Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Internal Audit Assurance and Advisory Senior Director for Digital Technology (DT), this role will lead a team of digital technology auditors and technical subject matter experts through data-driven, risk-informed digital, cybersecurity, and integrated audit and advisory engagements across GE Aerospace, leveraging modern assessment tools and an industry-tailored, best-in-class audit methodology. This role will also lead project teams comprised of internal GE Aerospace team members and co-source consultant resources, while helping advance Internal Audit department initiatives including areas such as AI/analytics and integrated risk management.

Job Description

Job Description

Aerospace Internal Audit’s mission is to be a trusted partner that delivers timely, practical insights, strengthening governance, risk management, and compliance while prioritizing customer needs and safety. Its mission is to provide actionable insights and assurance through talent, technology, and risk partnership, using Flight Deck to solve the right problems and strengthen continuous improvement and accountability.

A key dimension of this role will be leading a multi-disciplinary team through complex IT, cybersecurity, and integrated risk assessments to objectively identify and evaluate risks that may adversely impact the security posture, technology environment, compliance profile, or operations of the business. This Director will serve as both a strong audit leader and a change agent, helping evolve the DT Internal Audit team’s ways of working through higher quality assurance, stronger advisory partnership, operationalization of AI-enabled auditing, and greater use of data to identify emerging risk themes.

Key Responsibilities

The Internal Audit Assurance and Advisory Director for DT will:

• Lead the planning and execution of concurrent DT audit and advisory engagements across GE Aerospace, including defining engagement objectives, audit procedures, budgets, staffing models, timelines, and deliverables working with internal audit personnel, co-source consultants, and cross-functional GE Aerospace stakeholders.
• Partner with stakeholders in performing risk assessments across digital technology, cybersecurity, privacy, controls, and integrated business processes tailored to the technical environment, business context, and risk profile of the entity under review.
• Drive timely closure of corrective actions resulting from audit engagements by partnering with management and stakeholders to support implementation of sustainable, systemic action plans that address root cause and reduce risk exposure.
• Contribute to the design, development, and continuous improvement of the Internal Audit methodology, including standardization, optimization, integration, and operationalization of new tools, data techniques, AI-enabled approaches, and risk insights.
• Take a leadership role in Internal Audit strategic initiatives, such as AI/analytics, integrated risk management, talent development, methodology enhancement, or other department transformation priorities.
• Stay current on business, technology, cyber, compliance, and emerging risks, and determine how they should influence audit planning, scoping, execution, and advisory activities.
• Educate and influence management on complex technology and cyber risks, control frameworks, and practical risk mitigation approaches, while reinforcing Internal Audit’s role as a strategic partner.
• Manage and develop direct reports to strengthen leadership capability, technical depth, audit competency, and readiness for future opportunities.
• Coach team members and project resources in building audit, business, digital technology, and cybersecurity knowledge, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, respect for people, and unyielding integrity.

Professional Experience / Success Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, another STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), or Business Administration with a minor or concentration in Computer Information Technology is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience (5+ years manager for a team) in IT Governance, IT Risk, IT Audit, Cybersecurity, IT Operations, or related fields, preferably within a large global company, ideally with some manufacturing operations, or within a Big 4 or comparable assurance organization.
• Strong preference for candidates with a technology and/or cybersecurity internal audit background.
• Experience leading audit and advisory engagement portfolios, including planning, execution, stakeholder management, issue resolution, and team leadersh