Lead, Information Security - Governance, Risk & Compliance

This role provides leadership and expertise in building, scaling, and continuously improving enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) programs for Sony Pictures Entertainment and its affiliates. The position is responsible for managing end-to-end cybersecurity and compliance initiatives including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, privacy/security controls, and related security governance frameworks.

The role also supports strategic Sony Group information security governance initiatives, including ISMS performance management, policy and standards development, and Sony Group Critical Asset Program.

The role partners closely with technical and business stakeholders to lead and coordinate assessments, drive remediation activities, report on program health and risk posture, and improve operational maturity across the organization. A key focus is modernizing and automating control assessment activities through workflow automation, AI-assisted evidence collection, continuous control monitoring, and data-driven reporting to improve efficiency and scalability with limited resources.

This individual will also help lead the development, modernization, governance, and rollout of global information security policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring alignment with Sony Group, business operations, evolving technologies, and regulatory requirements.

Success in this role requires strong relationship-building skills and the ability to influence teams across Information Technology, Legal, People & Operations (P&O), Privacy, Production Security, and corporate functions. Experience working in fast-paced, creative, or lightly regulated industries such as entertainment, media, gaming, or streaming is highly desirable, where collaboration and influence are critical to driving security and risk reduction outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage enterprise cybersecurity compliance programs including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, privacy/security initiatives, and internal control frameworks.
• Lead and coordinate end-to-end compliance assessments including scoping, evidence collection, control testing, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Partner with control owners and technical teams to assess control effectiveness and drive remediation activities.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, and executive reporting to communicate compliance status, risk trends, and program maturity.
• Identify opportunities to automate control assessments, evidence collection, reporting, and governance workflows using AI and automation technologies.
• Support continuous control monitoring and process improvements to increase operational efficiency and scalability.
• Develop, maintain, and modernize global information security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Drive policy governance activities, including stakeholder alignment, periodic reviews, approvals, exception management, and rollout communications.