About this role
Company Description PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world. Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society. To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.
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Job Description
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced IT Compliance and Risk Specialist to join our centralized IT Compliance, Risk Management and Security function. You will be a trusted adviser within a small international team whose mission is to help PartnerRe meet applicable regulatory obligations, customer expectations and requirements, and internal policies and guidelines.
About the Role
Understand PartnerRe’s regulatory requirements, key risks, systems and controls; promote pragmatic risk and compliance awareness; and advise on the integration of compliance by design into strategic initiatives and new system implementations. Conduct and coordinate compliance assurance activities for key IT controls, including planning, reviewing and validating the conformity and completion of access recertifications performed by application owners. Identify systemic issues and recommend sustainable improvements.
Lead and coordinate responses to requests from internal and external auditors, customers and regulators; collaborate with IT stakeholders to collect evidence and prepare high-quality responses; and facilitate the timely remediation of non-compliant findings. Lead or support security, risk and compliance assessments of internally developed solutions, third-party services and outsourcing arrangements; periodically verify that service providers continue to meet internal and external requirements; and monitor and report progress against action plans.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of IT governance, risk, and compliance processes through automation, data analysis, and responsible use of artificial intelligence, while ensuring appropriate review and validation of outputs. Work Experience and Qualifications Technical Skills Solid understanding of regulatory requirements, IT control frameworks, IT risk management, and cybersecurity risks and controls, including familiarity with relevant standards and regulatory frameworks such as ISO/IEC 2700x, NIST, HIPAA, OWASP, SOX, EU GDPR, and requirements applicable to the reinsurance industry, in particular related to cybersecurity.
Broad technical understanding of IT environments, infrastructure, applications, identity and access management, and cloud-based services, with the ability to assess associated risk and control implications. Experience conducting and coordinating IT audits, compliance reviews, risk assessments, security assessments, or control testing, including stakeholder coordination and evidence collection and evaluation, with an understanding of both auditor and auditee expectations. Ability to gather, assess, and synthesize information from multiple sources and translate findings into clear, relevant and defensible conclusions and recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to use artificial intelligence responsibly and effectively to improve the efficiency and quality of IT compliance and risk activities, including critically reviewing, validating, and refining AI-generated outputs. Good organizational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent activities; formal project management experience is an advantage. Behavioral Skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide nuanced advice, constructively challenge stakeholders, and explain complex requirements to technical and business audiences.
Collaborative and credible, with the ability to work across technical teams and corporate functions in an international organization, including with customers, Legal, Data Privacy, Risk and Audit. Strong analytical skills and sound judgement, with the ability to balance regulatory and business requirements, IT and cybersecurity risks, and cost considerations. Ability to build trust, demonstrate a high level of integrity, and influence stakeholders without formal authority. Self-motivated, highly organized, and able to operate autonomously, take ownership of complex matters, manage ambiguity, and drive issues through to resolution.
Commitment to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and coaching of colleagues and control owners. Excellent English language skills; additional languages are an advantage. Experience and Education Approximately 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in IT compliance, IT audit, IT risk management, cybersecurity, information security, or a comparable assessment or control function. A degree or equivalent qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related discipline is preferred.
Relevant practical experience may be considered in place of a directly related degree. Relevant professional certifications in IT audit, risk management, compliance, or information security such as CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, or equivalent are preferred. Additional Information #LI-Hybrid: PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to learn more about D&I at PartnerRe.
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