Director, OT​/Manufacturing Cybersecurity Officer

BD is hiring an OT Cybersecurity Officer to protect the cybersecurity and operational resilience of its global manufacturing and distribution technology environments. This onsite role in Franklin Lakes, NJ combines executive visibility into material OT cyber risk with hands‑on leadership across strategy, governance, architecture, and assurance.

In this position, you will shape a sustainable, measurable global OT cybersecurity capability, bringing clarity to connected assets and exposures while supporting secure modernization across manufacturing, automation, connected systems, AI, and digital manufacturing initiatives.

Compensation: $192,000 - $307,200 USD annually.
Type: Full-time.

• Own BD’s global OT cybersecurity strategy
  , roadmap, target‑state architecture, policies, standards, risk thresholds, and governance model.
• Lead cross‑functional governance across Cybersecurity, ISC, Plant Engineering, TDS, Digital, R&D, Quality, and Regulatory to drive consistent adoption of OT cybersecurity requirements.
• Own the enterprise OT cyber risk and vulnerability management framework
  , including prioritization, remediation governance, exceptions, and risk acceptance.
• Translate OT cyber risk into business impact
  , operational resilience, patient and product supply considerations, manufacturing impact, and executive‑level decisions.
• Own OT cybersecurity architecture and control requirements for manufacturing environments, including segmentation
  , secure remote access
  , identity and privileged access
  , monitoring
  , vulnerability management
  , hardening, and recovery.
• Establish cybersecurity requirements for authoritative OT data covering assets, software, network, vulnerabilities, dependencies
  , and criticality
  .
• Drive measurable visibility into connected assets, exposures, blind spots, risk priorities, and remediation progress.
• Provide security leadership for modernization and automation, including connected manufacturing, AI, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Support internal audit, regulatory assessments, customer requirements, cybersecurity assurance, and site‑level adoption of OT security requirements.
• Mature OT cybersecurity from individual projects into a sustainable, measurable global capability across asset visibility, segmentation, vulnerability management, monitoring, secure access, incident response, and cyber recovery.
• Use metrics, threat intelligence, incidents, exercises, and risk data to continuously improve the program and enable secure innovation.
• Build and lead a high‑performing, globally distributed OT cybersecurity organization, including clear objectives, accountability, succession plans, and career pathways.
• Develop and manage the OT cybersecurity investment portfolio, operating budget, and risk‑based business cases.
• Prioritize resources toward areas with the greatest operational and cybersecurity risk while fostering partnership, ownership, continuous improvement, inclusion, and safety.

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline (required).
• Advanced degree such as an MBA, MS, or equivalent (preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive experience across cybersecurity, OT/ICS security, technology, engineering, or manufacturing.
• Significant experience securing industrial, manufacturing, IC S, or OT environments in a complex global organization.
• Strong experience in cybersecurity risk management
  , architecture, vulnerability management, security operations, incident response, and resilience.
• Experience partnering with manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, and business leadership.
• Demonstrated people leadership
  , talent development, and executive communication experience.
• Strong understanding of ICS, SCADA
  ,…