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A Day in the Life

The Cyber Security Manager is responsible for leading cybersecurity risk management and execution for assigned business units, platforms, or regions. This role acts as a bridge between cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders, ensuring risks are identified, communicated, prioritized, and mitigated in alignment with enterprise security frameworks and business objectives. The role combines strong cybersecurity domain expertise with people leadership, operational excellence, and executive-level communication.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Cybersecurity Risk & Governance

• Act as a cybersecurity subject matter expert (SME) for assigned business units, platforms, or regions, aligning security controls with business strategy.

• Identify, assess, prioritize, and manage information security risks in accordance with enterprise policies, standards, and frameworks.

• Ensure timely remediation of identified risks; track issues, exceptions, and treatment plans through established governance processes.

• Continuously monitor the external threat landscape and emerging cyber risks; proactively adapt security strategies to evolving threats.

• Inform business leaders of cybersecurity implications of strategic and operational decisions using data-driven analysis and expert judgment.

Business Partnership & Advisory

• Build trusted relationships with senior business, IT, and functional leaders.

• Translate complex cybersecurity and risk concepts into clear, business-oriented language that enables informed decision-making.

• Challenge assumptions constructively and provide alternative risk-based perspectives to influence outcomes.

• Drive risk ownership and accountability within business and IT teams.

• Educate stakeholders to improve cybersecurity awareness, culture, and shared responsibility.

Leadership & Team Management

• Provide people leadership for Cyber Security team members, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Coach and mentor team members; support skill development, performance management, and succession planning.

• Lead by influence across cross-functional and global teams in a matrixed, follow-the-sun operating model.

• Serve as backup to peer leaders within the cybersecurity function as needed.

Metrics, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Define and track key risk indicators (KRIs), security performance metrics, and remediation progress.

• Prepare and present concise, data-driven security insights to leadership and governance forums.

• Drive continuous improvement in cybersecurity processes, tooling, and engagement models.

• Support cybersecurity strategy development and execution in partnership with enterprise security leadership.

Vendor & External Collaboration (as applicable)

• Collaborate with internal teams and external security partners/service providers to execute security controls and remediation plans.

• Support audits, assessments, and third-party risk activities.

• Contribute to improving supplier security posture and compliance where applicable.

Required Knowledge and Expertise:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 18+ years of total IT experience, with significant exposure to: Cybersecurity risk management Information security governance and controls IT or digital platforms supporting enterprise-scale environments

• Strong understanding of how business initiatives create value and introduce risk.

• Proven ability to analyze security risk in the context of real business problems.

• Demonstrated experience engaging with senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes.

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience working in global, matrixed organizations across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas.

• Prior people management experience in cybersecurity or adjacent IT domains.

• Familiarity with regulated environments (e.g., healthcare, MedTech, finance).

• Strong vendor engagement and third-party risk management exposure.

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or equivalent (preferred, not mandatory).

• Strong business acumen with a global mindset.

• Confident, self-driven leader with high ethical standards.

• Ability to influence without authority using data and credibility.

• Analytical, structured thinker with a bias for action.

• Collaborative, inclusive leadership style with a focus on trust and transparency.

 

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

 

 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

 

 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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