Risk and Compliance Senior Manager

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Responsibilities

The Risk and Compliance Senior Manager at Atlassian will play a key role in driving the company's risk and compliance strategy across cloud and enterprise programs. This role requires deep expertise in compliance frameworks, risk management, and internal controls, combined with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders at all levels. The Senior Manager will champion process excellence, lead audit activities, and ensure Atlassian's compliance posture remains strong and audit-ready across multiple certifications and regulatory obligations.

• Lead compliance program delivery — own the annual compliance plan and drive robust internal control programs, integrating innovative strategies and anticipating future needs in practices, tools, and processes

• Champion audit activities — lead and organize audit activities end-to-end, including evidence collection, stakeholder interviews, and remediation follow-up; ensure audit-ready artifacts are maintained across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other applicable frameworks

• Manage control deficiencies — drive comprehensive analysis of deficiencies identified through reviews, communicate complex findings, and ensure diligent follow-up for resolution

• Collaborate strategically — align team objectives with broader organizational goals; foster commitment and motivation across teams and business partners to ensure business impact

• Build business cases — identify business issues impacting multiple teams, initiate strategic projects or changes, and drive compelling business cases with recommended solutions to leadership

• Influence and advise — serve as an indispensable trusted advisor for business partners and cross-functional peers; recognize strategic issues and initiate high-level discussions to help partners overcome broader challenges

• Share knowledge and amplify impact — actively share expertise through mentoring, coaching, and contributing to team-wide knowledge management practices; deploy content across Atlassian using sophisticated knowledge access tools

• Drive continuous improvement — lead improvements in processes, metrics, reporting, and analytics for the R&C function; seek opportunities to streamline audit facilitation and stakeholder collaboration

• Apply AI to improve risk and compliance processes — Identify and implement responsible uses of AI, including AI agents and workflow automation, to streamline audit preparation, evidence management, control monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder collaboration. Partner with relevant teams to assess risks, maintain appropriate human oversight, and ensure solutions align with Atlassian’s security, privacy, and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in technology risk management, compliance, or information security, preferably in a large-scale SaaS or cloud environment.

• Deep expertise in compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA. Experience with IRAP, PCI, or C5 is a strong plus.

• Proven experience leading external audit activities, managing evidence collection, and driving remediation programs.

• Strong understanding of internal control design, testing, and documentation.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence global, cross-functional teams in conditions of ambiguity and uncertainty.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex risk and compliance concepts for technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.

• Experience with scoping, project tracking, risk management, and process improvement in a high-velocity environment.

• Experience applying AI tools, building or supporting AI agents, or automating business workflows is a plus. Familiarity with evaluating AI risks and incorporating appropriate governance and human oversight is also beneficial.

• Relevant certifications such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, or CISSP are beneficial.

• Experience with Jira and Confluence is a plus.

Qualifications

Benefits & Perks

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