Supervisor, Global Technology Audit

Company Description

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

Summary

The Supervisor, Global Technology Audit serves as the Internal Audit subject matter expert for cybersecurity risk, security architecture, threat management, and technical security controls.

The incumbent is responsible for executing complex technology audit work with a high degree of technical independence and expert-level domain judgement. This role leads defined audit components as Functional Coordinator (FC) and may serve as Overall Coordinator (OC) for less complex engagements, applying threat-informed, risk-based thinking to assess control design and operating effectiveness across cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, identity, and emerging technology domains.

The Supervisor functions as the technical subject matter resource on assigned engagements capable of independently evaluating security architecture and interpreting technical artifacts. This role coaches Senior Auditors on technical rigor and professional skepticism, and contributes to audit methodology development, technical testing procedure design, and continuous improvement of audit quality.

Candidates are expected to develop and sustain deep practitioner-level expertise in one or more high-risk technology domains, providing technical continuity, audit program ownership, and domain leadership over a longer tenure in the function. The incumbent partners with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Digital Technology, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to assess cybersecurity risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and provide independent assurance over the organization's security posture.

Responsibilities

Audit Leadership:

• Lead end-to-end execution of complex technology audit engagements as Functional Coordinator (FC), with full accountability for scoping, fieldwork, evidence assessment, and findings development in cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, and IT general controls domains.
• Serve as the technical subject matter resource for assigned anchor domains, independently evaluating control design and operating effectiveness in areas including cloud security architecture, identity and access management, vulnerability and patch management, network security, endpoint detection and response, and privileged access governance.

Cybersecurity Assessments:

• Lead complex cybersecurity audits, assessments, and advisory reviews across enterprise technology environments.
• Develop risk assessments, audit programs, testing strategies, and report deliverables for cybersecurity-related engagements.
• Independently evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of technical, administrative, and detective security controls.
• Identify emerging cyber risks, control deficiencies, and opportunities to strengthen the organization's control environment.

Technical Security Assessments:

• Review and assess:
  • Security architecture and infrastructure controls
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Privileged Access Management (PAM)
  • Cloud security configurations and governance
  • Network security and segmentation
  • Endpoint protection controls
  • Vulnerability management programs
  • Security monitoring and threat detection capabilities
  • Incident response and cyber resilience processes
• Assess technical evidence including architecture diagrams, firewall rules, IAM configurations, SIEM detections, vulnerability scan results, cloud security configurations, and security control implementations.

Threat-Informed Assurance:

• Utilize MITRE ATT&CK and industry frameworks to evaluate preventive and detective control coverage against relevant threat tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Assess the effectiveness of security controls against the enterprise threat landscape and risk profile.
• Evaluate detection, response, and recovery capabilities across key cyber threat scenarios.

Governance &

Risk Management:

• Evaluate cybersecurity governance frameworks, policies, standards, and oversight mechanisms.
• Assess enterprise cybersecurity risk management and third-party cybersecurity risk…