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Governance, risk, and compliance jobs in Boston: asset management, biotech and pharma, and higher education.
Open GRC jobs in Boston (23)
IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (INFOSEC)
CYBER ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST
Director, Enterprise Third-Party Risk Management Operations & Governance
IT CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST (PLCYPLN/INFOSEC)
Corporate Policy Officer and Communications Security (COMSEC) Auditor - Experienced Level (Maryland)
Director Global Trade Compliance
Senior Director - Quality Data, Digital Systems & Compliance
Financial Integrity Specialist
Data and AI Risk & Ethics Specialist
Quality Assurance Specialist (Deployable)
Chief Information Security Officer
Senior Risk Manager
Auditor
Global Head of Data & AI Governance & Oversight, SVP
Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC
Director, Compliance Business Partner
DTE Audit & Compliance Manager (Sr. Principal Analyst)
IT Cybersecurity Specialist (PLCYPLN) - CES Recent Graduate
Vice President, Financial Crime Compliance
Director CMC Quality Compliance (Hybrid)
Director, Regulatory Data Management (Boston, MA)
Associate Director, CMC Quality Compliance and Inspection Readiness (Hybrid)
Director, Regulatory Labeling Strategy (Remote-Eligible)
The Boston GRC market
Boston pairs a deep financial-services base with two sectors that carry real regulatory weight: biotech and pharma, and higher education and research. That mix produces steady demand for compliance, research compliance, privacy, HIPAA, audit, and risk roles. Asset managers and insurers anchor the financial side, while the life-sciences corridor and the universities drive data governance, IRB, and research-integrity hiring.
Key sectors: asset management, biotech and pharma, and higher education. On the board now: 23 local and 0 remote-eligible jobs.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
Boston GRC jobs: what the market looks like right now
A snapshot built from the 23 Boston GRC roles currently on this page.
What these roles pay by level
| Level | Median midpoint | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $139k | 9 |
| Director | $232k | 9 |
How these figures were calculated, and sources
Primary source: our own board. Every figure above is the median midpoint of the salary ranges published in the live postings on this page. Nothing is estimated, modelled, or carried over from a previous month. It is recalculated each time the board refreshes.
What is included. Only postings that publish a salary range. Hourly, weekly and monthly rates are annualised (2,080 hours, 52 weeks, 12 months). Ranges below $20,000 a year are excluded as data-entry placeholders. A seniority band is shown only when at least five postings support it; senior / lead / manager and executive / c-suite are present on this page but below that threshold, so no median is published for those bands.
What this is not. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers. Advertised ranges tend to run wider than what is actually paid, and roles that do not publish a range are missing from the calculation entirely, which can bias the result upward.
For an independent benchmark, compare against the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for SOC 13-1041 — Compliance Officers, published annually at bls.gov/oes. BLS reports actual wages across all employers rather than advertised ranges, so its medians normally sit below job-board figures.
Where the work is
- Work mode: 0 remote, 0 hybrid, 23 on-site or unstated.
- Seniority mix: mid (9), director (9), executive (3), senior (2)
- Employers hiring more than one: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (10), Defense Information Systems Agency (3)
Skills these postings ask for
- policy and procedure writing
- control testing and evidence collection
- regulatory change management
- SOX and SOC 2 readiness
- issue management and remediation tracking
How to get a compliance job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in Boston GRC postings to be worth knowing: CCEP, CRCM, CAMS, CIPP/US, AIGP. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
Hiring for Boston GRC?
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