Senior IT Audit Leader: Cyber, Cloud & AI Risk

Neurocrine Biosciences; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Health benefits

Job summary

Neurocrine Biosciences is seeking a Senior IT Audit Manager to lead complex technology risk and IT audit engagements across cybersecurity, cloud, and AI domains. You will partner with senior leaders to translate technical risk into actionable business insights and strengthen governance and control environments.

As a senior contributor, you will mentor teams, manage cross-functional audits, and advance analytics-driven audit methodologies while coordinating with Compliance and Corporate Audit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 8+ years IT audit/technology risk experience or Master’s with 6+ years.
• Public company/audit experience preferred; Big 4 or international exposure pluses.
• CISA or equivalent preferred; other security credentials a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute IT audit and advisory engagements end-to-end across cybersecurity, cloud, AI, and data privacy.
• Provide functional leadership, mentor teams, and oversee engagement quality and timelines.
• Translate technical risks into business terms for management and Audit Committee reporting.
• Develop and apply data analytics, automated testing, and AI-enabled audit methods across engagements.
• Monitor remediation of audit findings and drive improvements in governance and controls.

Skills

Technology risk

IT audit

Cybersecurity

Data privacy

AI governance

Cloud computing

Third-party risk

Leadership

Mentoring

Power BI

SQL

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/CS/Cybersecurity/Accounting/Finance/Business

Master’s degree

Tools

Power BI

SQL

GRC/audit management platforms

AI-enabled audit tools

Job description

Neurocrine Biosciences is seeking a Senior IT Audit Manager to lead complex technology risk and IT audit engagements across cybersecurity, cloud, and AI domains. You will partner with senior leaders to translate technical risk into actionable business insights and strengthen governance and control environments.

As a senior contributor, you will mentor teams, manage cross-functional audits, and advance analytics-driven audit methodologies while coordinating with Compliance and Corporate Audit