Technology Risk Officer

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

**Job Description**:
The role of the Technology Risk Officer is to analyze if sufficient IT security controls have been appropriately designed and effectively implemented in order to reach management’s objectives. Within the Group Assets and Risks department, you will be a part of the IT Risk and Audit team, covering risk management for IT Management, Infrastructure, Operations, Development, Cyber and Information Security activities in the EMEA region. Your primary area of expertise will be to contribute to IT Risk Assessments in local entities and provide recommendations to the Business Leaders. You may also cover other types of risk in your daily work (e.g., IT security projects and programs).

**SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS**:

- Planning and preparing work programmes (audit questionnaires and/or risk assessments) in relation to the specific areas to be evaluated.
- Executing risk and audit assessments in accordance with professional standards, at all levels of the Eurofins’ Organisation: Central Services, Regional Infrastructure, Laboratories within the assigned region.
- Making relevant recommendations to initiate improvements in the Eurofins governance, process control, and risk reduction.
- Verbally communicating results in a clear, professional and problem-solving manner.
- Producing clear and quality reports to formally communicate audit results to management.
- Following up the implementation of agreed action plans, in aim to mitigate the identified IT risk.
- Maintaining professional relationship with internal stakeholders and partners (IT and business).

**Qualifications**:
**Personal skills**:

- Results oriented;
- High level of energy, drive and passion to succeed;
- Very structured with strong organisational skills;
- Able to build relationships in a constructive manner
- Can influence, constructively challenge and negotiate at all levels
- Ability to work in an autonomous manner;
- Excellent speaking and writing skills in English;
- International profile, open to frequent travels within his/her region.

**Technical Skills**:

- Very good knowledge and understanding of the Risk Management and/or Audit processes.
- Very good knowledge and understanding of IT processes, IT development and/or cyber/information security controls.

**Education and/or Experience**:

- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or another relevant Subject.
- 0 to 2 years experience in performing roles in Information security and/or in related Control Functions and/or carrying out Information systems and security audits, either as an internal or external auditor.

Additional Information

Life at Eurofins is a meritocracy, where people are empowered to make decisions and are rewarded for their success. We encourage independent, entrepreneurial thinkers who challenge the status quo “usual way of doing things”.

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Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 940 laboratories in 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

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