Description
The Senior Director, Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners - Enterprise Systems will set direction for the Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners - Enterprise Systems capability across GSK and lead the organisation that delivers it.
This role covers enterprise systems, including finance, HR and core corporate platforms.
The Technology Risk and Compliance Business Partners are the face of the Cyber Security Office to GSK's business and technology areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Set the multi-year strategy for Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners - Enterprise Systems and secure the investment to deliver it.
- Drive a risk-accountable leadership culture and a cyber- and risk-savvy workforce culture in Enterprise Systems.
- Lead the Technology Risk & Compliance Business Partners - Enterprise Systems organisation, including leaders of teams, and own its capability plan.
- Own the budget, vendor portfolio and headcount plan for the capability.
- Represent the capability to the CISO, GSK Tech leadership, auditors and regulators.
- Own the cyber risk and compliance relationship for the assigned area, enterprise systems, including finance, HR and core corporate platforms.
- Identify, analyse and influence the management of cyber security risk across the assigned area.
- Hold operational areas, risk owners and suppliers to account against the Cyber Security Office strategy for the assigned area.
- Build and maintain the cyber risk register for the area, including risk statements, ratings, owners and treatment plans.
- Develop a deep understanding of Enterprise Systems business processes, including Planning, Finance, HR, Procurement, Legal, Facilities and Real Estate, and technologies including ERP systems (particularly SAP) and SaaS technologies including Workday and Salesforce, and guide Enterprise Systems leadership on how the changing technology, threat and regulatory landscapes affect their risk posture.
- Own the Risk & Compliance governance forum (RMCB) for the assigned area, ensuring priority actions, findings and CAPAs are tracked with clear accountabilities.
- Partner with Business Quality Assurance to ensure GxP validation of business-facing application systems and services within the assigned area.
- Provide oversight and coaching to the team on audit and inspection readiness, including hosting of external inspections and regulator/auditor engagements, and on the reporting of CAPA status.
- Provide oversight and coaching to the team on GxP software change management and system release governance for regulated applications within the assigned area.
- Influence across the Cyber Security Office and broader Digital and Tech organisation to identify and shape solutions for effective and efficient risk and compliance management.
Basic Qualifications:
- Degree in a relevant discipline, or related experience.
- Demonstrated experience in cyber risk, technology risk or information security governance.
- Working knowledge of risk assessment and risk register management.
- Practical experience with senior business stakeholder engagement.
- Extensive experience in cyber security, including leading a global capability at scale.
- Proven experience leading leaders of teams across multiple geographies.
- Demonstrated ownership of a capability budget and vendor portfolio.
- Excellent influencing and communication skills at executive and board level.
- Experience with service definition and process improvement methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience acting as a business information security officer or embedded security partner.
- Working knowledge of NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301.
- Experience with GRC platforms such as ServiceNow.
- Experience in pharmaceutical or another regulated industry, including GxP and SOX contexts.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- Relevant certification such as CISM, CRISC, CISA, CISSP.
- Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences or another highly regulated industry.
- Solid understanding of SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance requirements and internal controls over financial reporting.