Compliance Program Assistant Manager

Opportunity Overview:

We’re looking for a Compliance Program Assistant Manager to help our team ensure our compliance processes are consistent, scalable, and sustainable as the organization grows. Our team provides centralized ownership and management of the compliance programs by collaborating cross functionally across the organization. You’ll also partner closely with IT and People Operations to ensure the organization operates in accordance with legal, regulatory, and ethical standards.

What you’ll do:

• Support planning and execution of HITRUST, HIPAA, and SOC 2 readiness, certification, and re-certification activities.
• Conduct gap assessments, identify compliance deficiencies, and assist in remediation.
• Implement and monitor security controls aligned with HITRUST CSF and related standards.
• Provide guidance on HITRUST frameworks, MyCSF tool usage, and best practices.
• Collaborate with IT, security, and compliance teams to ensure smooth certification processes.
• Prepare and present audit findings, risk assessments, and compliance reports to leadership.
• Support internal training programs to strengthen compliance awareness.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Risk Management, or related field.
• 3–5 years in compliance, risk management, or HITRUST-related projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in Internal audit implementation and collaboration with cross functional teams in HITRUST, ISO and HIPAA implementation.
• Proficiency with incident management, risk assessment and remediation management.
• Strong skills in executive reports and presentations preparation.
• Multi-framework compliance expertise.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with GRC tools and cloud security, strongly preferred
• Knowledge of third-party risk management and major compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, NIST, HIPAA), strongly preferred

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana*: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
  *we will be opening a new office in the HITEC City area in early 2026

Interview Process*:

1. Meet with Talent Acquisition for a preliminary interview
2. Connect with the Hiring Manager!
3. Behavioral Interview(s)
4. Cross Functional Partner Interview(s)

*Subject to change

About Cohere Health:

Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration, cost containment, and healthcare economics. Cohere Health works with over 660,000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually. Its responsible AI auto-approves up to 90% of requests for millions of health plan members.

With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.

Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners, Cohere Health drives more transparent, streamlined healthcare processes, helping patients receive faster, more appropriate care and higher-quality outcomes.

The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal Opportunity Statement: 

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal.