The Director plays a critical role in enabling Product and Service Owners, business-facing leaders, governance forums, and ultimately the CISO by ensuring cybersecurity investments are planned, funded, governed, optimized, and communicated with rigor and clarity. The role operates in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where priorities evolve frequently due to the nature of cybersecurity (threat landscape, incidents, regulatory requirements, and business needs). Success requires agility, strong executive presence, and the ability to balance long-term strategic planning with near-term responsiveness while maintaining financial discipline and transparency.

The preference for this position is for the candidate to be in New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Beerse and be in the office three days a week. However, Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company. 

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Beerse, Belgium - Requisition Number: R-062475

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1) OCISO LT Leadership, Strategy Enablement & Enterprise Partnership

• Provide executive-level decision support to ISRM Leadership Team and governance forums, framing options, trade-offs, and implications in business-relevant terms.

• Serve as an active OCISO LT member, shaping cybersecurity strategy and enterprise decisions while collaborating to optimize the business of cybersecurity through clearer investments, stronger operational discipline, and effective value communication.

• Partner across OCISO capabilities (Awareness, Metrics & Reporting, Security Strategy, Portfolio Delivery) to ensure alignment between strategy, execution, and investment.

• Partner with managed service providers, vendor partners, Procurement, and internal stakeholders to strengthen vendor governance, ensure clear portfolio and financial expectations, and improve service performance visibility and value realization.

2) Cybersecurity PMO Leadership (Operational Excellence)

• Lead and operate the cybersecurity PMO and financial management capability, providing end‑to‑end visibility across initiatives, products, services, funding, and outcomes.

• Lead an experienced team of PMO professionals; set clear standards, governance, operating rhythms, and portfolio lifecycle management aligned to enterprise PMO and planning frameworks.

• Drive portfolio optimization and performance transparency, enabling continuous reprioritization and capacity planning while delivering accurate, timely reporting on risks, dependencies, and outcomes.

• Enable continuous reprioritization and capacity planning to ensure resources and funding are aligned to the highest-value initiatives and evolving risk priorities.

• Capability to coach teams on AI-enabled ways of working and data literacy.

3) Financial Strategy, Zero-Based Budgeting & Stewardship

• Own cybersecurity financial strategy and governance, including budgeting, forecasting, and zero‑based budgeting practices, with clear accountability for investment decisions and trade‑offs.

• Partner closely with Finance, Procurement, and ISRM Product and Service Owners to align financial planning cycles, sourcing strategies, cost drivers, and long‑range planning while strengthening financial ownership and maturity.

• Drive financial transparency and optimization, overseeing forecast‑to‑actuals across all cost categories, identifying risks and variances, and leading cost optimization and TCO analysis to improve efficiency without compromising security outcomes.

4) Data, Analytics & Executive Storytelling

• Curate and integrate portfolio, financial, and performance data to deliver trusted executive dashboards and insights.

• Ability to leverage AI-driven analytics for portfolio, financial, and performance insights

• Translate complex cybersecurity and financial information into clear, compelling narratives that communicate progress, value, risk reduction, and investment rationale.

• Tell the story of the cybersecurity journey over time—linking investments to outcomes and enabling leadership to communicate consistently with business stakeholders and governance bodies.

5) Digital, AI, Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement through digital, AI, and automation, leveraging EPMO tools (e.g., Nexus), AI‑enabled analytics, and automation to enhance insight quality and reduce manual effort across PMO and financial management processes.

• Establish disciplined, enterprise‑aligned approaches to tools and reporting enhancements, including intake, prioritization, design, delivery, and adoption.

• Strengthen data quality, literacy, and modern ways of working, ensuring effective governance, standardization, and sustained adoption of enterprise financial and performance tracking tools.  Ability to evaluate and integrate AI solutions within portfolio and financial governance processes.

KEY PARTNERSHIPS:

• OCISO LT peers and OCISO capabilities (Awareness, Metrics & Reporting, Security Strategy, Portfolio Delivery)

• ISRM Capability leads, Product and Service Owners

• Finance and Procurement

• Enterprise PMO partners

• External managed service providers and strategic vendors

LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES (DIRECTOR-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS):

• Enterprise Leadership & Organizational Awareness: Operates effectively in a complex, matrixed environment, understanding enterprise priorities and how cybersecurity investments drive business outcomes.

• Executive Presence & Influence: Serves as a trusted, credible communicator who effectively engages and influences ISRM LT, OCISO LT peers, and senior stakeholders.

• Data Acumen & Executive Storytelling: Demonstrates strong data literacy and storytelling skills, translating complex analytics into clear, executive‑ready insights and decisions.

• Financial Foresight & Stewardship: Brings deep strength in budgeting (including zero‑based budgeting), forecasting, TCO, investment governance, and long‑range financial planning.

• Decision Enablement Under Ambiguity: Exercises sound judgment and agility in dynamic environments, clearly framing options, trade‑offs, and recommendations.

• Digital, AI & Automation Fluency: Applies technology curiosity and practical use of AI, automation, and modern portfolio tools to improve effectiveness and outcomes.

• Operational Excellence, Team Leadership & Capability Building: leads high‑performing teams, coaching PMO talent and Product and Service Owners to strengthen financial maturity, strategic thinking, accountability, and disciplined execution.

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QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 10+ years of experience in portfolio management, PMO leadership, financial management, or technology operations with progressive leadership responsibility.

• Demonstrated experience guiding organizations through zero-based budgeting (or comparable budgeting transformation) and operating within enterprise planning cycles.

• Experience with cost optimization, TCO modeling, and spend governance practices (including cloud/SaaS spend governance and vendor financial management).

  Proven ability to lead experienced teams and deliver high-quality insights and outcomes in a matrixed environment.

• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, business-focused recommendations.

• Proficiency shaping AI-enhanced dashboards and executive storytelling outputs

Preferred

• Experience in or strong exposure to cybersecurity, risk management, or technology organizations; strong interest and enthusiasm for the cybersecurity domain.

• Experience leveraging EPMO tooling (e.g., Nexus), AI-enabled analytics, automation, and modern reporting approaches.

• Experience partnering with external managed service providers and strategic vendors.

• Skill using AI-powered automation to streamline PMO workflows and reporting cycles.
   

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.  
 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.