IT Strategic Risk & Audit Manager — Roche
- Location
- Basel
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 21 days ago
Role overview
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring.
Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.
This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come.
- At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring.
- Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.
- Job Responsibilities
- Scope / (Content Leadership): Defines the strategic vision for IT risk, audit, and compliance, and drives strategic initiatives for long-term risk management success.
Main responsibilities
- Job Responsibilities
- Scope / (Content Leadership): Defines the strategic vision for IT risk, audit, and compliance, and drives strategic initiatives for long-term risk management success.
Application process
- E2E Audit & Compliance Leadership: Lead the full lifecycle of complex IT audits and continuous monitoring programs across infrastructure and applications, ensuring the organization meets global regulatory requirements while proactively identifying systemic issues to prevent recurrence.
- Inspection Command & Control: Serve as the primary IT liaison during complex Health Authority inspections (FDA, EMA, etc.), leading "Front-Room/Back-Room" operations, coaching SMEs in regulatory interview techniques, and ensuring the rapid delivery of high-quality, validated evidence.
- Data Integrity & ALCOA+ Systematically audit and enforce the "Digital Thread" to ensure all health-regulated data remains Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate, maintaining the integrity of life-saving digital health solutions.
- Global Stakeholder & Transformation Management: Navigate sensitive landscapes to lead enterprise-wide risk initiatives, partnering with IT owners to develop robust remediation CAPAs and innovating risk management approaches to drive lasting, transformative impact across the global org
Company and context
- Initiates and leads large, complex projects with a significant impact on the organization.
- Leads the development of enterprise-wide risk and compliance policies and advises on emerging trends and best practices.
- Strategic Risk Architecture & Vision: Define and architect the global IT Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework (NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT), aligning long-term digital strategy with Roche’s risk appetite to ensure "Compliance by Design" across complex, interconnected global portfolios.
- Accountability/Problem Solving: Leads the analysis of highly complex business and risk challenges with significant organizational impact, proactively identifying potential strategic issues within your sphere of influence.
- Develops comprehensive risk management and compliance policies, implements proactive measures to avoid repeated issues, and leads initiatives to anticipate and mitigate future risks.
- Contributes to framing strategic questions and facilitates strategic decision-making at the executive level.
- Stakeholder Management: Identifies and engages key stakeholders at the executive level and external partners, analyzing enterprise-wide stakeholder landscapes.
- Leads enterprise-wide risk, audit, and compliance initiatives, presenting them to executive leadership to secure support and strategic alignment for risk-related investments.
- Navigates highly complex and politically sensitive landscapes, acting as an organizational trust builder and providing expert counsel on critical strategic decisions.
Additional details
- Join Roche, where every voice matters.
Notes and original content
- The Position
Questions about this listing
What salary does Roche offer for this role?
Roche lists CHF 99'500 - 169'500 gross per year for this position in Basel. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Roche offer?
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