Senior Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst
About the Role
The Senior Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst is a seasoned individual contributor responsible for supporting enterprise governance, risk, compliance, access governance, SAP GRC, SOX ITGC, and assurance activities. This second-line role provides independent oversight, monitoring, reporting, and control assurance to strengthen information security, technology compliance, and risk management capabilities. The role partners across Information Security, IT, IAM, Finance, Internal Audit, Privacy, Legal, and business stakeholders to assess risks, support regulatory obligations, improve control effectiveness, and mature governance practices across a global public medical technology environment.
Responsibilities
- Access Governance & Segregation of Duties
- Coordinate and support enterprise Segregation of Duties governance across SAP and other key enterprise platforms.
- Administer SAP GRC Access Control capabilities, including Access Risk Analysis, Access Request Management, Emergency Access Management, and Business Role Management.
- Maintain SoD rulesets, risk functions, mitigating controls, access governance documentation, and related control evidence.
- Assess access risks, including SoD conflicts, excessive entitlements, privileged access exposure, and control effectiveness concerns.
- Monitor access-related exceptions, remediation plans, compensating controls, metrics, and trends to support risk reduction and compliance obligations.
- Partner with application owners, IAM, SAP Security, and business stakeholders to evaluate and address identified access governance risks.
- User Access Review & Privileged Access Governance
- Coordinate and manage periodic User Access Reviews and access certification activities.
- Monitor completion rates, overdue certifications, and non-compliance issues in accordance with governance requirements.
- Support oversight of privileged access, emergency access, Firefighter governance, and related monitoring activities.
- Review privileged access activity and maintain evidence supporting user access governance controls.
- SOX ITGC Compliance & Control Monitoring
- Administer and support SAP GRC Process Control activities used to monitor, assess, and validate SOX IT General Controls and security compliance requirements.
- Support SOX ITGC compliance execution, control monitoring, audit evidence collection, validation, retention, and reporting.
- Assist control owners and stakeholders with control procedures, evidence requirements, deficiencies, findings, remediation tracking, and closure activities.
- Develop dashboards, metrics, and reporting to support management self-assessment, continuous control monitoring, and control effectiveness improvements.
- Audit & Assurance Support
- Support internal audits, external audits, and regulatory assessments by coordinating evidence, documentation, walkthroughs, and audit responses.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation repositories and supporting records.
- Monitor remediation activities and validate completion of corrective actions.
- Perform control assurance activities by reviewing evidence completeness, control execution, and remediation effectiveness.
- Governance & Compliance Operations
- Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of information security policies, standards, procedures, governance processes, and control frameworks.
- Support control inventory management, exception management, compliance reporting, GRC tool administration, workflows, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
- Develop compliance and risk metrics to monitor program effectiveness and identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and control optimization.
- Contribute to scalable governance standards, operational procedures, and compliance monitoring practices that strengthen enterprise security governance.
- Risk Management Support
- Assess cybersecurity, technology, artificial intelligence, data protection, and operational risks through structured risk assessment and governance processes.
- Facilitate information security risk assessments supporting governance, compliance, and enterprise risk management activities.
- Maintain risk registers, treatment plans, issue logs, action tracking, KRIs, risk dashboards, and management reporting.
- Evaluate mitigation strategies and control implementation activities to support informed business and technology decision-making.
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Advisory Support
- Partner with Information Security, Information Technology, Finance, Privacy, Internal Audit, Legal, Enterprise Risk Management, and business stakeholders.
- Translate technical risks, access governance issues, and compliance requirements into clear, business-focused recommendations.
- Facilitate assessments, workshops, compliance reviews, and cross-functional discussions to promote risk-informed decision-making.
- Provide subject matter guidance on governance, compliance, access governance, risk management, and security control requirements.
- Second-Line Independence & Governance Boundaries
This role provides oversight, monitoring, reporting, governance, compliance, risk management, and assurance activities while maintaining appropriate second-line independence. The role partners with first-line teams to evaluate control design, monitor execution, assess risk, validate evidence, and support remediation governance while preserving independent oversight responsibilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Risk Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Audit, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Information Security GRC, Information Security Risk Management, SOX ITGC Compliance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Access Governance, Identity Governance, SAP Security Governance, Compliance Management, or Internal Controls Management.
- Advanced knowledge of Information Security GRC, access governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and internal controls.
- Strong understanding of SAP GRC Access Control and SAP GRC Process Control administration.
- Current SAP Certified Application Associate, SAP Access Control certification required.
- Current SAP GRC Process Control certification required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience administering SAP GRC capabilities supporting SoD, UAR, EAM, SOX ITGC, continuous control monitoring, compliance reporting, and audit evidence management.
- Experience administering SAP GRC Access Risk Analysis, Access Request Management, Emergency Access Management, Business Role Management, and SAP GRC Process Control.
- Experience maintaining SoD rulesets, mitigating controls, access-risk libraries, access review campaigns, compliance dashboards, and audit evidence repositories.
- Experience supporting SOX ITGC testing, walkthroughs, evidence requests, remediation tracking, and audit readiness activities.
- Working knowledge of SAP authorization concepts, including roles, profiles, transaction codes, and role-based access controls.
- Strong analytical, documentation, reporting, stakeholder management, and business communication skills.
- SAP GRC Risk Management Certification or experience administering SAP GRC Risk Management solutions.
- Professional certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CIA, CISM, CISSP, GRCP, or CPA.
- Experience supporting public-company SOX 404 compliance programs.
- Experience in medical device, healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience supporting enterprise access governance platforms beyond SAP, including Oracle, Workday, ServiceNow, SailPoint, Entra ID, or comparable platforms.
- Experience developing compliance dashboards, risk reporting, and executive-facing control metrics.
- Experience supporting enterprise information security risk management programs.
Skills
- Knowledge of one or more of the following frameworks and standards is preferred:
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- NIST Risk Management Framework
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework
- ISO 27001
- ISO 31000
- ISO 42001
- COBIT
- COSO Internal Control Framework
- SOX 404 IT General Controls
- HIPAA Security and Privacy Requirements
- Data Protection and Privacy Regulations
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers.
Pay
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $128,800.00 - $193,200.00. For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $121,000.00 - $205,000.00 USD. Actual compensation may vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications, skills, market conditions, internal equity, and geographic location. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).
Benefits
MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance and long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Incentive plans and 401(k) plan with company match
- Short-term disability coverage
- Paid time off and holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan (subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements)