Join AstraZeneca’s cybersecurity team as a strategic security leader, guiding the protection of regulated manufacturing environments and enterprise business applications. You will lead engagement with IT leadership to drive risk-based decisions, align governance forums, and ensure compliance with GMP/GxP, SOX, GDPR, and other critical frameworks. Your daily tasks include defining layered security architectures for OT systems and SaaS platforms like Workday and SAP, securing data flows across business applications, and managing third-party risks. Essential skills include 10+ years of cybersecurity experience, hands-on expertise in manufacturing technology and enterprise SaaS security, and knowledge of industrial control system standards. This role demands a deep understanding of regulatory requirements and the ability to balance operational realities with cloud/SaaS innovation to achieve measurable, inspection-ready results.
Skills
GMP
GxP
SOX
GDPR
NIST CSF
ISO 27001
ISA/IEC 62443
Workday
SAP
Coupa
Concur
CI/CD
AI
Automation
Kubernetes
Terraform
AWS
Azure
Python
SQL
JSON
REST API
Docker
Git
JIRA
Prometheus
Grafana
What you'll do
Lead security for operational technology, industrial control systems, and manufacturing execution systems.
Drive security consulting and risk management for enterprise SaaS platforms like Workday and SAP.
Embed controls aligned to GMP/GxP and other regulatory frameworks in manufacturing and financial environments.
Establish comprehensive inventories and manage vulnerabilities across both manufacturing technology and SaaS/cloud platforms.
Collaborate with business teams to create environment-specific incident response playbooks and run tabletop exercises.
What we're looking for
10+ years of experience in information security, including 5+ years overseeing a function.
Proven ability to secure both manufacturing and enterprise business applications environments.
Strong familiarity with GMP/GxP, SOX compliance, GDPR, and other regulatory frameworks.
Experience designing and operationalizing security controls for diverse technology environments.
Hands-on experience securing manufacturing technology systems and enterprise SaaS platforms.
Market check
Salary context
This
$190,956–$286,435
range sits above
87%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$130,000–$193,200
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$137,375–$208,100
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 239 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines in oncology, cardiovascular, respiratory, and rare disease areas. Industry: Biopharmaceuticals
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Us - Gaithersburg - Md, US23 days ago
$190,956–$286,435
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