GRC Security Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking an Information Security and Compliance consultant with experience in providing security applications controls and assessments for pharmaceutical manufacturers located in Raritan, NJ. This resource will work within the Information Security and Risk Management department, joining the team responsible for security consulting initiatives of Supply Chain Advanced Therapies IT Platforms related application support. In this role, this resource will be responsible for security & controls throughout global projects related to Supply Chain applications including Car‑t Cloud‑based software controls, and continuous collaboration and follow‑ups with the business partners.

• Responsible for advancing cybersecurity of Pharma systems, applications, and integrations across product lines and regions by identifying key risks and controls through security assessments
• Orchestrate and deliver cybersecurity risk assessments of Supply Chain projects, applications, and the technologies that run them while maintaining awareness of the changing threat landscape
• Understand and promote risk management activities associated with external regulations and internal policies such as IAPP, GxP, and GDPR
• Bridge the gap between traditional Information Technology (IT) and business functions by relating cyber threats and vulnerabilities to business imperatives and communicating them to key business leaders
• Actively advise, assess, and lead Business and IT stakeholders in the development of secure information systems and solutions in line with the organization’s cybersecurity architecture, IAPP policies, and regulatory requirements
• Maintain connections across peer groups to continuously understand emerging security solutions that are ground‑breaking enablers for mitigating supply chain risk
• Constantly strive to shape the administrative controls for cybersecurity through advisory and assurance services
• Support compliance assessments on regulatory (e.g., GxP or SOX)
• Make recommendations for application security including change, incident management, process enhancements, access management, and change management
• Consult stakeholders about data classification and privacy, including data encryption and protection
• Ensure appropriate controls are implemented for Car‑t applications and coordinate alignment with Internal Audit and IT Compliance
• Provide metrics and reports on a weekly basis tracking the entire portfolio, application assessment status, and Risk Acceptance status
• Perform security consulting to ensure that the Minimum Viable Security (MVS) is built into new supply chain Advanced Therapies systems
• Perform security risk assessments of existing Advanced Therapies systems applications, providing security/risk‑related updates and meaningful metrics, and answering all questions related to security/risk‑related subjects
• Provide security consulting and assurance for assigned platforms, including performing risk calculators, application security questionnaires/assessments, identifying security gaps and remediation actions
• Perform incident trending to ensure security root causes are identified and remediated
• Evaluate static & dynamic vulnerabilities to identify TLM/ALM & other security issues along with the appropriate remediation actions
• Have large experience in SOX, IAPP, GxP, Privacy compliance requirements
• Provide local oversight for interns, employees / contractors in the team
• Support key Advanced Therapies projects by providing a central point for SC security questions or queries on project support and ensuring complete and accurate responses
• Navigating between all ISRM SC pillars to obtain knowledge regarding security issues

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of experience working with security and controls, consulting stakeholders throughout the application implementation process
• Broad knowledge of information security processes and principles is useful in explaining the business value of cybersecurity
• Experienced in identifying and articulating issues/obstacles regarding application security issues
• Working…