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.
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Minimum requirements
- 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%
Position will be filled commensurate with experience
About NIBR:
At NIBR, our mission is to discover innovative medicines that treat disease and human health. To do that, our scientists need cutting-edge, state-of-the-art computing systems. With NIBR Informatics (NX), NIBR is making a strategic investment into informatics capabilities and is positioning itself to deliver the systems and services that are critical to the future of drug discovery.
Within NX, the Engineering Department delivers excellence in software, data, and infrastructure engineering. It is responsible for building powerful, functional, beautiful, and secure scientific and IT software solutions that accelerate scientific research and deliver a fully integrated and frictionless user experience. The Engineering department is also responsible for providing engineering resources that create and maintain these software solutions in line with the priorities and roadmaps defined by the product teams and our business stakeholders.
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