Information/Cyber Security Consultant

Title: Information/Cyber Security Consultant

Company: Global Leading Biotech

Location: Hybrid - Belgium, Ghent

FTE: 6 months - full-time

Planet Pharma is partnered with a leading fast growing Biotechnology company, who are currently seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented Information/Cyber Security Consultant to support the CISO by running risk and security assessments for new systems, applications, and solutions. This role is twofold: you’ll not only conduct deep-dive security evaluations but also step back to design and formalize the assessment process, ensuring consistency and scalability across future projects.

Main Responsibilities

• Perform security and risk assessments for new systems, vendors, and solutions (internal and external), including cloud services.
• Evaluate systems for compliance with ISO 27001, NIST, GxP, and emerging regulations like NIS2.
• Recommend and validate security controls, configurations, and logging requirements before go-live.
• Provide clear risk reports and recommendations to project teams and stakeholders.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand system purpose, data sensitivity, and business impact.
• Design and implement a standardized process/template for risk and security assessments across the organization.
• Establish clear checkpoints for when and how security should be involved in new projects.
• Identify and drive continuous improvements in the security assessment lifecycle.

Main Requirements

• Proven experience conducting security assessments for new systems, applications, vendors, or solutions across GxP environments in multiple organizations.
• Strong understanding of and ability to assess systems against relevant security standards and regulations, including ISO 27001, NIST, and emerging frameworks like NIS2.
• Ability to provide risk-based security recommendations, considering business context, data sensitivity, organizational culture, and risk appetite—rather than strictly adhering to best practice.
• In-depth knowledge of security controls and processes, such as background checks, traceability, and repeatability, aligned with recognized security frameworks and compliance obligations.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements, including designing and formalizing security assessment workflows in environments where structure may be lacking or evolving.

Interested? Apply now for immediate consideration or contact Maria Tsalpatourou at mtsalpatourou@planet-pharma.co.uk

ABOUT PLANET PHARMA

Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.

Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognised by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.

We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.