Director Digital Cybersecurity Engineering

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

The Director, Cybersecurity Architecture is responsible for working with leadership to establish and maintain the organization's cybersecurity architecture program. The individual will work with leaders across the organization to understand both internal and external cybersecurity risks and design technology and process solutions to address these risks.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and implement a global cybersecurity architecture program and supporting operating model designed to securely enable Abbott business processes

• Understand key and emerging risks in order to set objectives and give input to cybersecurity design and standards (policy, controls, processes/procedures, and the detailed technical execution of those requirements) with the following core tenets:
  o Technology agnostic, where possible
  o Based on business requirements, risk profile, constraints, organizational goals
  o Considering stakeholder inputs
  o With the guiding lights of being comprehensive, efficient, pragmatic, and future-proof

• Drive consistent security methods across the organization in alignment with best practices and industry standards, linking these methods back to the ‘why’ they are required.

• Provide subject matter expertise and assistance to stakeholders, advising on the design of end-to-end controls implementation

• Lead and/or support (dependent on the project structure and strategy in question) continuous improvement efforts to implement best in class cybersecurity protections and solutions.

• Create resources to support direction and stance in key risk areas such as reference architectures and roadmaps, always working toward the next right step and path forward

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of subject matter experts

• With limited time and resources, manage and appropriately prioritize multiple concurrent projects

• Drive alignment to strategic goals using a risk-based approach

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) In Information Security, Risk / IT Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, related field, or commensurate experience

Experience / Background

Minimum 15 years

• IT career experience in a similar or closely related field
• Established director-level experience in building a high performing function and leading a team
• Strong analytical skills, business intelligence, effective communication, interpersonal skills, organizational intelligence, relationship management, the ability to make meaningful decisions based on sound judgement
• Ability to partner with and determine leaders and technologists across the company to determine go-forward strategyThe ability to work effectively with a variety of roles from Executive Management to Analysts
• Strong understanding of risk management programs and their interactions with internal and external stakeholders

The base pay for this position is $171,300.00 – $342,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.