WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.
With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others.
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (WEBTOON) is seeking an experienced Security Governance professional to join our team in Los Angeles. This is a critical, high-impact role responsible for designing, leading, and managing our global IT, Security, and Privacy governance and compliance framework from our LA-based headquarters.
You will be responsible for designing and implementing key IT & Security internal controls to meet audit and compliance requirements, while ensuring corporate-wide adherence to global standards through continuous policy review and audit readiness management. You will also support the design of product and infrastructure-specific security controls. A critical part of this role involves leading global stakeholder workshops and collaborating closely with Legal, Product, and Engineering teams. Professional proficiency in both English and Korean is essential for this cross-border collaboration.
The ideal candidate is a strategic expert with 5+ years of hands-on experience in IT compliance, audit, or security within a multinational environment. You must be skilled at articulating risk and mitigation strategies to diverse stakeholders and possess a strong technical understanding of compliance frameworks like SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO.
Essential Duties:
Lead the global definition, governance, and stakeholder workshops — including policy design, product and tech design, risk alignment, and audit readiness — in close collaboration with Legal, Product, and Engineering teams.
Ensure corporate-wide adherence to global standards, regulatory obligations, and contractual requirements through continuous policy & architecture review, control testing, and audit readiness management.
Provide expert guidance on compliance best practices and partner with Information Security teams on strategic initiatives.
Design, implement, and manage IT internal controls (e.g., access control, change management, operational monitoring) ensuring compliance with key frameworks, including SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Information Security, IT Compliance, or IT Audit, preferably within a global corporation or multinational environment.
Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills across global regions.
Hands-on experience in implementing and reviewing compliance with local and international security regulations.
Ability to develop security and compliance narratives, clearly articulating risk impact and mitigation strategies to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, secure software development (SDLC), and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST).
Familiarity with privacy frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, ISO 27701) is preferred.
Bilingual: Professional proficiency in English & Korean for cross-border collaboration
Please note, the range above is listed in USD.
With approximately 155 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.
Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics!
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