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Head IT Assurance & Compliance (80-100%)
Zurich | up to 40% Home Office | Reference 7878
Are you passionate about strengthening trust, reliability, and compliance in complex IT environments?
As Head IT Assurance & Compliance, you will play a key role in safeguarding the integrity of our IT landscape and ensuring compliance with regulatory, internal, and external requirements. You will report to the Head Information Security and you will lead a distributed department of 10+ employees based in Switzerland, Poland, and Spain, responsible for IT regulatory compliance, coordinating audits, certifications and attestations, and the effectiveness of IT controls and IT risk management. Working closely with business, technology, and assurance stakeholders, you will help ensure that IT services meet high standards of transparency, resilience, and accountability. Join us in a dynamic environment where collaboration, ownership, and reliability guide how we operate
What You Will Do
- Lead IT assurance and compliance across regulatory, internal, and external requirements, including internal and external audits, certifications and attestations, and overall audit readiness
- Own and continuously enhance the IT control framework (ICS) and IT risk management approach, ensuring effective control design, operating effectiveness, and transparent reporting
- Foster end to end automation of assurance, control, and evidence processes to increase efficiency, consistency, and sustainable audit readiness.
- Evaluate, consolidate, and further develop the IT assurance and GRC tool landscape, driving standardization, scalability, and fit for purpose solutions.
- Lead and develop a distributed team in Switzerland, Poland, and Spain, acting as a connector across IT stakeholders (LoD1/LoD2/LoD3), SMEs, management, regulators, and auditors, translating complex requirements into clear, actionable guidance
What You Bring
- Degree in Business Informatics, Business Administration, Finance, or a comparable discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in IT assurance, compliance, risk management, or audit within complex and regulated IT environments, including leadership responsibility.
- Proven success in leading distributed, multi location teams and driving consistent assurance and compliance outcomes across international setups.
- Deep expertise in IT assurance, control frameworks, IT risk management, and regulatory requirements, including audits, certifications, and attestations (e.g. ISAE/SOC, PCI DSS or comparable standards).
- Strong strategic, communication, and execution skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory and technical requirements into clear, actionable guidance in a collaborative environment.
- Fluent English (written and spoken) is required; German is an advantage.
If you have any questions, check out our FAQ page or call Maria Teresa Buchanan at +41 58 399 8083.
For this vacancy we only accept direct applications.
Diversity is important to us. Therefore, we are looking to receiving applications regardless of any personal background.
What We Offer
Flexible Work Models
We trust our employees and offer a work environment that is well-balanced, productive and fosters success.
Personal Development
You will benefit from a culture of continuous learning and feedback. Your personal growth is supported through an extensive learning offering.
Agile Working Methods
Whether through scrum or design thinking,
we solve exciting tasks together in teams.