IM IT Compliance Sr Manager

Position Overview:

Innovative Medicine Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational Supply Chain processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP, a standardized platform (S4 Hana) for growth and efficiency gains. The program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost‑effective, fit‑for‑purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility.

Additionally, the program will remediate the end‑of‑life system exposure that we risk toward the end of this decade. The IM IT Compliance Senior Manager (IM Transcend) is accountable for defining and driving the end‑to‑end IT and compliance strategy for the IM Transcend program, a multi‑year, multi‑release SAP S/4

HANA transformation across the Innovative Medicines supply chain.

• Define and own the overall IT and compliance strategy for the IM Transcend program, ensuring alignment with program ICFR, SOX, and ITGC frameworks.
• Establish an integrated, end‑to‑end risk and control model that aligns ITGC and application controls with ICFR requirements.
• Provide senior‑level IT compliance leadership across all IM Transcend releases, ensuring consistency of approach across geographies, waves, and solution components.
• Act as a strategic compliance advisor to program leadership, IT and JJT stakeholders, participating in pre‑design, solution, and architecture discussions to shape compliant outcomes.
• Ensure effective coordination and alignment with ISRM, User Access Management, and IT Security teams on access governance, segregation of duties, and identity‑related risks.
• Oversee and guide the design principles for SAP configurations, interfaces, WRICEF objects, workflows, and system‑enabled controls from an IT compliance perspective.
• Ensure that ITGC and ICFR risks are assessed holistically, with clear ownership, traceability, and mitigation across integrated business processes and technologies.
• Provide direction and oversight to program IT compliance managers and resources, ensuring effective execution of risk assessments, control design, testing strategies, and remediation activities.
• Partner closely with the Senior Manager / leadership responsible for ICFR compliance to ensure a cohesive and non‑duplicative compliance approach across the program.
• Define expectations for UAT, IT SOX testing, and control validation strategies at the program level, ensuring alignment with audit and regulatory expectations.
• Serve as the senior point of escalation and engagement for Internal and External Audit on ITGC, technology, and IT compliance topics for IM Transcend.
• Monitor program‑level compliance risks, trends, and dependencies, proactively identifying systemic issues and driving resolution to protect program outcomes and audit readiness.

• Minimum education:
  
  University degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or related fields.
• 8‑10+ years of experience in IT compliance roles within a significant SAP implementation.
• Proven experience defining IT compliance strategy for complex multi‑release ERP transformation programs.
• Working knowledge of SOX
  404 as it applies to IT systems and ERP platforms.
• Experience engaging at a senior level with program leadership, IT, Finance, ISRM, etc., to influence design, architecture, and control decisions.
• Ability to proactively identify and mitigate IT/ERP risks.
• Solid understanding of SAP S/4
  
  HANA environments; experience with SAP S4 Hana preferred.
• Demonstrated capability to lead and oversee compliance execution, providing direction, challenge, and escalation while remaining hands‑on at the strategic level.
• People‑management skills and ability to collaborate in a highly matrixed environment.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is: $122,000—$212,750.

• Health & wellness: medical, dental, vision, life insurance; short‑ and long‑term disability; business accident insurance; group legal insurance.
• Retirement: employer‑matched 401(k) plan and pension options.
• Long‑term incentive program eligibility.
• Paid time off: vacation, sick time, holiday pay, floating…