Senior Manager - Cybersecurity OT Manufacturing & Distribution

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

15d•$156,800 - $235,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager – Cybersecurity OT Manufacturing & Distribution leads the development and execution of operational technology (OT) cybersecurity strategy for Medtronic manufacturing and distribution environments. The role translates enterprise cybersecurity objectives into operational plans, standards, and measurable business outcomes, protecting critical operations and patient-impacting processes while supporting resilience, compliance, and business growth. The position provides technical and thought leadership, manages experienced professionals and/or people or program leaders, and recommends objectives and plans for the function. With a high degree of autonomy, the Senior Manager addresses complex and often undefined challenges, establishes policies and operating processes, and influences leaders across engineering, manufacturing operations, quality, supply chain, enterprise IT, and cybersecurity. The role also manages budgets and resource plans, communicates with senior leadership, and leads OT incident readiness and response. The preferred location is Medtronic’s facility in Mounds View, Minnesota. The role may also be performed onsite at another U.S.-based Medtronic facility in Boston, Massachusetts; Lafayette, Colorado; Irvine, California; Jacksonville, Florida; Fort Worth, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; or North Haven, Connecticut. The role is onsite four days per week.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 5 years of experience with an advanced degree.
At least 5 years of managerial experience.
Knowledge of OT security frameworks, standards, and regulations, including NIST 800-82, IEC 62443, ISA/IEC concepts, and applicable manufacturing control expectations.
Strong technical leadership, people leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and program execution skills.
Ability to establish objectives, operating policies, standards, and processes that improve security and operational resilience.
Ability to drive innovation, best-practice adoption, and knowledge sharing across a business area.
For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
For roles below Principal level, candidates must have unrestricted U.S. work authorization at hire and for the duration of employment; sponsorship is not offered for this role.

Nice To Haves

At least 10 years of relevant cybersecurity experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 8 years of relevant experience with an advanced degree.
At least 7 years of managerial experience leading teams of experienced professionals and/or people or program leaders.
Previous Medtronic experience.
Experience leading cybersecurity programs in ICS, OT, manufacturing, and/or distribution environments.
Demonstrated success developing department or business-area strategies and translating them into roadmaps, standards, business plans, and measurable outcomes.
Experience leading cross-functional programs involving engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, enterprise IT, and cybersecurity stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to solve complex, difficult, and undefined problems using data gathering, analysis, investigation, and structured decision-making.
Experience influencing across functions and businesses, balancing divergent objectives, and briefing senior or executive leadership on operational and strategic initiatives.
Experience managing budgets, resource plans, vendors, and external partners in support of OT cybersecurity objectives.
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, GICSP, GRID, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, communication, and execution of OT cybersecurity strategy for manufacturing and distribution, aligned with enterprise strategy, business objectives, and risk priorities.
Translate strategy into operational plans, roadmaps, standards, and measurable outcomes across OT security areas and site operations.
Recommend strategies, goals, priorities, and resource plans, balancing continuity, resilience, compliance, and risk reduction.
Partner with leaders in manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, and enterprise cybersecurity to integrate OT security into business and operational decisions.
Lead, coach, and develop experienced professionals, site security champions, and/or people or program leaders; establish expectations and build organizational capability.
Drive talent planning, succession, engagement, performance management, and professional development; support hiring, promotion, reward, and other people decisions.
Direct OT risk assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability analysis, identifying complex or systemic risk patterns.
Establish, implement, and improve OT cybersecurity policies, standards, controls, and governance mechanisms.
Initiate programs and projects to improve cyber resilience, consistency, and compliance across sites.
Provide technical leadership for secure OT architecture, network segmentation, remote access, asset protection, monitoring, and IT/OT integration.
Evaluate, prioritize, and drive adoption of security technologies, operational capabilities, and process improvements.
Develop operating procedures, standards, and cross-site practices to address complex security challenges and share best practices.
Lead OT cyber incident readiness and response, including investigation, containment, eradication, recovery, lessons learned, and executive communications.
Coordinate incident response with enterprise cyber defense, manufacturing operations, site leadership, legal, quality, and other partners.
Maintain, test, and improve incident response plans, playbooks, and recovery strategies for critical OT processes.
Ensure OT environments comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry frameworks such as NIST 800-82 and IEC 62443.
Influence across functions and businesses to secure cooperation on priorities, program execution, and security decisions.
Build strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders, vendors, and partners.
Communicate OT risks, strategy, program health, and business impacts to technical teams, business leaders, and senior leadership.
Manage OT cybersecurity budgets and resource plans, including prioritization of expenditures, vendor services, and technology investments.
Make decisions affecting project and operational deadlines, resources, funds, and organizational objectives.
Drive continuous improvement in operational delivery, control effectiveness, and consistency across manufacturing and distribution environments.