Vice President, Information Security - Manufacturing Plant Security, Product Security & Application Security
About The Position
The Vice President, Information Security – Manufacturing Plant Security, Product Security & Application Security is responsible for protecting Danaher’s global manufacturing plants, connected products, and software engineering environments across our operating company portfolio. This leader owns security strategy and execution across three domains: manufacturing plant (OT/ICS) security, product security for IoT-enabled and digital health products, and application security across our engineering organizations. This position reports to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and is part of the Global Information Security organization, located in Washington, D.C. and will be a remote, with regular travel required to Danaher operating company and manufacturing locations globally.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 12+ years of information security experience, including direct ownership of manufacturing plant (OT/ICS) security, product security, or application security within a global organization
- Experience with FDA medical device cybersecurity requirements, including premarket cybersecurity submissions under Section 524B of the FD&C Act and post market vulnerability management
- Experience applying OT/ICS security frameworks such as IEC 62443 or NIST 800-82 within manufacturing or industrial environments
- Experience with modern application security tooling and practices, including CI/CD pipeline security, SAST/DAST/SCA, and cloud-native application security
- Experience leading an information security function through multiple layers of management across global, multi-site organizations
- Experience operating across a multi-country organization spanning 50 or more countries
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 30% of the time, to Danaher operating company manufacturing, R&D, and plant locations globally
Nice To Haves
- Experience within a diversified, multi-business-unit organization operating with a decentralized business model (e.g., Danaher Business System or an equivalent operating system)
- Professional certification such as CISSP, CISM, or GICSP
- Experience presenting to boards, audit committees, or executive risk committees
Responsibilities
- Lead global strategy and execution for manufacturing plant (OT/ICS) security across the manufacturing sites of Danaher’s 14+ operating companies in more than 50 countries
- Own product security strategy for IoT-enabled and connected digital health products, including compliance with FDA premarket and post market medical device cybersecurity requirements
- Lead application security strategy across Danaher’s engineering organizations, including CI/CD pipeline security, DevSecOps practices, and governance for AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code
- Build and lead a team of function leaders and embedded security professionals across operating companies worldwide, providing strategic direction and development
- Partner directly with operating company presidents, plant leaders, and product and engineering executives to embed security into day-to-day business operations
- Establish and maintain a consolidated risk management framework spanning manufacturing, product, and application security domains, with clear metrics and executive reporting
- Represent Danaher’s security strategy and risk posture to executive leadership and as needed, audit and risk committees
Benefits
- paid time off
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
