Chapter Lead (Senior Director) Secure By Design, Product Security and Privacy (PSPO)

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The Position

The opportunity

You are inspired to contribute to the overall Roche Diagnostics vision by applying end-to-end Division wide product security and privacy operations to keep our products and services secure and privacy compliant throughout the entire lifecycle. You believe in the potential of science, technology, data and insights to improve the standard of care for humankind and you are eager to help navigate through unchartered territory to lift this potential.

As a member of the Product Security and Privacy Organization (PSPO) function you are given this opportunity in a team with a strong focus on collaboration and teamwork to support the Diagnostics Division with state of the art and innovative security and privacy concepts.

In this role you will:

• Lead the PSPO Secure By Design chapter, including hiring, developing, and mentoring a team of highly technical solution architects.

• Evolve the overall security solution architecture strategy in collaboration with other Global and Group Functions and Customer Area business teams.

• Deploy scalable strategies, processes and tools to facilitate continuous improvements of the DIA products security posture.

• Measure and report on Dia operational performance and security progression.

• Work cross functionally to guide, influence and prioritize risk mitigation efforts.

• Research, evaluate, and recommend security and privacy technologies that can be applied to solutions being developed or maintained internally or externally.

• Drive cyber solutions from discovery/inception to balanced programs.

• Collaborate with other PSPO Chapters to develop and maintain an end-to-end approach for Roche Diagnostics.

• Contribute and shape strategic and tactical decisions regarding Roche Diagnostics development infrastructure and products and services.

• Participate in industry engagement as necessary etc to build trust with the community.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science or relevant area of study, required.

• Fluent in English on a business level with excellent verbal and written skills; German is a plus; other languages welcome, but not required.

• 12+ years related technical experience in Product Security Architecture and Engineering in a Medium to large sized security organization

• 5+ years of progressive security leadership and management experience with demonstrated ability as an information security architect

• Demonstrable experience managing a security architecture or security engineering function in an organization

• Demonstrated ability to evolve scalable security strategies based on research, data, business direction, and industry direction

• Demonstrated experience working with product development environments and CI/CD pipelines

• Demonstrated experience conducting or being the subject of security and/or privacy audits

• Use a data driven approach to drive security posture improvements and influence decision-making

• Strong understanding of applicable and accepted audit and risk frameworks (such as COBIT, NIST, and ISO), standards (ISO 27000 family, HITRUST) and government guidelines and laws (HIPAA, GDPR).

• Industry recognized certifications provided by GIAC, ISACA, ISC2

• Healthcare software experience preferred

• Experience with clinical workflow solutions or in a clinical environment is a plus.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.