Veeva Platform Risk Management & Compliance Lead (Associate Director)

MSD • Rahway, NJ

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Veeva Platform Risk Management & Compliance Lead (Associate Director) establishes and operates a trusted, enterprise‑level risk and cyber resiliency assurance capability for the Veeva platform. Success means leadership has clear, continuous visibility into the platform’s security and resilience posture, priority risks are objectively assessed and governed, and remediation or risk‑acceptance decisions are made confidently and proactively - enabling the Veeva Platform & Partnership Team to scale Veeva adoption with speed and confidence. This role ensures that Veeva is treated as a single, enterprise risk surface, rather than a collection of siloed vaults, and that risk assurance moves from point‑in‑time assessments to sustained governance.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years experience in enterprise risk management, cyber security assurance, technology risk, or IT governance

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience operating in regulated environments (e.g. pharma, life sciences, health, financial services, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated ability to run enterprise‑level risk assessments and assurance programmes, not just local or project‑level activities
• Strong experience working across multiple assurance functions (security, audit, quality, risk) in a matrix environment
• Ability to communicate complex risk topics clearly to senior leadership and governance forums

Responsibilities

• Establish and operate an enterprise Veeva platform risk management framework, covering cyber security, resiliency, supplier, and operational risks including IT-focused Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Platform Compliance and Audit Readiness.
• Create and maintain a single enterprise risk baseline across all Veeva vaults and divisions
• Lead Cyber Resiliency Assurance activities, including deep, multi‑layer reviews of Veeva controls (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS where applicable)
• Coordinate platform risk assessments using our company's approach, partnering with ITRMS, MCAAS, QA, GSG, GPO, Architecture, and divisional teams
• Identify, assess, and prioritise risks using risk‑based decision frameworks, defining clear remediation or risk‑acceptance paths
• Track and report risk remediation progress and residual risk through enterprise governance forums
• Establish sustaining risk governance, shifting assurance from one‑off reviews to continuous monitoring and cadence‑based reporting
• Partner with Platform Governance, Architecture, and FinOps to enable risk‑informed prioritisation and investment decisions
• Act as the platform focal point for Joint Cyber Incident Response (JCIR) coordination with Veeva and our company's cyber teams
• Support audit and inspection readiness by ensuring traceability, transparency, and objective evidence of platform risk posture

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days
• annual bonus
• long-term incentive

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level