Director Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) Technology, Metrics & Automation

ROLE SUMMARY

Our Global Cybersecurity Governance Risk and Compliance 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 Pfizers organization.

We are seeking an experienced Director of GRC Technology Metrics & Automation to lead and advance the organizations cybersecurity governance risk and compliance technology ecosystem. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing and optimizing GRC platforms automation capabilities and digital enablement strategies that support cybersecurity data protection and regulatory compliance across a highly regulated environment. This role will provide strategic leadership in modernizing tooling improving control monitoring capabilities and enabling consistent datadriven risk management across the enterprise.

This role partners broadly across business units and technology functions to understand requirements evaluate risks and ensure GRC technology solutions align with internal policies and global regulatory expectations. The Director GRC Technology Enablement will champion platform adoption deliver scalable and integrated capabilities and guide senior leaders in leveraging GRC technologies to enhance transparency strengthen assurance and support informed decisionmaking.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the enterprise GRC technology enablement program ensuring scalable integrated platforms that support risk compliance and cybersecurity objectives.

• Establish and maintain technologydriven processes workflows and automation capabilities that strengthen GRC frameworks and regulatory alignment.

• Drive consistent datadriven risk decision making by enabling enterprise controls automated monitoring and enhanced reporting across business and technology functions.

• Partner with senior leaders across R&D Manufacturing Commercial Digital and Corporate functions to understand requirements and deliver GRC technology solutions that support strategic risk mitigation.

• Advise executives and stakeholders on GRC technology capabilities platform insights emerging technology risks and opportunities for automation and optimization.

• Oversee GRC platforms and integrations to ensure cybersecurity data protection and compliance requirements are operationalized efficiently and sustainably.

• Champion a culture of technologyenabled accountability transparency and continuous improvement across all GRC processes.

• Align GRC technology solutions with global regulations industry frameworks and pharmaceutical expectations to support GxP system oversight data integrity and patient safety.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of GRC technology programs measuring platform performance adoption and control assurance to inform leadership decisions.

• Collaborate with crossfunctional technology and business teams to enhance GRC capability maturity drive platform adoption and strengthen organizational resilience through effective enablement.

RESOURCES MANAGED

Manages a team of 2-3 direct reports and ad-hoc contractor teams.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Information Systems or related field.

• 10 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity governance risk management or compliance roles.

• 5 years of leadership experience overseeing technology-enabled GRC automation or platform-driven risk and compliance programs at scale.

• Handson experience implementing or managing enterprise GRC platforms such as Archer or equivalent.

• AI enablement and integration experience especially with GRC platforms.

• Experience designing automated workflows integrations and control monitoring across complex IT and business environments.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF ISO 27001) and how they translate into GRC tooling.

• Prior experience modernizing GRC capabilities through digitization automation analytics and continuous control monitoring.

• Background working in highly regulated industries preferably pharmaceutical life scienceshealthcare or manufacturing.

• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders architects engineering teams and crossfunctional business partners.

• Experience managing largescale technology enablement programs including platform roadmaps governance models and enterprise adoption.

• Strong data and analytics mindset with experience leveraging dashboards and reporting to drive insights and decision making.

• API integration experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional certifications: CISSP CISM CRISC or similar.

• Experience using GRC tools (e.g. Archer) and other automations (AI analytics etc).

• Excellent strategic thinking.

• Deeply analytical and credible.

• Fact-based decision-making grounded in metrics dashboards and platform insights.

• Ability to challenge influence and support senior leadership.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous technology and process problems.

• Resourceful self-motivated and proactive strong drive for excellence.

OTHER INFO

• Travel as required by the business (less than 20% domestic and/or international).

• Work Location Assignment: Must be able to work in assigned Pfizer office 2-3 days per week or as needed by the business.

• This role is NOT remote.Work Location Assignment:Hybrid.