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About the Role
Our Global Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team provides comprehensive blueprints for cybersecurity excellence by embedding governance, risk management, and compliance into every layer. The team is responsible for ensuring risk-based decision-making is used and that security, privacy, and regulatory compliance is integrated seamlessly with Pfizer’s organization. We are seeking an experienced Manager, Cyber Policy, Governance, Standards & Control Management to join our Cyber GRC organization. This role is responsible for leading the development, maintenance, and governance of the enterprise cybersecurity policy framework, security standards, control library, and governance processes that enable effective cyber risk management across a global pharmaceutical environment. The ideal candidate combines strong cybersecurity knowledge with governance expertise and regulatory awareness to ensure cybersecurity requirements are aligned to industry frameworks, business objectives, and evolving regulatory expectations. This leader will partner across Digital, Legal, Quality, Privacy, Risk Management, and business functions to drive a consistent and sustainable control environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the lifecycle management of enterprise cybersecurity policies, standards, baselines, and supporting governance documents.
- Establish and maintain a structured policy governance framework, including review cycles, approvals, exception management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Manage governance processes that provide oversight of cybersecurity program effectiveness, compliance, and risk posture.
- Develop governance reporting, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure program maturity and control effectiveness.
- Maintain the enterprise cybersecurity controls framework and control library.
- Support mapping of security controls to industry frameworks and regulatory requirements, including NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, CIS Controls, NIS2, and applicable pharmaceutical regulations.
- Partner with control owners to define control objectives, implementation guidance, and testing requirements.
- Drive improvements to control design, rationalization, and coverage to address emerging cybersecurity risks.
- Collaborate with cyber risk, audit, compliance, privacy, and quality teams to address findings, control gaps, and remediation activities.
- Support internal audits, regulatory inspections, assessments, and external assurance activities.
- Provide governance oversight for risk exceptions, compensating controls, and remediation tracking.
- Build strong partnerships across cybersecurity, technology, business, legal, privacy, and compliance functions.
- Provide subject matter expertise on cybersecurity governance, policy development, and control management.
- Lead and mentor cybersecurity governance professionals and project teams.
- Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and effective risk management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, cyber risk analysis, or GRC-related roles
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards, including NIST CSF 2.0, CIS, COBIT, ISO
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical capability, and problem-solving skills, ability to translate technical risk insights into recommendations
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to influence across levels and functions
- Experience with GRC tools like Archer, or similar technologies
- Demonstrated experience in an agile work environment possessing qualities such as a collaborative mindset, adaptability to change, and a proactive problem-solving approach.
- Applicants should be capable of working through a personal laptop computer or mobile device for extended periods.
- Travel as required by the business (less than 5% domestic and/or international)
- Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
- U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
- This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Cyber Risk Analysis
- GRC
- NIST CSF 2.0
- CIS
- COBIT
- ISO
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical capability
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- GRC tools (e.g., Archer)
- Agile work environment
- Collaborative mindset
- Adaptability
- Proactive problem-solving
- Presentation skills
- Resourcefulness
- Self-motivation
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
- 4+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $99,200.00 - $165,400.00
- Bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary
- Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
- Additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
- Paid vacation, holiday and personal days
- Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
- Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
- Relocation assistance may be available
About the Company
- Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.
- Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.
- Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
- Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users.
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Equal Opportunity
- Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.
- Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.
- Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.