Compliance Manager, Sona
£75-85k
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AI-powered people operating system for frontline teams
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AI-powered people operating system for frontline teams
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
£75-85k
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101-200 employees
Company mission
To solve the unique challenges of frontline work with truly intelligent AI that empowers every employee.
Role
Who you are
- As we scale across the UK and US, we’re looking for a hands-on Compliance Manager with a strong information security background to own and evolve our security and compliance foundations
- 5+ years’ experience in information security, compliance or closely related roles
- Hands-on experience leading or materially contributing to external certificates (e.g. ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials)
- Experience in a SaaS or technology environment, ideally a startup or scale-up
- Strong understanding of security controls and how to implement them in practice (not just on paper)
- Experience working directly with tools, vendors and configurations (not purely advisory)
- A pragmatic, risk-based mindset with the ability to push back clearly and constructively
Desirable
- Exposure to US customers or US compliance expectations
- Familiarity with AML or adjacent compliance areas, with willingness to deepen expertise
What the job involves
- This role is InfoSec-led, with ISO 27001 as an immediate priority and SOC 2 likely in the medium term
- You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Legal and Leadership to translate compliance requirements into practical, working systems that support growth rather than slow it down
- As this is our first full-time compliance hire, it is a fantastic opportunity to fully own and craft a robust, scaleable compliance programme in a fast-growing software business
- This role will sit in our Legal & Compliance function, reporting into our General Counsel
- Own and lead information security across the business, including policies, controls and risk management
- Lead external certifications and audits (e.g. ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials)
- Work cross-functionally to advise teams on risk and data security, supporting them with use of new tools and AI adoption
- Translate security and compliance requirements into concrete systems, tools and processes
- Own or lead implementation of technical controls (e.g. access management, logging, monitoring, incident response, device management)
- Act as the point of contact for RFPs, customer security reviews, questionnaires and audits
- Support and develop AML compliance, extending depth over time where needed
Salary benchmarks
Our take
80% of people don’t work at desks, but the technology for deskless workers only attracts 1% of all enterprise software investment. Consequently, little software has been designed to benefit the frontline. Sona is a workforce technology startup setting out to help solve this issue, building an all-in-one platform specially designed to empower frontline workers and help their employers retain staff and operate more efficiently.
By using its app, users can view and claim shifts, communicate with their colleagues, and book holidays. Moreover, Sona has additional modules for HR, Payroll, and Engagement, so customers can manage all of their people operations in one place, or integrate with their existing tools.
Sona is an early-stage startup, yet already counts big names across Social Care, Hospitality, and the Charities sector who have combined to book millions of shifts on the Sona platform.
Kirsty
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2024
$27.5m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$7m
SEED
Total funding: $36.7m
Company benefits
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- Remote first and flexible working
- 35 days annual leave (25 days standard plus 10 flexible public holiday days)
- Pension contributions matched up to 5%
- Enhanced parental leave & pay - 26 weeks full pay primary parent / 8 weeks full pay secondary parent
- Co-working space stipend (if you don't live in London)
- Quarterly all expenses paid team retreats
- The latest Macbook and equipment for your home office
- Professional development budget
- Unlimited free books
- Comprehensive health insurance via Bupa
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Ben Dixon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Associate - Consulting at PWC and Software Engineer at Thorlabs. Also, Co-Founder & CTO at Catapult Ventures Limited for 6 years.
Oli Johnson
(Co-Founder)Previously Associate at NEO Capital and Investment Manager at Baugur Group. Co-Founder at Catapult for 6 years.
Steffen Wulff Petersen
(Co-Founder)Previously Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs for 2 years. Since then has been Co-Founder & Managing Director at Lazada Group and Co-Founder at Catapult.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Sona
- Fully remote work and total control over your schedule means you can excel at Sona no matter where, when, or how you like to work. We also offer extended parental leave to everyone.
- We're partnered with the Women in Tech Forum, a membership platform dedicated to supporting and accelerating the careers of women. Optional memberships are available to all women and allies at Sona to access their wide range of events, masterclasses, articles, and more.
- Salary transparency across all of our job postings means your offer is based on your experience and interview performance, not your previous salary or your negotiating skills.
- We use structured interview processes and assessment criteria to remove as much bias from our process as possible
- We do all of our collaborative work in public channels, which means everyone gets a say and the recognition they deserve, and nobody's out of the loop.
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