Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead (CIO-2026-108-LD)

Introduction: Within the Office of the CIO (https://cio.web.cern.ch/), you will advise senior management and governance bodies on data governance, architecture, cybersecurity, ICT risk and compliance, establishing the frameworks, principles and accountabilities that enable coherent and sustainable use of data and technology across CERN’s federated environment. You will oversee related technology risk, compliance, audit and vendor governance, working with cybersecurity and other specialist functions. Functions: - Lead and coordinate Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities across the Office of the CIO (OCIO). - Drive alignment across departments, experiments and technical stakeholders while respecting distributed responsibilities. - Oversee technology risk, compliance, audit and vendor governance, coordinating with cybersecurity and other specialist functions. At CERN , the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.