Role Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Lead a newly created Technology Risk Management function responsible for providing strategic guidance and insights on risk mitigation, escalation, and business resilience across our Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), IT Escalation, and our IT Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery processes. This leader will chair our Technology Governance & Risk Management SteerCo ensuring visibility to potential and accepted risk including recommended actions. This role ensures the enterprise maintains risk transparency and operational resilience across the technology landscape, reporting regularly to executive leadership.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Technology Risk Oversight and Strategy:

Establish process, KPIs and management reporting to govern and proactively manage accepted technology risk.
Constantly review existing policies and tooling, driving improvements and leverage automation / AI wherever possible.
Chair the Technology Governance & Risk Management SteerCo.

Third-Party Risk Management:

Direct the execution of third-party risk management activities, including vendor risk assessments, ongoing monitoring, escalations, and remediation.
Proactively manage, communicate and escalate issues to senior leadership as needed.
Review and approval of Risks/Findings, escalating risk recommendations to management as needed.
Assist the Legal and Procurement teams with periodic updates to the Third-Party Minimum-Security Baseline contract addendum and provide ZTD review and monitoring of controls therein.
Define and manage TPRM Training and Communication strategy for ZTD and Business.
Establish KPIs and management reporting, proactively provide insights to accepted risk.
Proactively optimize the process, tools and support structure with advancements with automation and AI.

IT Escalation Management:

Owns, governs the IT Escalation Management Process, constantly evaluating how to optimize.
Serves as escalation point for technology risk events and deviations, ensuring incidents are properly recorded, investigated, escalated, and closed.
Accountable for proactively managing accepted risk and providing management reporting.
Refines and implements KRIs (Key Risk Indicators) embedded in daily operations.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity:

Oversees the planning, execution, and escalation of IT disaster recovery and business continuity efforts, ensuring proper business resilience across all divisions.
Ensures resiliency is built for the IT environment and applications.
Develops and executes IT resiliency procedure and plans working with ZTD and business as applicable.
Establish KPIs and management reporting providing view of overall health of ZTD Infrastructure & IT Resiliency (DR).
Oversee tabletop reviews and recovery testing for Edge Sites.

Stakeholder Engagement and Reporting:

Act as strategic partner with IT, business units, and leadership to mature risk management capabilities.
Foster a collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement and learning

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
8+ years in technology risk management and leadership.
Hands-on in IT risk frameworks, disaster recovery, and vendor risk.
Proven leadership in technology risk management, IT disaster recovery, and third-party/vendor risk programs.
Strong understanding of risk frameworks, incident response, and regulatory requirements.
Demonstrated leadership in large, complex, multi-divisional global settings.
Strong communication and broad influence skills; ability to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Well-developed interpersonal skills that combine both IQ and EQ.
Strong problem-solving ability with a focus on managing to business outcomes through collaboration with multiple internal and external parties
Executive presence and comfort interacting across all levels of the organization including senior leadership
Hands on leader with desire to dig into the details, build new practices, work across the organization to build buy-in, but also has the ability to work on strategy and interact with executive level discussions.
Leads and motivates others, generating commitment and a shared sense of purpose.
Demonstrates and models Zoetis Core Beliefs in all interactions
Accountable for delivery of measurable results with significant positive impact to ZTD

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

Risk frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, SOX, PCI-DSS)
Extensive experience with Third Party Vendor Management risk and audit management tools
IT business continuity and disaster recovery planning
Incident response, risk reporting, and control testing
Communication of complex risk concepts to technical and executive audiences

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $164,000-$266,000. Our salary ranges are

determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the base pay target range

for new hire salaries for the position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional

factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

This position is also eligible for short-term incentive compensation

This position is also eligible for long-term incentive

In addition to compensation, Zoetis offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports the physical, emotional

and financial wellbeing of our colleagues and their families including healthcare and insurance benefits beginning

on day one, a 401K plan with a match and profit-sharing contribution from Zoetis, and 4 weeks of vacation.

Visit zoetisbenefits.com to learn more.

Full time

Regular

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