CRA Program Lead: Cyber Resilience & Compliance

Marel; Boxmeer; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The JBT Marel CRA Program Manager leads the enterprise program to achieve and sustain compliance with the EU Cyber Resilience Act for all Marel products with digital components. Reporting to the Director of Innovation Excellence, this role shapes the roadmap, governance and milestones across divisions.

The position requires strong program leadership, cross-functional collaboration and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical processes and deliverables.

Qualifications

• Strong program leadership across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to drive enterprise change and process adoption.
• Solid understanding of product development, governance and lifecycle.
• Ability to translate regulatory cybersecurity requirements into practical deliverables.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Structured, pragmatic, execution-focused with risk judgment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise CRA readiness roadmap across all in-scope products and divisions.
• Establish program governance, milestones, reporting cadence and escalation routes.
• Embed secure-by-design principles and lifecycle requirements into innovation and development processes.
• Coordinate product cybersecurity risk assessments and remediation planning.
• Track readiness status and report to senior leadership to support resourcing decisions.
• Maintain audit-ready evidence and elevate material risks affecting compliance.

Skills

Program leadership

Change management

Product development

Regulatory cybersecurity

Stakeholder management

Risk escalation and decision making

Education

University degree in engineering, cybersecurity or related field

Job description

The JBT Marel CRA Program Manager leads the enterprise program to achieve and sustain compliance with the EU Cyber Resilience Act for all Marel products with digital components. Reporting to the Director of Innovation Excellence, this role shapes the roadmap, governance and milestones across divisions.

The position requires strong program leadership, cross-functional collaboration and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical processes and deliverables.