Sr Director, BISO and Information Protection
- Greece-Thessaloniki Chortiatis

Our Purpose
Our Values
Pfizer Digital
Benefits
ROLE SUMMARY
Our Global Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance team provides comprehensive blueprints for cybersecurity excellence by embedding governance, risk management, and compliance into every layer. The team is responsible for ensuring risk-based decision-making is used and that security, privacy, and regulatory compliance is integrated seamlessly with Pfizer’s organization.
We are seeking a Senior Director, Business Information Security Office (BISO) & Information Protection to serve as the strategic security partner to our Pfizer business leaders.
This role is accountable for aligning enterprise security strategy to business priorities, protecting sensitive data and intellectual property, and enabling innovation across a highly regulated, global environment.
As a senior leader, you will bridge business, technology, and risk—embedding security into R&D, PGS/Manufacturing, Commercial, and Corporate functions while driving a modern, risk-based information protection program.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Information Security Leadership
Serve as the primary security advisor to senior business leaders, translating cyber and information risk into actionable, business‑aligned decisions.
Establish and mature the BISO operating model, including engagement cadence, governance forums, risk intake, and executive reporting.
Oversee and coordinate a global team of BISOs and enable with key information.
Act as the liaison between business teams and central security functions (GRC, ISAM, Cyber Defense, Infrastructure, Cloud Services).
Translate third‑party cyber and data risks into clear, business‑relevant insights and present to executive leadership.
Socialize third-party risks and findings with business owners.
Information Protection Strategy
Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of business unit processes, crown jewels, physical locations, systems, technologies, data, customers, partners.
Define and drive the enterprise Information Protection strategy, including:
Protection of regulated data (clinical, patient, employee).
Protection of IP and trade secrets (research data, protocols, formulations, manufacturing processes, commercial strategy).
Drive adoption of data protection controls such as DLP, encryption, rights management, secure collaboration, labeling, and endpoint protections.
Partner with Privacy and Legal to ensure privacy‑by‑design and regulatory alignment.
Security‑by‑Design
Embed security early into new platforms, SaaS solutions, clinical systems, manufacturing automation, and digital engagement tools.
Partner with Security, Infrastructure, and Cloud Services teams to define security requirements.
Ensure security expectations are met for GxP and regulated systems, partnering closely with Quality, Compliance, and Internal Audit.
Incident Leadership
Act as a senior escalation point for information protection incidents, coordinating with Cyber Defense, Legal, Privacy, HR, and other key stakeholders.
Support executive decision‑making during incidents and lead post‑incident improvement efforts.
RESOURCES MANAGED
2 direct reports and indirectly 6-8 colleagues.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree and/or Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
15+ years of experience in information security, technology risk, or data protection, including senior leadership roles.
8+ years working in regulated industries; pharmaceutical, biotech or life sciences strongly preferred.
Professional certifications: CISSP, CISM, CRISC or similar.
Proven experience building and scaling information protection, data security and other regulatory programs.
Deep understanding of modern security capabilities: cloud and SaaS security, identity and access management, data security platforms, endpoint security.
Experience partnering with Legal, Privacy, Quality, Compliance, Internal Audit, and key business stakeholders.
Exceptional executive communication skills and the ability to influence without authority.
Executive presence and stakeholder management.
Global mindset and ability to work across cultures.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Familiarity with GxP, privacy regulations (including EU), and frameworks such as NIST CSF or ISO 27001.
Experience supporting R&D and/or Manufacturing environments.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent strategic thinking; deeply analytical and credible.
Ability to challenge, influence, and support senior leadership.
Ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems and solve them with creative yet pragmatic approaches.
Resourceful, self-motivated, and proactive – strong drive for excellence.
Continuously seeks new knowledge and approaches, leveraging innovation to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and impact.
OTHER INFO
Travel as required by the business (less than 20% domestic and/or international).
Work Location Assignment: Must be able to work in assigned Pfizer office 2-3 days per week, or as needed by the business.
This role is NOT remote. Work Location Assignment: Hybrid.
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives
Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
Our Values
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
Pfizer Digital
Pfizer Digital takes immense pride in being at the forefront of innovation, harnessing cutting-edge smart technology that profoundly impacts the lives of our patients.
With the transformative potential of digital solutions, we revolutionize how we discover, develop, and deliver medicines, enabling us to achieve breakthroughs faster and more efficiently.
By streamlining and automating transactional processes, we create valuable time and resources, empowering our talented team to focus on meaningful work that truly makes a difference in healthcare and beyond.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
For U.S. based jobs, view an overview of Pfizer’s U.S. benefits program (opens in a new window)
