scale GRC with automation to reduce manual toil.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years in compliance and customer trust in B2B SaaS/dev tools.
• Framework-fluent and privacy-aware; SOC 2 & ISO 27001; GDPR/CCPA.
• Builder mindset; scalable processes; experience with Vanta/Drata.
• Trusted partner across teams; can draft policy and risk summaries.
• Autonomy-oriented; operates independently and escalates to leadership as needed.
• Pragmatic over procedural; focuses on reducing real risk.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Employee-friendly equity terms including early exercise in the US
• Daily meal and coffee stipend on workdays
• Paid co-working space or desk
• Health coverage (country requirements)
• 5 weeks paid vacation, plus local holidays
• 4 months paid parental leave
• Paid month off after 4 years & every 2 years thereafter
• Regular team events and off-sites
• Remote-first with no required commute