Privacy & Security Manager

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.

The Privacy & Security Trusted Ecosystem team aims to establish and build customer trust in the privacy & security posture of our company. PSTE's mission is to deliver excellence in operations, ensure patient-centricity, and enable high-quality decision-making

The Privacy and Security Manager will be responsible for establishing security and privacy requirements, co-creating guidelines and standards, performing privacy and security risk assessments of Diagnostics products, defining controls, and following up on remediation activities.

This role would be suitable for candidates with the right skills and mindset who also share the Roche values and make an active contribution to achieve our vision.

Key responsabilities

• Collaborates cross-functionally to support the integration of Privacy by Design into the Diagnostics products development lifecycle.
• Supports with data protection impact assessments and privacy product assessments for products and services for the assigned Customer Areas/Lifecycle Team.
• Assists the assigned Customer Areas/Lifecycle Teams to develop and implement standards, processes, and technical controls to uphold the data security and privacy strategy
• Collaborates with the Legal Department and relevant Roche partners to ensure end-to-end compliance with applicable privacy and security laws.
• Provides product privacy support for the assigned Customer Areas/Lifecycle Teams, including maintaining an up-to-date overview of the current security and privacy environment, conducting spot-checks to verify the implementation of privacy and security controls, follow-ups on the progress of remediation efforts
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Global teams to ensure that all components and services provide the needed capabilities to allow for an end-to-end privacy and security compliant product.
• Conducts third-party/vendor risk assessments.
• Presents complex technical or legal concepts to non-technical partners in order to promote the value proposition of integrating security.

Who you are

• BA/BS in Law, Information Systems, Computer Science, or relevant area of study, required.
• Fluent in English, other languages welcome
• 5+ years work experience in the field of data protection, with a background in security, in an international company or comparable activity in a consulting company.
• Knowledge of data protection legislation, and a good understanding of privacy and security frameworks and evolving legislation worldwide.
• Ability to make good judgments regarding data privacy and security risks and to prioritize resources and activity around managing those risks.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.