Director Cyber Defense

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Job Overview

The Director, Cyber Defense is a senior cybersecurity leadership role responsible for protecting DePuy Synthes’ digital environment, products, and operations from cyber threats. This leader will own the global incident response program and threat management strategy, ensuring rapid detection, containment, and remediation of security incidents. The role plays a critical part in safeguarding patient trust, business continuity, and regulatory compliance while shaping a resilient and forward‑looking security posture across the organization, and reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the global incident response, digital forensics, defense engineering, and cyber threat intelligence capabilities, with accountability for preparedness, detection, containment, response, recovery, and continuous improvement.
• Build and mature an automation- and AI-first global Security Operations Center operating model that integrates an MSSP, retained services, and an internal team spanning eDiscovery, investigations, threat intelligence, incident response, and defense engineering.
• Direct complex cybersecurity incident investigations, ensuring rapid containment, preservation of forensic evidence, rigorous root-cause analysis, coordinated remediation, and timely executive and post-incident reporting.
• Develop, automate, test, and continuously improve incident response playbooks, escalation paths, communications protocols, and crisis management procedures to enable consistent, timely, and coordinated action during cyber events.
• Partner with IT, Legal, Privacy, Quality, and Business leaders to manage cyber incidents and regulatory or compliance obligations.
• Oversee threat intelligence capabilities that identify and assess emerging threats and vulnerabilities relevant to the Med Tech environment, translate intelligence into prioritized defensive actions, and deliver concise executive briefings on business implications and recommended responses.
• Lead tabletop exercises, simulations, and readiness assessments across technology and business functions; translate lessons learned into prioritized remediation plans that measurably improve response maturity.
• Establish and maintain an executive-ready metrics framework - including mean time to acknowledge (MTTA), respond (MTTR), and contain (MTTC) - to demonstrate operational effectiveness, expose performance gaps, enforce accountability, and drive measurable improvements in cyber resilience.
• Provide executive-level reporting and actionable recommendations on cyber risk, incident trends, defensive readiness, investment priorities, and remediation progress to support timely, risk-informed decisions.
• Enhance relationship with the business by promoting awareness, insights and opportunities to improve the company’s risk position
• Lead proactive research to identify relevant threats, develop…