Principal Compliance Lead, Security (COPPA & GDPR Control Testing)
At its midpoint, $265k/yr, this role pays more than the $176k/yr midpoint for Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) openings today (usual band $154k–$322k/yr).
The full posting
About Us
Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation, Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact, Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries, we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain, educate, and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation, creativity, and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers, create unforgettable experiences, and build a legacy that inspires future generations.
About the role
Beast Industries reaches a very young audience across YouTube, consumer products, and financial products such as Step.com and the Beast App. As Principal Compliance Lead, Security, you will make sure our privacy commitments to EU/UK users, children, and teens are backed by security controls that work and can be proven to a regulator or auditor. You will build and run our control testing program for GDPR and COPPA, and act as the senior compliance voice across Security, Legal, Product, and Engineering.
What you will do
- Translate GDPR and COPPA requirements into specific, testable security controls.
- Design and run recurring control tests, including sampling, evidence collection, and re-performance, across apps, websites, SDKs, analytics, advertising, and vendor integrations.
- Verify age-gating, verifiable parental consent, data minimization, retention, deletion, and parental access flows for users under 13.
- Own the security side of GDPR Article 32 (security of processing) and Article 25 (data protection by design and by default).
- Maintain and test controls for data subject requests, records of processing, retention, and cross-border transfers.
- Lead security input on DPIAs and vendor and processor assessments, and keep breach notification processes ready for the 72-hour requirement.
- Track findings to closure with engineering and product owners, and report control effectiveness to leadership.
- Prepare for and lead responses to audits, regulator inquiries, and partner or platform privacy reviews.
- Monitor changes to GDPR and UK GDPR guidance, the FTC COPPA Rule, and US state children's privacy laws, and update controls accordingly.
- Coach and guide junior compliance and security team members.
What you bring
- 10+ years in security compliance, GRC, privacy engineering, or technology risk, including 4+ years at a senior or lead level.
- Hands-on experience testing controls against COPPA, including consent mechanisms, age screening, and handling of data from children under 13.
- Working knowledge of GDPR and UK GDPR as they apply to security and engineering, especially Articles 25, 30, 32, 33, and 35.
- Proven ability to turn legal text into clear, testable control requirements.
- Experience building and running control testing programs with audit-ready documentation.
- Experience with at least one major framework: NIST (CSF or Privacy Framework), ISO 27001/27701, or SOC 2.
- Strong understanding of cloud, mobile, and web data flows, identity and access management, encryption, logging, and data retention.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with credibility from the boardroom to the engineering team.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in media, creator economy, gaming, edtech, or consumer apps with a young user base.
- Experience with fintech or payments compliance involving minors or teens.
- Familiarity with FTC COPPA Safe Harbor programs and the UK Age-Appropriate Design Code.
- Certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CISA, CISSP, or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.
- Experience with consent management, data discovery and mapping, and DSAR automation tools.
- Prior experience responding to FTC, state attorney general, or EU/UK supervisory authority inquiries.
Why join us
You will build the compliance program for one of the world's largest creator-led companies, with direct access to leadership and real influence over how products are built for young audiences.
Beast Industries is an equal opportunity employer.
Benefits
- Compensation: Base of $235K-$294K +20% bonus + equity
The Perks, Why Work On the MrBeast Team
We are redefining what entertainment and storytelling look like at global scale. Every piece of content we publish reaches millions and influences culture in real time. This is your opportunity to lead the team that decides how those moments come to life across every screen.
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation assistance where applicable, including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days
Text as Beast Industries published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details, CV and LinkedIn, then 5 questions.
- 1.Do you require now or in the future Visa sponsorship?Yes or no
- 2.Are you open to relocation to the listed location (non-remote)?Yes or no
- 3.Have you personally owned PCI DSS and SOC 2 in production - from control design through a successful audit, as the technical lead facing the auditors?Yes or no
- 4.Are you using AI daily in your security/compliance work today - automation, evidence pipelines, control monitoring - not just "aware of it"?Yes or no
- 5.Do you have at least 15 years experience in Compliance & Security Engineering?Yes or no
Taken from Beast Industries's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: Beast Industries
Beast Industries is the company behind MrBeast's videos and consumer brands; its new security hires focus on mobile product security and children's privacy compliance.
Pay and benefits: San Mateo-based full-time jobs.
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