Cybersecurity, Governance & Assurance Manager

About the role

Lead Perrigo’s global cybersecurity governance and assurance program, ensuring strong policies, compliance, vendor risk oversight, and security awareness across IT and manufacturing environments. Functionally lead a team of information security professionals to deliver governance and assurance objectives.

Responsibilities

• Update Global and EU Information Security Policies; draft and maintain SOPs and standards.
• Define board-level KPIs and dashboards; represent Security Governance on the Perrigo Compliance Committee (quarterly).
• Create and publish the monthly cybersecurity newsletter; manage phishing simulations; oversee quarterly security training and annual privileged access training.
• Perform vendor security risk assessments; review MSAs for security clauses; respond to vendor questionnaires; monitor high-risk vendors quarterly.
• Conduct security assessments for vendor applications; participate in Digital Review Board bi-weekly meetings.
• Execute internal security audits; maintain audit readiness for ISO 27001, SOX ITGC, GDPR, and other regulations. Partner with audit, compliance, privacy, and legal teams.
• Functionally lead a team of information security members to deliver governance and assurance initiatives.
• Collaborate across IT and business units to promote awareness of information security and its role in protecting Perrigo’s data and technology assets.
• Oversee assurance activities across IT and OT environments.
• Stay current with emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence) and proactively recommend security and risk management strategies that align with and support business objectives.

Familiarity with Secure by Design architecture is preferred.

Requirements

• Proven experience in cybersecurity assurance leadership.
• Familiarity with One Trust, ServiceNow, Audit Board, and Security Scorecard is preferred.
• Certifications: CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, IAPP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor preferred.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

These skills are typically acquired through the completion of a Bachelor's degree within a related field, combined with a minimum of 5+ years in Cybersecurity and 2+ years in a governance/assurance leadership role.

Benefits

We believe our people are our greatest asset. Alongside competitive compensation, we offer benefits tailored to supporting you and your family, as well as career development opportunities to ensure you feel valued and supported, both professionally and personally.

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Schedule

Hybrid working approach: ability to work two days a week from home.