Compliance Director - Sabey Data Centers

Another Source • Austin, TX

3d • $132,773 - $231,026 • Onsite

About The Position

Sabey Data Centers is hiring a Compliance Director to provide strategic leadership for its enterprise compliance framework. Reporting to the Vice President of Business Operations, the Director will develop and advance compliance strategy, governance, policies, controls, risk management practices, and audit programs as the company grows. The role advises executive leadership and, as appropriate, the Board, and helps ensure compliance is embedded in everyday decisions across facilities and business functions.

This is a highly visible, cross-functional leadership position working with Operations, Engineering, IT, Legal, Sales, Training, and other partners. The Director will lead and develop compliance team members, improve accountability and audit readiness, monitor program performance and emerging risks, and identify ways to use technology, automation, analytics, and AI to improve the program. The role is based in Austin, Texas, or Ashburn, Virginia.

Sabey Data Centers is a multi-tenant data center provider and the largest privately owned data center owner and operator in the United States, with more than 20 years of experience and three million square feet of mission-critical space. Its facilities support customers in financial services, technology, media, and healthcare. Sabey emphasizes operational excellence, uptime, sustainability, innovation, community partnership, and internal career growth.

The anticipated annual base salary range is $132,773–$199,160 in Austin or $154,017–$231,026 in Ashburn. The position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus. Sabey offers comprehensive benefits and a well-being initiative called SabeyLife.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Compliance, Information Technology, Risk Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in compliance, audit, governance, risk management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated success leading and maturing compliance programs, including strategy development, governance, audit oversight, cross-functional controls, and team leadership.
• Experience with applicable compliance frameworks such as SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, or comparable standards.
• Proven ability to oversee internal and external audits, evaluate control effectiveness, manage findings, and drive corrective actions.
• Experience advising senior leaders and translating complex compliance requirements and risks into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders across technical, operational, and business functions.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in data centers, critical infrastructure, technology, or another highly regulated environment.
• Experience developing or scaling enterprise compliance programs within a growing or evolving organization.
• Familiarity with critical facility systems, including electrical, mechanical, and building controls infrastructure.
• Experience establishing compliance performance metrics, risk indicators, and executive-level reporting.
• Interest in using emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to improve compliance processes and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously advance the enterprise compliance strategy, governance framework, and risk management practices.
• Establish scalable policies, controls, accountability structures, and reporting processes that integrate compliance into daily operations across facilities and business functions.
• Provide executive leadership and, as appropriate, the Board with visibility into compliance performance, emerging risks, audit readiness, control effectiveness, and corrective actions.
• Oversee internal, external, regulatory, and customer audits involving frameworks such as SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001.
• Partner with business and control owners to assess control effectiveness, identify gaps, manage findings, and drive timely corrective actions.
• Establish and monitor compliance KPIs, key risk indicators, and program health metrics.
• Collaborate with Legal, Sales, Operations, and IT on customer due diligence, contractual commitments, RFP responses, and customer assurance requests.
• Monitor emerging regulations, industry standards, and customer requirements, and translate potential impacts into actionable business recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to use technology, automation, analytics, and AI to strengthen compliance monitoring, evidence management, reporting, and program efficiency.
• Lead, mentor, and develop compliance team members and build capabilities and organizational structure to support continued growth.
• Advise business leaders and foster shared accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and proactive risk management.
• Partner with Training and functional leaders to strengthen role-based compliance education and awareness.

Benefits

• Sabey covers 100% of employee-only premiums for base medical and PPO dental plans.
• Contributes up to $2,000 annually to a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Up to 5 weeks of PTO based on tenure, plus 10 paid holidays and the ability to carry over unused PTO.
• Competitive, matched 401(k) retirement plan.
• Structured professional and personal development programs, including Thought Patterns for High Performance, Everything DiSC, and Built to Last.
• Long-term career growth and internal mobility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director