AstraZeneca

Healthcare

Director,CyberSecurityAccessGovernance&Compliance

₹55–95L ~AI est. India FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director, Cyber Security Access Governance & Compliance at AstraZeneca. Skills: Access Governance, Compliance, Cyber Security, Identity Management. Direct Access Governance & Compliance program. Align initiatives to business objectives”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce access risk; Elevate stewardship; Produce audit-ready evidence; Uplift entitlement quality; Reduce manual effort; Accelerate remediation; Improve governance outcomes; Ensure timely remediation; Sustain control health; Sustain governance outcomes; Increase accountability; Speed remediation

Industry & Context.

Healthcare
Problems you'll solve

Risk prioritization; Compensating controls; Defensible outcomes; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

15+ years cyber security strategies, 15+ years access governance, 15+ years control efficiency, 15+ years audit-ready evidence, Develop long-term strategic plans, Reduce cyber risk, Least-privilege governance, SoD management, Continuous control monitoring, Partner with operational teams, Drive timely remediation, Sustain control health, Work with cyber threat vectors, Work with charge methodologies, Work with mitigation techniques, Lead large-scale cyber security systems, Lead large-scale cyber security projects, Lead large-scale cyber security processes, Work within quality compliance environment, Apply policies and procedures, Meet audit expectations, Meet regulatory expectations, Co-work with global leadership, Influence application owners, Influence service owners, Remediate risk, Sustain governance outcomes

Nice to Have

Relevant security certifications, Governance/risk domain certifications, Security management certifications, Audit/risk certifications, IAM/IGA platform certifications

What You'll Do.

Direct Access Governance & Compliance program

Align initiatives to business objectives

Align initiatives to industry guidelines

Ensure least-privilege governance

Ensure audit-ready outcomes

Expand Sail Point certification automation

Uplift entitlement quality

Improve systematic application onboarding

Improve control design

Define access governance policies

Define certification standards

Define evidence requirements

Define retention requirements

Define Sod/toxic combination controls

Define time-boxed exception management

Provide executive mentorship

Design governance health dashboards

Design exception registers

Design automated evidence outputs

Enable real-time control transparency

Enable efficient audit support

Establish access risk management framework

Establish security metrics program

Chair access governance steering groups

Partner with application owners

Partner with HR/vendor management

Partner with internal audit

Partner with compliance teams

Partner with infrastructure/platform teams

Drive timely remediation

Direct comprehensive governance assessments

Direct comprehensive governance testing

Review certification quality

Perform manual attestations

Perform reconciliations

Own stewardship health

Define data quality standards

Supervise key attributes

Set multi-quarter plan

Develop practitioners

Build certification design capabilities

Build certification QA capabilities

Build control testing capabilities

Build data stewardship capabilities

Build analytics capabilities

Deliver capacity plans

Supervise capacity plans

Supervise investments

Support reporting/analytics enablement

Support continuous improvement

Lead multi-regional initiatives

Drive large-scale change

Produce executive-ready dashboards

Produce tier reporting

Increase accountability

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Application owners; HR/vendor management; Internal audit; Compliance teams; Infrastructure/platform teams; Service owners; Global leadership

Communication Scope

Executive presentations; Reporting

Process & Methodology

Strategic planning, Program management

Full Job Description

## **Director, Cyber Security Access Governance & Compliance** **GCL: F** **Introduction to role:** Are you ready to define how a global enterprise governs access at scale and turn control assurance into a competitive advantage? In this role, you will build the strategy and execution of identity and access governance that safeguards our science, data, and platforms, so we can deliver life‑changing medicines to patients faster and with confidence. You will lead a high-impact program that reduces access risk, elevates stewardship, and produces audit‑ready evidence across workforce, privileged, and external access. Working with brand-new platforms including Sail Point Identity Security Cloud and analytics, you will expand automation, raise certification quality, and accelerate remediation. ## ## Accountabilities: * Direct the end‑to‑end Access Governance & Compliance program, aligning initiatives to business objectives and industry guidelines while ensuring least‑privilege governance and audit‑ready outcomes. * Expand Sail Point Identity Security Cloud certification automation, uplift entitlement quality, and reduce manual effort through systematic application onboarding and control design improvements. * Define and implement access governance policies, certification standards (scope, cadence, critical issue), evidence and retention requirements, Sod/toxic combination controls, and time‑boxed exception management. * Provide executive‑level mentorship on cyber risk, regulatory compliance, and data privacy as they relate to identity and access, including risk‑based prioritization, compensating controls, and defensible outcomes. * Design and implement governance health dashboards, exception registers, and automated evidence outputs to enable real‑time control transparency and efficient audit support. * Establish an access risk management framework and security metrics program with clear control objectives, benchmark targets, tier reporting, and recurring governance rhythm

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