Job ID285049BRPosition TitleHead of Security EngineeringApply to Job
Job Description
6,000 people dedicated to discovery - 6 research campuses across the globe.
Our research is passionate about discovering innovative new drugs that will change the practice of medicine. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical (NIBR) is the global pharmaceutical research organization of Novartis. We have an open and entrepreneurial culture, encouraging collaboration to make effective therapies.
As Head of the Security Engineering department, your role is to lead a team of high performing security engineers with a focus on integrating security with DevOps practices across our portfolio of applications. You are a role model of Novartis Values & Behaviors: you care about patients, focus on what matters most, dare to challenge the status quo & experiment, take smart risks and always put your team before self. You are an inspiration to the associates who work with you. You engage others in our shared purpose and connect associates’ work with the shared purpose. You ensure you have the right people on your team who live up to our ethics, Values & Behaviors, leadership and culture expectations. You hold people to account and take action when performance and behaviors are not reaching our aspiration. You foster a learning culture within your teams. You are a learner, not a knower, and you are genuinely curious and open-minded. You empower and support others, you create clear accountability, and you remove obstacles for your team. You spend time mentoring and coaching team members. You are always clear, present and focused. You ask for feedback, you make it safe to give you feedback, and you are always looking for ways to improve yourself.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•Serve on the Engineering Leadership Team to define + ensure common process, standards and tools around security engineering are established and followed by their teams
•Drive for high degrees of security automation and help build a “Security as Code” culture.
•Participate in personnel management practices regarding recruitment and selection, adequate staffing, performance appraisals, education and training, and management development.
•Ensure an engaged, innovative, and encouraging working environment in the department by motivating, challenging, and mentoring employees towards growth.
Minimum requirements
What you will bring to this role:
•BS/MS in Computer Science, Informatics or similar, or equivalent practical experience
•10 years minimum of hands-on software development, systems administration, DevOps/reliability engineering, or security engineering experience with 3 years minimum in a managerial role and 3 years minimum with cloud and SaaS (Software as a Service) based solutions
•Prior experience as a software engineer or security engineer as well as leading technical teams and successful practical experience with Agile and Lean methodologies and expert knowledge of DevSecOps + Cloud technologies as well as successful experience implementing security automation tools
•Strong organizational, problem-solving, and influencing skills and demonstrated track record of exceptional teamwork along with excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
•Working knowledge of German or French a plus
•Ability to travel 25%
WHY CONSIDER NOVARTIS?
750 million. That’s how many lives our products touch. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?
We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are empowered to ask new questions, make bolder decisions and take smarter risks.
We are Novartis. Join us and help us reimagine medicine.DivisionNIBRBusiness UnitCAO - NIBRLocationSwitzerlandSiteBaselCompany/Legal EntityNovartis Pharma AGFunctional AreaInformation TechnologyJob TypeFull TimeEmployment TypeRegular
