Senior IT Audit Manager – Technology Risk Audit

Job Description

Sr. IT Corporate Audit Manager | Neurocrine Biosciences

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Neurocrine Biosciences, located in San Diego, CA. Neurocrine Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, psychiatric, endocrine, and immunological disorders. This role is crucial for leading complex, cross-functional audit and advisory engagements in technology risk, thereby strengthening the company’s overall governance and control environment. The Senior IT Corporate Audit Manager serves as a functional-area expert, influencing risk-informed decision-making and mentoring colleagues within Corporate Audit Services.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, San Diego, CA
• Pay: $148500–$203000 yearly
• Team: Corporate Audit Services
• Mission: Lead complex IT audit and advisory engagements to strengthen the company’s technology risk governance and control environment.
• Tech Stack: Power BI, SQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Execute: Lead and execute end-to-end audit and advisory engagements across IT general controls, cybersecurity, cloud, AI, and other technology areas.
• Oversight: Provide functional oversight to engagement teams, ensuring high-quality execution, timely delivery, and alignment with internal audit standards.
• Reporting: Develop clear, concise, and actionable audit observations and reports, analyzing root causes and recommending right-sized remediation.
• Collaboration: Build strong relationships with technology and business leaders, translating technical risks into clear business insights and communicating recommendations.
• Expertise: Serve as a functional-area expert in technology risk for Corporate Audit Services, advising colleagues and developing tools and training.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, with progressive experience in IT audit.
• Experience: 8+ years of experience in IT audit, internal audit focusing on technology risk and cybersecurity, public accounting, or consulting; 3+ years leading complex engagements and coaching or mentoring teams.
• Skills: Strong understanding of applicable internal audit standards and technology control frameworks (COBIT, NIST, ISO 27001, COSO); strong working knowledge of technology risk domains including cybersecurity, cloud, AI governance, and IT general controls; advanced analytical, judgment, and communication skills.
• Bonus: CISA or equivalent certification; CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CIA, CPA, or relevant cloud and security credentials; experience in biopharma or another highly regulated industry; Big 4 and international experience; experience using data analytics, visualization, automation, GRC or audit management platforms, and AI-enabled tools.