Associate IT GRC Analyst at WM

Houston, Texas, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

09 May, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

IT Governance, Risk Management, Compliance Management, Cybersecurity Awareness, Policy Governance, Continuous Monitoring, Risk Assessment, Regulatory Interpretation, Agentic AI Governance, Change Control, Incident Management, Problem Management, AWS, Oracle ERP, Technical Documentation, Stakeholder Management

Industry

Environmental Services

Description

I. Job Summary The IT GRC Associate role supports governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) activities for Digital and helps contribute to the overall Technology Risk program. The position focuses on learning core risk and security practices and keeping up with modern emerging technology trends while assisting with day-to-day execution and improvement efforts. Key responsibilities include supporting the maintenance and update of Digital policies, assisting with risk register updates, helping coordinate security awareness training activities, and promoting the use of compliance and automation tools. The role works closely with internal stakeholders to support strong security and risk controls across Digital initiatives. This position also provides hands-on experience by assisting with testing, configuring, and improving cybersecurity tools, while learning new technologies and processes to help deliver Digital initiatives. The role is ideal for someone eager to build foundational skills in technology risk, security, and compliance within a collaborative environment. II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities * IT Risk Management: Support the identification, assessment, and tracking of cybersecurity, technology, and data risks by gathering information, maintaining documentation, and assisting with mitigation activities. Stay informed about changes in regulations, security best practices, emerging technologies, and company initiatives (including M&A activity) that may impact the organization’s IT governance, risk, and compliance posture * Continuous Monitoring: Support the implementation and adoption of continuous monitoring technologies and tools by assisting with configuration, documentation, testing, and user enablement activities. Help track usage and effectiveness of controls and contribute towards automating processes and generating efficiencies * Policy Governance: Support the creation and maintenance of policies and standards by assisting with documentation updates, stakeholder reviews, and version management. Help coordinate and support company wide implementation and adoption efforts * Compliance Management: Prepare draft compliance reports and dashboards detailing findings, mitigation progress, and expected timelines, log issues, and actively track remediation actions to closure. Assist with documenting management risk acceptance decisions in accordance with established processes and templates. * Security and Awareness Training: Execute and support cybersecurity awareness activities by running phishing simulations, coordinating security training communications, assisting with awareness campaigns, and collecting results. Analyze participation and performance metrics and help prepare reports that demonstrate training effectiveness to leadership. III. Qualifications A. Required Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or similar area of study. * 4 years of related experience may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree. B. Preferred Qualifications * 1-2 years of previous experience preferred * 1-2 years of experience in IT compliance with responsibilities involving interpretation of regulatory requirements (eg. SOX, PCI DSS, ERCOT, PII, CCPA, EPA etc.) and demonstrated success in translating them into actionable and sustainable compliance strategies. Recent exposure to Agentic AI tools and related governance strategies strongly preferred. C. Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities preferred * Experience in the areas of change control, problem management, incident management troubleshooting security solutions * Technical understanding and awareness to security best practices to be implemented for modern systems such as Oracle ERP, AWS, and other agentic/AI/ML solutions * Familiarity/prior exposure to agentic AI tools and willingness to learn other tools * Strong verbal and written communication skills to work with cross-functional teams. * IV. Physical Requirements Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. * Repetitive Motions * Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination * Sitting * Talking * Hearing Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc. V. Benefits At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site. If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click Apply. ABOUT WM WM (WM.com [https://www.wm.com]) is North America's leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial, medical and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them pursue their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post‑consumer materials and is a leader in beneficial use of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most landfill gas‑to‑electricity plants in North America. WM’s fleet includes more than 12,000 natural gas trucks – the largest heavy‑duty natural gas truck fleet in the industry in North America. Healthcare Solutions provides collection and disposal services of regulated medical waste, as well as secure information destruction services, in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. To learn more about WM and the company’s sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com [https://sustainability.wm.com/]. Equal Employment Opportunity For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation. Real ID In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons or service federal property. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID or TSA‑approved alternative. What is the value of a WM job? At WM we know that the value of a WM job is more than a paycheck. It’s a way to create opportunities for you and your family. This is why we are constantly working to make WM a great place to work and grow a career. We Are WM is what defines the perks of being in the WM family – from benefits, to resources and engagement activities. We are People First. We are Committed to Your Growth. We Are Investing in You. We are a Family. We are Stable. We are Always Working for a Sustainable Tomorrow.

Responsibilities

Support governance, risk, and compliance activities by maintaining digital policies and updating risk registers. Assist with security awareness training, continuous monitoring tool configuration, and the preparation of compliance reports.