
Associate Director, Cyber Defense Business Engagement
Novartis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Prague • 🇨🇿 Czech
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Senior
Tech Stack
Cyber Security
About the role
- Serve as a liaison between Cyber Defense and business stakeholders, translating technical concepts into business language and vice versa
- Closely collaborate with and oversee technical engineering teams, ensuring timely delivery of effective security use cases/technical rules within SIEM, SOAR and related tools
- Ensure that Cyber Defense activities deliver real business value in terms of measurable reduction in information security risks
- Support the team leader in stakeholder management, strategic planning, and communication of cyber defense priorities and risks
- Prepare high-quality presentations and deliver briefings to senior management and non-IT stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment on cyber defense posture and initiatives
Requirements
- University working and thinking level, degree in business/technical/scientific area or comparable education/experience
- 6+ years in IT security with a proven ability to explain complex topics to non-technical audiences
- Strong knowledge of cyber security operations, SIEM, and automation tools
- Experience in technical/business liaison or stakeholder management roles
- Skilled in preparing and presenting to senior non-IT stakeholders, excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a business focus
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework
Benefits
- Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary
- Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis)
- 5-week holiday per year (1 week above the Labour Law requirement)
- 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report
- Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year
- Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company)
- Car Allowance
- MultiSport Card
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
IT securitycyber security operationsSIEMSOARautomation toolsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsMITRE ATT&CK framework
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsstakeholder managementstrategic planningcollaborationtranslation of technical conceptsclarity in communication