CERN
Nuclear Research
Governance,RiskandComplianceLead
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“Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead at CERN. Skills: Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture. Lead and coordinate Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities across the Office of the CIO (OCIO). Represent the OCIO in senior management forums and technical committees”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring alignment and visibility; Proactively flag risks or issues to the CIO
Industry & Context.
Excellent analytics skills
Work during nights, Sundays and official holidays, when required by the needs of the Organization
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Ability to design and implement policy frameworks in areas such as data governance, cybersecurity and computing architecture, Experience of stakeholder-management including facilitating multi-party collaboration, Excellent analytics skills with an ability to work effectively in a federated environment with distributed responsibilities, Understand risk management methodologies and enterprise risk frameworks, Familiarity with cybersecurity standards and best practices (such as ISO 27001, NIST), Architecture and design of ICT systems, Process analysis, definition and improvement, Implementation of vision and strategic agility, Knowledge of best practices for implementing ICT security standards and policies, Risk management, Spoken and written English, Commitment to learn French
Nice to Have
French
What You'll Do.
Lead and coordinate Governance
and Compliance activities across the Office of the CIO (OCIO)
Represent the OCIO in senior management forums and technical committees
Develop and manage OCIO work plans
and proactively flag risks or issues to the CIO
Serve as the primary point of contact for all audit-related matters within the CIO function
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Facilitating multi-party collaboration; Building Relationships: understanding how individual differences bring added value to the promoting complementarities
Communication Scope
Communicating Effectively: listening actively to others and letting others speak
Process & Methodology
Develop and manage OCIO work plans, Monitor progress
Full Job Description
At [CERN](http://home.cern), the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Introduction: This function co-ordinates the definition of policies and adherence assessments in the CERN Office of the [CIO ](https://cio.web.cern.ch/)in areas of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). This includes data governance, enterprise architecture, cyber-security and vendor risk management. Functions: * Lead and coordinate Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities across the Office of the CIO (OCIO). * Represent the OCIO in senior management forums and technical committees, ensuring alignment and visibility. * Develop and manage OCIO work plans, monitor progress, and proactively flag risks or issues to the CIO. * Serve as the primary point of contact for all audit-related matters within the CIO function. ## Qualifications Master's Degree or PhD or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Information Technology or a related field. Experience: * Ability to design and implement policy frameworks in areas such as data governance, cybersecurity and computing architecture. * Experience of stakeholder-management including facilitating multi-party collaboration. * Excellent analytics skills with an ability to work effectively in a federated environment with distributed responsibilities. * Understand risk management methodologies and enterprise risk frameworks. * Familiarity with cybersecurity standards and best practices (such as ISO 27001, NIST). Technical competencies: * Architecture and design of ICT systems. * Process analysis, definition and improvement. * Implementation of visi
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