Hybrid Technical Assurance Lead

at Pave Bank

• Job title: Technical Assurance Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: BigQuery, Cyber Security
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tbilisi, Georgia

About the role

• Technical Assurance Lead ensuring technology compliance and risk management at Pave Bank, a programmable business bank.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the annual technology governance calendar, covering required meetings, reports, self-assessments, policy reviews, and regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate preparation and delivery of board, exco, and committee reports related to technology risk, resilience, cybersecurity, and compliance.
• Track action items and ensure timely completion of deliverables arising from governance meetings.
• Maintain a repository of governance artefacts, including minutes, reports, and evidentiary documentation.
• Maintain the register of board-approved technology policies, ensuring periodic review, update, and re-approval in accordance with regulatory timelines.
• Map and maintain alignment of internal controls with NIST CSF and COBIT domains, including periodic self-assessments and maturity scoring.
• Monitor compliance against control requirements and assist in the documentation and testing of control evidence.
• Support implementation of risk-based improvements to processes, controls, and documentation.
• Act as primary liaison with internal and external auditors on technology-related audits and reviews.
• Coordinate management responses, evidence collection, and follow-up on open audit findings.
• Track remediation plans and maintain a central register of open and closed audit points.
• Prepare periodic assurance summaries for the CTO and the Audit Committee.
• Maintain the technology vendor due diligence process, including onboarding, annual reassessment, and ongoing monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory outsourcing guidelines and the Bank’s outsourcing policy.
• Maintain vendor risk assessments, SLAs, SOC2/NIST compliance reports, and right-to-audit documentation.
• Coordinate annual review of all critical and material vendor relationships.
• Track regulatory obligations affecting the technology function and ensure compliance with applicable standards and circulars.
• Support the CTO in preparing regulatory submissions, attestations, and responses relating to IT, cybersecurity, and outsourcing.
• Maintain technology-related sections of the enterprise risk register and contribute to quarterly risk reporting.
• Coordinate periodic cybersecurity and resilience tests, tabletop exercises, and incident reporting procedures.
• Develop and maintain key metrics and dashboards on technology risk posture, audit progress, and control maturity.
• Support automation of governance workflows using GRC platforms or collaboration tools (e.g., Notion, Jira, Confluence, BigQuery).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Risk Management, or a related field or relevant equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in IT governance, technology compliance, or IT audit (preferably within banking or regulated financial services).
• Strong working knowledge of NIST CSF, COBIT, and relevant ISO standards (27001/27002).
• Familiarity with banking regulatory frameworks, outsourcing guidelines, and information security policies.
• Experience supporting or coordinating internal/external IT audits.
• Excellent documentation, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to communicate complex information clearly.
• Certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CGRC, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor are advantageous.
• High integrity, professional discretion, and sense of accountability.
• Methodical and process-driven, with the ability to work autonomously.
• Strong interpersonal and coordination skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive in identifying control gaps and proposing pragmatic improvements.

Benefits

• Cutting-Edge Innovation: Work at the forefront of fintech, where every day brings fresh challenges and opportunities.
• Dynamic Team: Collaborate with passionate, driven professionals who love what they do.
• Startup Energy, Solid Foundation: Enjoy the agility of a startup with the stability of a regulated financial institution.
• Your Voice Matters: At Pave Bank, your ideas and contributions directly impact our growth and success.