Assoc Dir, Information Security Governance Risk & Compliance

Date posted:
Jul 31, 2026. City:
Boston. Country/Region: US. Type of

Contract:

Full-time Employment / Unlimited. Job Requisition . Assoc Dir, Information Security Governance Risk & Compliance.

Servier in the U.S. is a Boston-based, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company launched by Servier Group in 2018. As a privately held organization, Servier is uniquely positioned to advance cutting-edge science, tackle underserved therapeutic areas and make patients the focus of every strategic decision.

The Associate Director, Information Security Governance Risk and Compliance serves as the functional leader for Governance, Risk and Compliance across the US affiliate, reporting to the Associate Director, Cybersecurity. This role establishes and leads the GRC operating model, governance framework, risk methodology, strategic priorities, and maturity roadmap. The role provides oversight of information security risk management, policy governance, compliance, third-party risk management, control assurance, audit readiness, and risk reporting while directing operational execution through subordinate managers, analysts, contractors, and service providers.

This position partners closely with Global Information Security, IT, Legal, Privacy, Procurement, Quality, Internal Audit, and business stakeholders to ensure risks are identified, assessed, communicated, and managed in alignment with enterprise requirements. The role serves as the primary GRC advisor and enables risk-informed decision making by translating information security risk into business, operational, regulatory, and financial impact. This is a high visibility leadership role with the opportunity to build and scale a modern GRC capability aligned to Servier's global cybersecurity strategy, enterprise risk expectations, regulatory obligations, and business growth.

• Establish and lead the US information security risk management framework across the affiliate
• Define risk assessment methodologies, risk taxonomy, scoring models, reporting standards, and escalation criteria
• Provide oversight and challenge of risk assessments performed by the GRC team
• Ensure information security risks are clearly defined, consistently assessed, and aligned to Group methodology and enterprise risk expectations
• Review material risks, treatment recommendations, mitigation strategies, and risk acceptance proposals before escalation
• Drive risk-based prioritization of remediation activities, investment recommendations, and control improvement initiatives

• Serve as the senior US GRC leader responsible for coordinating information security risk governance across the affiliate
• Act as the primary US liaison to Global Information Security for GRC-related risk, compliance, policy, and assurance activities
• Establish governance routines, program cadences, reporting expectations, and execution standards for the US GRC function
• Ensure alignment between US affiliate execution and Global risk management methodology, policy baselines, and governance expectations
• Escalate material risks, systemic issues, overdue remediation, and governance concerns through US and Global governance channels

• Establish governance expectations for information security policies, standards, procedures, control requirements, and exception management
• Sponsor the local information security policy lifecycle, ensuring alignment with Global baselines, US business requirements, and regulatory obligations
• Define the control assurance approach used to evaluate control design, implementation, effectiveness, and maturity
• Oversee control monitoring, compliance validation, gap analysis, and continuous improvement activities
• Define and monitor KPIs and KRIs measuring policy adoption, control maturity, security posture, remediation progress, and governance effectiveness

• Establish the strategic direction for third-party information security risk management across the US vendor ecosystem
• Define governance requirements, risk acceptance criteria, assessment standards, and escalation paths for third-party engagements
• Partner with Procurement, Legal, Privacy, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure vendor security risks are appropriately assessed and managed
• Oversee integration of third-party security risk into enterprise risk management, procurement processes, contractual reviews, and business decision making
• Drive cross-domain alignment across Information Security, IT, Legal, Privacy, Procurement, Quality, and business functions

• Oversee information security audit readiness across internal audits, external audits, regulatory engagements, and assurance activities
• Establish governance over evidence collection, control validation, audit response, remediation tracking, and management reporting
• Ensure audit findings,…