Job Description

Our company's Information Technology division partners with colleagues across the business to help serve our patients and customers around the world. Ours is a high-energy team of dynamic, innovative individuals dedicated to leveraging information and technology to efficiently drive revenue and productivity, thereby advancing our contribution to global medical innovation.

Information Technology Risk Management and Security Governance Risk and Compliance (ITRMS GRC) is an essential component of the current IT enterprise that provides support to the Pharmaceutical Research, Supply Chain, and Marketing organizations. The IT Compliance Consultation group is a client-facing service designed to accelerate IT programs by aiding in the navigation and tailoring of the company’s System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and IT Controls. The intent is to simplify compliance for IT through a risk-based approach, integrate automation and digital technology into everything we do, and establish self-service compliance tools.

As a Technology Compliance Partner, you will be responsible for authoring SDLC documents and providing guidance to IT colleagues on the practical application of the SDLC. This role is essential for IT product, engineering, and service teams to understand and implement technology to meet the company’s policies and IT Controls.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with IT practitioners and acts as a consultant for the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Technology Risk Profile, Digital SDLC, and the IT Controls.

• Author and review SDLC documentation and facilitate user testing.

• Provide advice to IT colleagues regarding the practical application of the SDLC and implementation of IT Controls for product teams.

• Support efforts to reduce SDLC documentation through automation and pipeline delivery.

• Advance Agile SDLC and IT Controls competency and drive good practices for product teams.

• Work across product teams and initiatives as subject matter expert on the SDLC and IT Controls.

• Assist in collecting information for Change Control and addressing impact changes for application releases.

• Ensures that the IT organization operates and complies with established policies/procedures.

• Supports audit/inspection readiness and participates in the timely review and Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) response.

Desired Education Level:

• Bachelor's Degree is required. Concentration in an Information Technology or related field is preferred.

Required Skills & Experience:

• The ideal candidate will have some exposure to at least one of the following: research, manufacturing, Infrastructure, software development, or security.

• 3+ years working in IT, Quality or Compliance.

• Technical knowledge and understanding of System Development Life Cycle, GxP principles, and computer validation.

• Demonstrate an ability to influence decisions and champion policy changes.

• Demonstrate an executive presence through good communication and professionalism.

• Understanding of emerging technologies used in the IT industry, such as cloud, data science, and analytics platforms.

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral programme

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Job Posting End Date:

04/14/2025

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