Business Information Security Leader; BISL - Hybrid - Bridgewater, NJ or Morrisville, NC

Job Responsibilities

Syneos Health has three business units, Corporate, Clinical, and Commercial. Each of these units has a unique set of functions and requirements to operate smoothly and efficiently. The Business Information Security Leader (BISL) serves as the senior security executive embedded within an assigned business unit (Clinical, Commercial, or Corporate) accountable for information security across that sector. The BISL works across all departments and teams globally within its assigned business unit.

This role has responsibility for strategic solution design aligned to company‑wide objectives. The BISL is accountable for ensuring transparency of cyber risk posture, embedding security into business strategy and enabling secure product delivery.

• Serve as the senior security advisor to the assigned business‑aligned STS leadership team.
• Partner across all departments and teams globally within the assigned business unit.
• Align security priorities with STS business strategy, digital roadmaps, and regulatory requirements.
• Embed security‑by‑design principles into portfolio planning, demand intake and product development processes.
• Inform Information Security priorities with STS product team strategy & goals.
• Represent security requirements in portfolio governance forums.
• Provide senior level accountability for the business unit security strategy, ensuring consistent direction, prioritization, and alignment with company‑wide objectives while maintaining strong partnership with the CISO.

• Maintain visibility into the aggregated cyber risk posture of the assigned business unit.
• Ensure risk assessments are conducted, partnering with the Risk Management function, for new and materially changed technologies.
• Serve as a security risk advisor to business‑aligned STS leadership, provide mitigation and remediation guidance, track and highlight risk treatment plans progress.
• Provide formal risk posture reporting to STS leadership on a defined cadence.
• Escalate roadblocks inhibiting timely mitigation or closure of risks.
• Prevent unmanaged technology risk proliferation.
• Exercise senior decision authority for cybersecurity and technology risk matters within the Business Unit, including oversight of risk acceptance, escalation to enterprise forums, and long‑term risk posture considerations.

• Participate in business demand and portfolio review processes to ensure early security engagement.
• Ensure projects receive appropriate security requirements and technical guidance.
• Drive early involvement of regulatory, privacy, and compliance subject matter experts.
• Monitor and drive adherence to enterprise security standards and architectural patterns.
• Deliver strategic solution design aligned to company‑wide objectives.

• Ensure business unit adherence to security policies, standards, and regulatory requirements (e.g., Privacy, SOX, GxP as applicable).
• Partner with Compliance, Privacy, Legal and other Risk functions to address control gaps.
• Partner with CISO subject matter experts to support security‑related audits, regulatory inquiries, and remediation activities.
• Represent the business unit in enterprise security, risk, and compliance governance forums, providing senior‑level input on regulatory risk and remediation priorities.

• Support security investigations and post‑incident reviews, providing senior oversight and accountability for remediation outcomes and systemic improvements.
• Drive business engagement in continuity and disaster recovery planning.
• Ensure lessons learned are incorporated into control improvements and architecture patterns.

• Promote a culture of secure behavior and accountability.
• Cascade and tailor security communications and awareness for maximum business unit impact.
• Translate complex security risks into business‑relevant language.
• Provide periodic executive‑ready reporting and risk insights.
• Influence decision‑making through data‑driven risk transparency.
• Provide strategic…