Director, Global Audit & Assurance

About this role

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function: Finance

Job Sub Function: Internal Audit

Job Category: People Leader

All Job Posting Locations: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description: Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Director – Digital Risk, Global Audit & Assurance located in New Brunswick, NJ. Global Audit & Assurance is the organization’s Internal Audit function.   Global Audit & Assurance’s mission is to become a best-in-class audit organization delivering data driven, risk-based audit and assurance projects, that develops talent and drives Johnson & Johnson compliance. In this highly visible role, you will be a member of the Audit Leadership Team (ALT) within GA&A (J&J’s internal audit department) and reporting to the VP who leads Technology Audit, Global SOX Program and Digital Innovation.  You will serve as a domain expert and audit leader, partnering with peer Directors to deliver integrated, risk-based audits across the organization.  You will have oversight responsibility for approximately 30% of Technology Audit team, leading a broad and growing team of professionals to execute and deliver on the department’s Audit Risk Assessment plan and supervising audit activities.  Your specific focus will be providing domain level expertise on critical enterprise risks related to Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy & Data Governance.    You will contribute to shaping the on-going involvement of the Technology audit function, our delivery capabilities and the integrated execution of the Internal Audit function.   

Key Responsibilities: Audit & Advisory Management • Direct and supervise a global Technology audit team through the annual audit and advisory plan lifecycle (i.e., conducting on-going risk assessments to determine scope, executing risk-based audit procedures related to technology related risks, with specific focus in the domain areas of – Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy & Data Governance • Serve as a technical authority during audit planning, fieldwork and reporting phases, including performing quality reviews over work product and final reports. • Work collaboratively with VP, Sr. Director and Director audit personnel to manage the overall audit plan execution and deliver on integrated (Finance & Technology) audits.  Work collaboratively to deliver various department initiatives. • Provide oversight and methodology guidance during assurance and advisory reviews over key and emerging risk topics and technology, including but not limited to, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy & Data Governance.  • Identify systematic issues across audits and partner with stakeholders to diagnose root causes and recommend scalable control improvements.  Act as a control environment thought leader, not just issue validator.  • Rapidly assess unfamiliar, emerging technologies, propose right-sized audit plans, balancing risk precision vs. practicality in drawing audit conclusions.  • Working collaboratively with other Technology Directors, lead the development, documentation, and maintenance of department’s Technology audit program consistent with enterprise policies, procedures, and established standards & methods.  Work closely with other audit directors and compliance/testing leaders, to obtain adequate knowledge from pre/post-implementation activities to enable on-going audit activities in risk-based reviews.    • Stay abreast of industry and regulatory compliance pronouncements and drive the process to implement relevant standards for the Technology audit organization with a particular focus on Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Privacy & Data Governance.    

Stakeholder Management • Serve as a trusted advisor across the Global Technology, Business and Compliance leadership, including VP level stakeholders, that support the Enterprise risks related to Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy & Data Governance.  • Independent interaction to manage key messages related to the annual audit plan, including status and results/recommendations. • Influence actionable change, considering audit results, to continuously improve the compliance posture of the organization and help achieve business strategy/results. • Lead through times of significant enterprise process and technology transformation and promote adoption of new, digitized practices enabled by company transformation efforts. • Foster high levels of trust and transparency with senior leaders throughout the organization

Talent Management • Provide people leadership to the Technology Audit organization, in a high performing, positive and engaging working environment, representing the teams in the annual performance review cycle and any applicable talent councils. • Direct supervision and responsibility over a team of managers and their direct reports (~10 FTE with potential to grow). • Partner and oversee select third party SMEs that may be engaged to support audit activities.   • Take ownership and collaborate across the department to help uplift current and future technical capabilities of the Internal Audit function and the talent pipeline.  • Serve as an Audit Leadership

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