What are the responsibilities and job description for the Governance, Risk, and Compliance Intern (Winter 2026) position at Notion?
About Us
Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays. This internship will take place from January – April 2026 and you will need to be able to work out of our SF office during this time.
About The Role
Millions of people use Notion — and this number is increasing every day. Our users depend on us to deliver a secure, consistent and trustworthy experience, and we value this more than anything. We want to keep building on that trust, while also continuing to amaze our users with the tools they can build in Notion. This is where you come in — partnering with teams across the organization to envision, plan and build Notion's Information Security posture for governance, risk and compliance.
What You'll Achieve
Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base hourly rate for this role is $50 - $54 based on qualifications.
By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.
Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays. This internship will take place from January – April 2026 and you will need to be able to work out of our SF office during this time.
About The Role
Millions of people use Notion — and this number is increasing every day. Our users depend on us to deliver a secure, consistent and trustworthy experience, and we value this more than anything. We want to keep building on that trust, while also continuing to amaze our users with the tools they can build in Notion. This is where you come in — partnering with teams across the organization to envision, plan and build Notion's Information Security posture for governance, risk and compliance.
What You'll Achieve
- Helping mature, and scale our Security Compliance, Sales Enablement, Training and Governance program.
- Driving compliance evidence automation via building custom connectors
- Supporting staff training around Security.
- Scaling our on-call workflows to meet growing business demand using custom AI agents and automation.
- Working cross-functionally to retain SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other security certifications that exhibit assurance internally and externally.
- Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or another related field.
- Previous internship experience.
- Understanding of AI agents and AI-enabled coding tools.
- Proficiency in Python, Rest API calls.
- Experience independently executing tasks that require collaboration across multiple teams and time zones.
- Ability to communicate nuanced ideas clearly when communicating with stakeholders.
- A collaborative mindset—you enjoy working cross-functionally to accomplish shared goals and care about learning, growing, and helping others do the same.
- This internship will take place from January – April 2026 and you will need to be able to work out of our SF office during this time.
- Prior projects or work experience in the Security GRC domain,
- Security credentials such as CISSP, CRISC, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.
- Proficiency in SOAR (security orchestration & automation tools like Tines.
Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base hourly rate for this role is $50 - $54 based on qualifications.
By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy.
Salary : $50 - $54