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.

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