Principal, Public Sector Compliance Program Manager

Tines

$245K — $260K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in federal and public sector compliance programs
  • Expertise in FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CMMC, DoD Impact Levels, FISMA, and CJIS
  • Proven track record in translating compliance requirements into practical solutions
  • Strong understanding of public sector regulatory and procurement processes
  • Exceptional skills in program management including risk assessment and communication

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage Tines' compliance program across federal, DoD, and public sector environments
  • Define the compliance roadmap, establish governance, and track key milestones
  • Convert regulatory and security requirements into actionable workstreams
  • Collaborate with Security and Engineering on compliance integration into technical processes
  • Serve as a liaison among Legal, Sales, and GRC teams to navigate compliance complexities
  • Identify and manage risks and dependencies at the program level
  • Keep abreast of evolving public sector requirements and provide actionable insights

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity within the United States
  • Collaborative work environment with opportunities for growth
  • Supportive company culture that encourages taking risks and learning
  • Equity options as part of compensation package
Full Job Description
Principal, Public Sector Compliance Program Manager to own and drive Tines' federal and public sector compliance program. Reporting to the Director of GRC, this is a senior individual contributor role for someone who brings structure, momentum, and sound judgment to complex, cross-functional initiatives.

You'll own the program that drives Tines' readiness across U.S. federal, Department of Defense, and SLED (State, Local, and Education) environments. That includes a wide range of requirements such as FedRAMP, CMMC, IL5 and related DoD requirements, NIST-based frameworks including NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171, FISMA-related expectations, CJIS, stateRAMP, and other agency-, customer-, and procurement-driven security and compliance obligations.

This role requires a broad, strategic view of public sector compliance and the ability to connect the dots across legal commitments, customer expectations, product and architecture decisions, security requirements, and go-to-market priorities.

You'll work closely with Sales, Security, GRC, Engineering, Product, IT, and Tines' public sector legal team, which supports the program on contractual issues, customer commitments, regulatory interpretation, and other legal considerations tied to public sector work.

This role will operate at the program level, setting the roadmap, building the governance model, driving alignment across teams, managing risk and dependencies, and helping Tines execute in a scalable and sustainable way.

This role is remote and based in the United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. Work must be performed from within the United States in accordance with customer and contractual requirements

What you will be doing:
  • Own and drive Tines' federal and public sector compliance program across U.S. federal, DoD, and SLED environments.
  • Define and execute the program roadmap, governance model, and operating cadence, including aligning stakeholders, and driving progress against key milestones.
  • Translate regulatory, security, contractual, and customer requirements into clear, executable workstreams across Security, GRC, Engineering, Product, IT, Legal, Sales, and partner teams.
  • Partner with Security and Engineering to align compliance requirements with system architecture, environment design, control implementation, boundary definition, inheritance models, and shared responsibility structures
  • Serve as a strategic partner to Legal, Sales, Security, and GRC, helping navigate complex compliance scenarios and ensuring alignment between technical implementation, contractual commitments, and go-to-market strategy
  • Identify and actively manage program-level risks, gaps, dependencies, and tradeoffs, escalating with clear, actionable recommendations
  • Bring working knowledge of the broader public sector ecosystem, including DFARS, GSA schedules, agency-specific requirements, and flowdown obligations, and help connect those requirements to compliance, product, and commercial decisions
  • Stay current on evolving federal and public sector regulatory, security, and procurement requirements, and translate new developments into actionable guidance for internal teams
  • Partner closely with Tines' public sector legal team, which provides subject matter expertise on legal interpretation, contractual commitments, procurement requirements, and regulatory positioning, while you ensure those considerations are incorporated into program execution

What you bring with you:
  • Deep, hands-on experience operating federal and public sector compliance programs, scaling, or maturing programs across multiple frameworks
  • Strong experience across FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CMMC, DoD Impact Levels (IL4/IL5), FISMA, CJIS, and stateRAMP, with a clear understanding of how these frameworks are applied in practice
  • Experience translating these requirements into real-world architecture, control implementation, documentation, and operational processes, including system boundary definition, inheritance models, and shared responsibility considerations
  • Strong understanding of how public sector requirements intersect with technical architecture, security controls, legal commitments, customer expectations, and commercial constraints
  • Working knowledge of the broader public sector regulatory and procurement landscape, including familiarity with DFARS, GSA schedules, agency procurement processes, and customer-specific flowdown requirements
  • Understanding of how legal, regulatory, contractual, and security requirements move through public sector environments, with the ability to identify issues early and partner effectively with Legal and other stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to operate with a broad, systems-level perspective, ensuring decisions scale across frameworks and use cases
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across Security, GRC, Engineering, Product, Legal, and Sales
  • Exceptional program leadership skills, including roadmap development, dependency management, risk identification, prioritization, and executive communication

Target Annual Compensation: $245-260k + equity

Applicants for this opportunity must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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