Head of Diagnostics Assurance

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Role Purpose

The Head of Assurance for Diagnostics leads the global Assurance, Enterprise Risk Management, and Internal Controls functions, providing independent oversight and strategic insight across the organization's operational, financial, compliance, and technology landscape. The role strengthens governance, risk management, and control effectiveness while enhancing organizational resilience and supporting sustainable business growth and transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Audit

• Define and execute the global Internal Audit strategy aligned with Diagnostics' business priorities and risk profile

• Provide independent assurance across operational, financial, compliance, and IT areas, identifying opportunities to enhance effectiveness, efficiency, and resilience

• Ensure the integrity of financial reporting and evaluate the effectiveness of key business processes and controls

• Conduct risk-based audits across critical areas including fraud prevention, data privacy, healthcare regulations, compliance, export controls, and cybersecurity

• Provide transparent reporting and actionable recommendations to senior leadership and governance bodies, ensuring sustainable remediation of identified findings

Governance

• Design, maintain, and continuously improve the governance framework supporting Diagnostics Leadership through independent risk and governance insights

• Promote effective decision-making, accountability, and transparency across the organization

• Ensure governance processes are aligned with corporate requirements, regulatory expectations, and business priorities

• Provide independent insight on governance effectiveness and organizational risk exposure

• Drive consistency and best-practice governance standards across regions and functions

Enterprise Risk Management

• Own and continuously evolve the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework across Diagnostics, ensuring alignment with business strategy and corporate objectives

• Facilitate the identification, assessment, prioritization, and monitoring of strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, technology, and emerging risks

• Establish and maintain a lean and comprehensive enterprise risk profile and risk appetite framework for Diagnostics

• Provide independent insight and challenge to senior leadership regarding key business risks and mitigation strategies

• Lead regular risk reporting and risk reviews with the Diagnostics Leadership Team and relevant governance bodies

• Drive forward-looking risk sensing capabilities, including scenario planning, emerging risk identification, and predictive risk analytics

• Promote a risk-aware culture and strengthen risk ownership across all levels of the organization

Internal controls

• Lead the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Internal Control System (ICS) frameworks across Diagnostics

• Embed informed decision-making by establishing enterprise risk principles

• Ensure key strategic, operational, financial, compliance, and technology risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, and transparently reported

• Support leaders in fulfilling their risk ownership responsibilities and maintaining effective control environments

• Ensure compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements related to risk management and internal controls

• Advance data-driven risk management capabilities through analytics, automation, and continuous monitoring

Leadership, stakeholder management and transformation

• Build, motivate, and develop diverse high-performing teams

• Develop purposeful relationships, connect people, and strategically build networks

• Establish trusted partnerships with senior executives, regulators, and external auditors

• Drive a culture of accountability, integrity, and continuous improvement

• Position Assurance as a strategic partner to the business, supporting sustainable growth and transformation

• Lead the evolution toward a modern, data-driven and forward-looking Assurance function

Qualifications and experience

• University degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related field

• Progressive leadership experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Governance, Compliance, or related assurance functions

• Demonstrated ability to operate at CFO, Management Team, and Board level within a multinational organization

• Deep expertise across audit, governance, enterprise risk management, and internal control frameworks

• Strong understanding of financial reporting, regulatory compliance, IT controls, cybersecurity, and emerging enterprise risks

• Proven experience designing and enhancing risk management and internal control environments in complex global organizations

• Track record of driving transformation through data analytics, automation, and digital assurance capabilities

• Demonstrated experience in healthcare, life sciences, diagnostics, highly regulated industries, or similarly complex environments preferred

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The base pay range for this position is:

$248,660 - $341,902

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.

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