IT Security Compliance and Assurance Manager

Basic Function

Wolters Kluwer Global Business Services (GBS) is designed to provide services to the business units in the areas of technology, sourcing, procurement, legal, finance, and human resources. These global centers promote team collaboration using best practices around a specific focus area to drive results and enhance operational efficiencies. There is a constant endeavor to benchmark against best-in-class industry standards to improve the quality of deliverables, increase cost savings, enhance productivity, and reduce time to market for products and applications.

We are looking for a detail-oriented, Compliance-driven, Team oriented, IT Security Manager to join our growing Cyber Technology Controls (CTC) team.

This role focuses on technology control assessments, audit coordination, regulatory compliance, and IT issue management. You will work closely with internal technology teams, external auditors, and business stakeholders to ensure compliance with the required regulations, standards and frameworks by leading critical IT control testing, audit, and assessment programs across various business units and products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct compliance assessments by reviewing processes, policies, audit reports, security controls and evidence to advise on compliance outcomes, residual risk, and remediation strategies.
• Monitor and support internal and external audits, ensuring readiness for certification and regulatory validations.
• Monitor and assess security controls, finding / gaps, and recommending improvements.
• Help enforce compliance across industry frameworks such as AICPA SOC 2, ISO 27001/27701, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-53, HIPAA/HITRUST, FISMA and others.
• Prepare audit reports, track findings, and support corrective action/remediation plans.
• Champion/Drive security compliance and educate team members and stakeholders on the latest regulatory/industry security compliance requirements, controls, remediation strategies, tools and technologies.
• Work with the Policies and Standards team to communicate gaps, findings, and recommendations to strengthen and expand required control language.
• Exhibit strong judgement across testing, communication, and reporting to technical, non-technical, external and internal personnel across all IT Compliance and Audit topics and domains.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of compliance trends, versions, requirements, and best practices.
• Effective communication and reporting of Compliance for and from External Audits/Certifications.

Job Qualifications

Education:

Required: Bachelor’s degree in science, Computer Applications, Business Information Systems, Information Technology, or equivalent in related fields. Knowledge across any of the frameworks and regulations such as PCI-DSS, SSAE 18/SOC, ISO/IEC, HIPAA/HITRUST, NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, etc.

Preferred:

Certifications proving expertise in Information Security or certifications related to the above-mentioned frameworks, specially – Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), MITRE, ISO Lead Auditor/Implementor or further that would complement the role.

Experience:
1. Minimum 12+ years’ experience in developing/contributing to industry standard compliance documentation, building relationships, conducting/facilitating audits, providing performance feedback while meeting stakeholders and client expectations.
2. 8+ years of experience testing IT and Security controls across design and operating effectiveness.
3. 6+ years of knowledge and experience of compliance and audit with all or any of SOC1, SOC2, SOX, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, Fed Ramp/State Ramp, etc.
4. 6+ years as a Subject Matter Expert (SME); working with industry frameworks including ISO, NIST 800-53, NIST/CSF, etc.
5. Strong written, verbal and presentation skills; including interactions with key stakeholders, internal executive management, external executive management, supervisors, and leaders.
6. Experienced working in office and remote environments. Independent, motivated self-starter with the ability to analyze requirements, compliance and related problems, think critically, problem solve, influence change.
7. Strong experience in managing complex technical audits and assessments and driving them to successful outcomes within stringent deadlines
8. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across a highly matrixed organization, interacting, influencing, and negotiating effectively with all levels of leadership and peers.
9. Strong leadership skills and experience leading engagements, establishing budgets, developing work programs/plans, building relationships, mentoring staff, providing performance feedback, and monitoring workloads of team(s) while meeting stakeholder and client expectations.
10. Experienced with security compliance services with ability to identify continuous improvement opportunities to drive control assessments and remediation mgmt.
11. Knowledge of ITGC and demonstrated risk-based approach to information security.
12. Ability to travel as needed.

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Be the Difference

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.

We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.

You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. ​

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Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI-powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity. ​

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We deliver trusted, AI-powered expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology to provide expert-validated insights, automate workflows, and drive better outcomes. Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. ​

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We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high-stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential. ​

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With a nearly 190-year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes.​

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For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.

This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.

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At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us. Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous.​

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Our global Together we thrive well-being program reflects our commitment to supporting colleagues across physical, mental, social, and financial well-being. That commitment has been recognized externally through Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization in 2024. ​

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More recently, Wolters Kluwer was recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Large Employers 2026 and America’s Best Employers for Engineers 2026. In 2025, Wolters Kluwer was also recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Women.

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