Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 180 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,450 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.

Working as part of the information security office within the IT department at Skechers, the GRC intern will be responsible for leading the day-to-day IT compliance, data governance, and IT risk management functions. The role will include primary responsibility for defining, creating, and managing IT and organizational policies and standards in support of legal and regulatory compliance needs as well as general IT and organizational information security practices.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESULTS-

• Assist in defining IT security standards and develop supporting organizational policies.
• Contribute to company-wide awareness campaigns.
• Perform security and compliance assessments on new and existing systems, processes, technology.
• Help record and communicate results from risk assessments.
• Support vendor due-diligence process and help to lead and optimize overall third-party risk management efforts.
• Work with various business units to ensure controls are adequate, appropriate, and effective.
• Support internal and external audit process for relevant compliance concerns including PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR.
• Interface with global IT and business partners to provide guidance and support.
• Assist the team to build metric reports for leadership.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES-

• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES-

• No.

JOB REQUIREMENTS-

• Familiarity with legal and regulatory compliance standards such as PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, CaCPA, etc.
• Familiarity with ISMS and security frameworks, particularly NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Strong understanding of fundamental information security concepts and technology.
• Ability to learn and support all phases of an IT audit. 
• Familiarity with IT governance, risk, and compliance management best practices and procedures.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong work ethic with attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn new tools and technologies.
• Ability to excel in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE-

• Working towards Bachelor’s degree in related field.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS-

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS-

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times.  

Pay range for this position is $25.00/hour.