Security Assurance Governance Manager - Accumulus Synergy
Burlingame, CA
About the Job
Background
Accumulus Synergy is a nonprofit trade association working on behalf of industry to address the global need for digital transformation. To help solve for this need, Accumulus is developing a transformative data exchange platform to enable enhanced collaboration and efficiency between life sciences organizations and National Regulatory Authorities worldwide. The Accumulus Platform aims to improve efficiencies in the regulatory process by leveraging advanced technology, including data science and AI, as well as tools for secure data exchange to improve patient safety, help reduce the cost of innovation, and ultimately bring patients safe and effective medicines faster. Accumulus is working with key stakeholders in the life sciences - regulatory ecosystem to build and sustain a platform that aims to meet regulatory, cybersecurity, and privacy requirements spanning clinical, safety, chemistry and manufacturing, and regulatory exchanges and submissions. Accumulus Synergy sponsors include Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and Takeda.
Job Description
Accumulus is seeking an Security Assurance Governance Manager. This will be a key role within the Security Assurance Team, reporting directly to the Director of Security Assurance.
The Security Assurance Governance Manager is responsible for overseeing the Governance Security Assurance Team and ensuring security efforts comply with business goals and regulations, while also collaborating with stakeholders to guarantee responsibility, clarity, and efficient decision-making for security governance initiatives. Starting day one, you will have the unique opportunity to support the growth of Accumulus Synergy through creating and enforcing policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure cybersecurity aligns with business objectives and regulations, managing the Unified Compliance Matrix (UCM), overseeing security training and awareness programs, monitoring external regulatory changes, and maintaining documents related to Security Governance programs.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Governance Security Assurance Team (FTE and Contract)
- Oversee the governance framework to ensure that security efforts align with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinates with stakeholders to ensure accountability, transparency, and effective decision-making regarding security governance initiatives.
- Develops policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure that cybersecurity efforts align with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Maintains Unified Compliance Matrix (UCM) to ensure controls align with security strategy, support business objectives, and are consistent with applicable laws and regulations
- Owns Security training and awareness programs
- Monitor external regulatory, security and compliance landscapes and proactively inform management of significant changes
- Maintains handbook pages, policies, standards, procedures and runbooks related to Security Governance programs
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years of experience defining and shaping Security Governance and technical writing programs for regulated markets
- Demonstrated experience with security control frameworks such as: SOC 2, ISO, NIST, COSO, COBIT, etc.
- Detailed understanding of security and governance within cloud-native technology stacks
Benefits
While we hope the Accumulus mission is what really attracts you, we also have a lot to offer. Organizations are built by great people, and to attract great people you need to offer a great employee experience. Accumulus can provide:
- Very competitive compensation w/ bonus plan. We must compete with big names in tech & pharma for top talent and compensate accordingly.
- 401(k) contribution, immediately vested
- A full benefits package: multiple health plans, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance
- 100% remote work. Accumulus is a fully remote organization, and we intend to remain so
- Experienced leadership to mentor you. We have drawn successful leaders from the biopharma industry with a deep understanding of regulatory affairs and combined them with similarly successful leaders in SaaS product development. Learning opportunities abound.
Unsolicited Contact Policy
Please note that we do not consider resumes submitted by unsolicited third-party recruitment firms. Additionally, we kindly request that candidates refrain from sending unsolicited resumes or making unsolicited contact directly to Accumulus employees. To be considered for any open positions, please utilize our online job application system. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
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