Business Information Security Leader – Commercial

Syneos Health

Business Information Security Leader ensuring cybersecurity integration within a business unit at Syneos Health. Leading strategy development and communication throughout the organization.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeMorrisville • New Jersey, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the senior security advisor to the assigned business-aligned STS leadership team.
Partner across all departments and teams globally within the assigned business unit.
Align security priorities with STS business strategy, digital roadmaps, and regulatory requirements.
Embed security-by-design principles into portfolio planning, demand intake and product development processes.
Inform Information Security priorities with STS product team strategy & goals.
Represent security requirements in portfolio governance forums.
Provide senior level accountability for the business unit security strategy, ensuring consistent direction, prioritization, and alignment with company wide objectives while maintaining strong partnership with the CISO.
Maintain visibility into the aggregated cyber risk posture of the assigned business unit.
Ensure risk assessments are conducted, partnering with the Risk Management function, for new and materially changed technologies.
Serve as a security risk advisor to business-aligned STS leadership, provide mitigation and remediation guidance, track and highlight risk treatment plans progress.
Provide formal risk posture reporting to STS leadership on a defined cadence.
Escalate roadblocks inhibiting timely mitigation or closure of risks.
Prevent unmanaged technology risk proliferation.
Exercise senior decision authority for cybersecurity and technology risk matters within the Business Unit, including oversight of risk acceptance, escalation to enterprise forums, and long-term risk posture considerations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

broad understanding of technologies and security strategies
effective communication to all levels within the organization

Benefits

Comp & perks

company car or car allowance
Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
Company match 401k
eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecurityrisk managementrisk assessmentsecurity strategysecurity-by-design principlesportfolio governancetechnology riskmitigation guidanceremediation guidancecyber risk posture

Soft Skills

effective communicationsenior decision authoritypartnershipaccountabilityalignmentprioritizationvisibilitycollaborationleadershipproblem-solving