Security Assurance Governance Manager

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 a Security Governance Manager. This will be a key role within the Security Assurance Team, reporting directly to the Director of Security Assurance.

The Security Governance Manager is responsible for overseeing the Security Governance program 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. 

Responsibilities

• Lead the Security Governance Program 
• Oversee the governance framework to ensure that security efforts align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. 
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure accountability, transparency, and effective decision-making regarding security governance initiatives.
• Develop policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure that security governance efforts align with business objectives and regulatory requirements. 
• Maintain common controls  to ensure controls align with security strategy, support business objectives, and are consistent with applicable laws and regulations
• Own security training and awareness programs
• Monitor external regulatory, security and compliance landscapes and proactively inform management of significant changes
• Maintain handbook pages, policies, standards, procedures and runbooks related to security governance program
• Identify opportunities for security governance process automation
• Maintain security governance process automation

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience defining and shaping Security Governance 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
• Preferred: Experience with Confluence, Vanta, Azure Defender for Cloud - Compliance / Purview

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:

• Competitive compensation with bonus plan
• 401(k) program with 3% contribution by Accumulus and immediate vesting
• A full insurance benefits package that includes multiple health plans, vision, dental, life, and disability
• Parental leave program that includes up to 16 weeks of 100% paid leave
• Unlimited paid time off
• 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.