Lead, Governance, Risk & Compliance (Remote

Preparedness today, safer tomorrow.

Emergent is a leading public health company that delivers protective and life-saving solutions to
communities around the world. Here, you will join passionate professionals where our culture is informed
by our values and commitment to protecting and saving lives.

The Lead for Governance, Risk and Compliance will oversee cybersecurity governance, risk management and compliance processes including the data protection and security awareness training programs. This position is an individual contributor role, reporting to the IT Vice President and CISO at Emergent.

This role will initially focus on maturing enterprise-wide data protection capabilities, including data classification, data loss prevention, information protection and data governance frameworks. Over time, the role will expand to support Manufacturing OT security and oversee broader GRC functions, including cybersecurity risk management, regulatory compliance, security policies and standards and security governance.

The ideal candidate combines strong cybersecurity expertise with program leadership, executive communications and experience implementing security programs leveraging governance and technologies. This position will be hands-on and require strong collaboration with various IT and business functions to satisfy our governance, risk management and compliance processes.

This position is full-time remote.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lead implementation and governance of technologies supporting:
  Data Classification and Labeling, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Insider Risk Management, Data Discovery and Inventory, Records and

• Partner with business stakeholders to identify, classify, and protect information
• Establish governance processes for data owners, custodians, and users
• Define data protection metrics, KPIs, and reporting for executive leadership
• Lead remediation efforts for large volumes of inadequately protected data
• Oversee data protection policy compliance across all technology platforms
• Drive adoption of data protection capabilities via training and change management

• Lead the organization on improved maturity with regards to IS27001, CMMC or related industry certifications based on the NIST framework.
• Lead cybersecurity maturity assessments and create/maintain cybersecurity KPI and metrics for efficient decision making with functional leaders
• Establish and maintain cybersecurity governance frameworks and operating models.
• Support various cyber councils, governance forums and program steering committees
• Collaborate with IT and functional leaders to align cybersecurity initiatives with business objectives

• Create and maintain the Cybersecurity risk register and support risk quantification and prioritization efforts that are appropriate for the environment
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate technology, operational, third-party, data-related risks and document risk assessments and their approvals
• Support risk reporting dashboards for executive management and governance councils
• Assist the vulnerability management program to document risks and plans of actions.

• Lead, own and develop new information security policies and review existing policies for updates and approvals
• Lead, maintain and continuously improve security awareness and training programs, cybersecurity company-wide campaign, and
• Lead cybersecurity audits internally and develop readiness activities. Support internal and external audits and assessments.

• Support the manufacturing security program work streams around network segmentation, secure remote access, logging and OT incident management.
• Create and lead the cyber training and awareness for manufacturing sites
• Support the execution of periodic BCP and Cybersecurity table top exercises

The above statements are intended to describe the nature of work performed by those in this job and are not an exhaustive list of all duties. Nothing in this job description restricts…