Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

Position Summary

As the world leader in serving science, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is offering an outstanding opportunity to join our team as a Director, Cybersecurity Audit & Compliance Counsel under our legal & cybersecurity programs. In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring compliance with industry regulations, internal policies, and customer contractual requirements. Your program will bridge the relationship between our legal and cybersecurity programs to address ongoing and upcoming regulations and craft the strategy with compliance on a global scale.

The outcome of this program will be a high-quality audit & compliance function to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

To enable this transformation, the leader will:

Provide expert guidance on implementation of cybersecurity regulations and drive solutions to address risk
Build and develop a team of audit and compliance cybersecurity professionals to be subject matter experts and support program requirements
Work across Thermo Fisher Groups and functions to:
Educate on regulatory issues, provide guidance on risk
Build processes to meet customer and regulatory cybersecurity obligations
Offer services to groups/functions based on needs, risk, and financial viability
Drive transparency with clear and consistent communications on critical risks using dashboards, metrics/Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Service Level Agreement (SLA) consistency
Liaison with Product Security leadership to partner on Product Security strategy and incorporate into program framework
Partner w/ business leadership to drive funding for Audit & Compliance goals as part of Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
Work collaboratively with legal and data privacy teams to
Assess, communicate, and drive adherence to new and emerging global legislation, regulations, technologies, and guidance on cybersecurity including data protection, security measures, and regulatory frameworks
Review regulatory and industry trends and recommend risk mitigation strategies and program modifications, where appropriate, striving to minimize the likelihood of data breaches, unauthorized access, and other cyber incidents
Developing, updating, and implementing a comprehensive training program on sophisticated audit & compliance cybersecurity related matters and divisional/affiliate policies and procedures
Build and manage relationships with business, product, IT, legal, data privacy, regulatory, and quality leaders to facilitate compliance
Drive continuous Improvement of the program with utilization of PPI
Complete other audit & compliance cybersecurity initiatives as prioritized with business and technology leadership

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, Risk Management, Compliance/Legal, or Equivalent Work Experience
Juris Doctorate required
5+ years’ experience with demonstrable experience with cybersecurity legal within complex, matrixed, global organizations (public company experience is preferred)
Proven experience in audit and compliance within the information technology sector
Ability to influence without direct authority
Proven leadership of Risk Management at a large global enterprise
Must have ability to develop solid and positive professional relationships with all levels of IT and Business leadership
Customer-centric personality
Organized, well spoken, and excellent communicator
Strategic leader with track record of strategy implementation
Strong leadership of diverse teams
Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) solution experience (especially ServiceNow)

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

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