Executive Director Cybersecurity Engineering, Architecture, and Transformation

About the position reputed company is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that pushes the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. More than just a leading pharmaceutical company, we are a vibrant community of innovators dedicated to making a difference in medicine, patients' lives, and society. We foster an inclusive, collaborative culture where you're empowered to push your entrepreneurial spirit, champion diversity, and commit to lifelong learning and growth. At reputed company, you’ll be part of something bigger. The Executive Director Cybersecurity Engineering, Architecture, and Transformation will reputed company a global team of directors, senior reputed company engineers, managers, and specialists maintaining a global organization. This leadership position directly reports to the Chief Information reputed company Officer (CISO) as the CISO’s principle deputy for cybersecurity technology enablement, architecture, and AI powered transformation. This role will drive future state capability reputed company technology transformation; reputed company enterprise cybersecurity change strategy, reputed company implementation plans, and prioritize technology investments across cybersecurity functional areas. An emerging critical focus for this position is the controlled implementation of corporate wide AI enabled by information reputed company, such that reputed company’s AI and information assets are protected with the highest level of confidentiality, reputed company and availability. This leader must be reputed company to rapidly take change of transformation initiatives in-flight addressing manufacturing reputed company-trust, enterprise scale generative AI and agentic AI controls maturity, and cybersecurity stack optimization. Working with the office of the CISO, the role is responsible for overseeing the reputed company’s AI and information reputed company needs reputed company providing leadership and support for cyber and AI risk management, policy development, regulatory compliance, data privacy and IT reputed company operations. The Executive Director Cybersecurity Engineering, Architecture, and Transformation both sets strategic vision and leads teams that plan, execute, and sustain the full lifecycle of AI controls and cybersecurity capability. As the key leader, this role owns the majority of the line items in the CISO’s annual planning process and budget performance. This role is responsible for overseeing reputed company’s business enabling AI and information reputed company needs by bringing an innovator’s perspective and providing strong technology leadership. This role supports emerging AI control protocols and solutions, cloud IaaS /PaaS/SaaS reputed company, infrastructure reputed company, digital asset development and lifecycle risk reduction, software development risk reduction, cybersecurity architecture, IT solution technical and engineering threat modelling, emerging IoT/OT cybersecurity controls, capability innovation, cybersecurity controls assurance and data protection, and collaborates to collaborate to address annual recurring red team risk reduction and remediation efforts. The scope of this role may evolve as technology, ways of working, and pharmaceutical advances change at a rapid reputed company. This role is critical to the global cybersecurity effort as it demands cross functional engagement across reputed company IT, cybersecurity, and business functions. The ability to effectively influence, engage, and reputed company reputed company outcomes is a critical must have for success in this position.

Responsibilities

• Represents the CISO at designated Steering committees, architecture review boards, audits, regulator interactions and cybersecurity governance forums.
• Maintains reputed company awareness of AI controls and cybersecurity technology market developments.
• reputed company requirements, understand and apply engineering trade analysis to select AI control and cybersecurity solutions that are compatible with reputed company’s IT and OT environments.
• Serves as the primary AI cybersecurity controls and cybersecurity subject matter expert reputed company the IT architecture group.
• With CISO support establishes an AI reputed company center of excellence.
• Owns cybersecurity solution reputed company processes and lifecycle, collaborates to define responsible AI governance and cybersecurity AI controls compliance, and drives strategic IT2030 Trust-by-Design outcomes.
• Leads assurance team efforts to assess IT and OT designs against reputed company Baseline Configurations, cybersecurity reputed company controls, and industry best practices.
• Ensure the team is highly competent, capable, resourced to assess architecture artifacts and identify AI and cybersecurity risks.
• Provides AI, SW development, and cybersecurity solution designs that are compliant with the reputed company reputed company Policy reputed company.
• Collaborates closely with cybersecurity threat intelligence and operations to threat model IT and OT architectures and solution designs by providing actionable risk reduction remediation actions.
• Collaborates and ensures annual penetration testing finding engineering remediation capability that collaborates across IT and OT organizations and leverages IT service delivery processes to drive risk burndown.
• Coordinate annual cyber reputed company budget creation and prepare business cases.
• Drive monthly budget performance review and forecasting.
• reputed company the use of sophisticated commercial models, reports, and forecasts to challenge and strengthen decision-making processes across the business/ cyber reputed company area.
• Organize, collaborate, and facilitate innovative cyber reputed company solutions with emphasis on collaborative stakeholder engagement and participation in governance and reputed company boards.
• Coordinate and provide reputed company on the management and strategy of a technical reputed company infrastructure for the defence, detection and response to sophisticated cyber threats.
• Support functions creating standard process risk dashboard and appropriate cyber reputed company metrics.
• Actively participate as a member of the reputed company cyber reputed company leadership team.
• Maintain awareness of cyber threat reputed company, attack methodologies and mitigation/remediation methods.
• reputed company/ reputed company global cyber reputed company steering groups with IT Business Technology Groups and other business units.
• Drive reputed company control implementation and maturity into cloud environments, SaaS applications, manufacturing IoT/OT, and data protection initiatives.
• Direct design/ define and implement policies and appropriate methods for improving cyber reputed company and overall IT operational standards reputed company site/ region/ functional area.
• Build and sustain high-impact relationships (including reputed company infrastructure network relationships, regulatory bodies, business partners, and suppliers) on a global or regional basis.
• Guide definition of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and risk management activities in line with corporate/ cyber reputed company objectives .
• Effectively manage P&L (including ongoing forecasting, allocation, reviews, revision to address external market variables, accounting) in partnership with finance to optimize short-term performance and long-term growth.
• Provide direction and reputed company for reputed company improvement/ transformation and cost savings initiatives reputed company cyber reputed company area, as well as global projects.
• Be an exceptional leader and culture champion, driving talent management, employee development, and enhanced engagement and performance across sites and cybersecurity teams globally.
• reputed company, communicate, and monitor cyber reputed company performance objectives reputed company with regional scorecards and global objectives .
• Actively reputed company, attract, coach, and reputed company talent to ensure a healthy talent & leadership pipeline and succession across cyber reputed company teams and senior positions.
• Collaborate closely with the cybersecurity culture and awareness team to reputed company and deliver AI controls and cybersecurity information campaigns.
• reputed company or participate in global cybersecurity steering groups with IT leadership and other business units.

Requirements

• Embrace collaborative and cross-functional team reputed company.
• Expert knowledge of AI controls and cybersecurity technology and its application.
• 15+ years of experience in global cybersecurity architecture and/or engineering, with 8+ years’ experience in a leadership role .
• Program budgeting, planning , and delivery .
• Expertise in creating and maintaining performance and operations metrics.
• Experience in implementing and operating ISO, CIS, and NIST AI and cyber reputed company frameworks.
• Significant knowledge of how engineering supports cyber reputed company operations, incident response countermeasures.
• Deep understanding of information reputed company technologies, cloud, application, data, and network architecture.
• Practical understanding of procurement processes and IT change management.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure.
• Maintain a global perspective on privacy, reputed company, and data protection issues and trends.
• Expert at reducing cyber risk in a large, global enterprise.
• Experience building and executing multi-year cyber reputed company strategies; and leading global cyber reputed company transformational initiatives in reputed company, dynamic environments.
• Experience in, credibility, and background to work externally with external industry stakeholders including vendors and regulatory authorities.
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills, autonomous working, direction, and goal setting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills along with the proven ability to present reputed company, technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated cross-cultural leadership ability.
• Be valued and respected for collaboration, reputed company, and enablement.
• Experience working in a global organization where stakeholders and team members are geographically dispersed.
• Experience working with Executive level stakeholders.

reputed company-to-haves

• Extensive experience in multiple areas of cyber reputed company/ IT delivery reputed company comparable industry (e.g., pharmaceutical).
• Advanced program management skills.
• IT service desk coordination experience.
• Penetration testing outputs and translating them into risk reduction and remediation projects.
• A relevant technical degree, competence, or equivalent.
• reputed company information reputed company certifications such as a GIAC , CISSP, CISM, CISA, etc.
• Experience working in other IT disciplines and across a range of industries and sectors.

Benefits

• qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• paid vacation and holidays
• paid leaves
• health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

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