Veeva Platform Risk Management & Compliance Lead (Associate Director)

Job Description

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.

Key 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

Minimum 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

• Preferred: 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

Skills & Capabilities

• Enterprise risk and cyber resiliency assurance

• Risk‑based assessment and prioritisation

• Audit, inspection, and regulatory readiness

• Stakeholder coordination without direct authority

• Clear, executive‑level risk communication

Required Skills:

Biological Sciences, Business Continuity, Computer Science, Continuous Monitoring, Cyber Resilience, Data Management, Disaster Recovery Planning, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Information Security, Information Technology (IT) Risk Management, IT Risk Assessments, IT Risk Governance, IT Risk Response and Reporting, Knowledge of regulations and frameworks, Life Science, Risk Governance, Stakeholder Management, Technical Advice, Technology Risk, Veeva Vault

Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is

$142,400.00 - $224,100.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

07/5/2026

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