Director of Product Security & Strategy

Johnson Controls; Westford (MA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

Comprehensive benefits package (401K,醫

Job summary

Johnson Controls Fire Solutions is seeking a strategic and influential Director, Product Security & Security Strategy to lead the cybersecurity vision across a global portfolio of fire detection, suppression, and connected devices.

This role partners with Enterprise Security, Engineering, Product Management, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Legal, and Operations to establish scalable security processes and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, information technology, or a related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, product security, software engineering, or related leadership roles.
• 5+ years of experience leading large-scale security programs and influencing global organizations.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing product security strategies within complex technology organizations.
• Strong knowledge of product security, secure development practices, cloud security, IoT security, and vulnerability management.
• Experience working with enterprise cybersecurity teams to implement governance, standards, and risk management frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Fire Solutions Product Security Strategy aligned with business objectives, customer expectations, and enterprise cybersecurity standards.
• Partner with Enterprise Security to establish security governance, policies, standards, and risk management frameworks across the portfolio.
• Serve as the senior product security leader for Fire Solutions and provide strategic cybersecurity guidance to leadership.
• Develop multi-year security roadmaps focused on improving product security maturity and operational effectiveness.
• Establish security metrics, KPIs, and executive reporting mechanisms to measure program effectiveness and risk reduction.
• Drive a culture of security-by-design and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Lead the implementation of cybersecurity governance across the product development lifecycle.
• Operationalize cybersecurity requirements with Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Legal, and Engineering.
• Translate regulatory requirements into scalable engineering processes, controls, and evidence.
• Support audit readiness, security assessments, and regulatory reviews.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are integrated into development, release, and maintenance processes.
• Monitor industry trends to improve security capabilities.
• Lead the cybersecurity execution framework to support CRA compliance across Fire Solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Security strategy

Governance

Vulnerability management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, IT, or related

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SSDLC

Threat modeling

Vulnerability management tools

Job description

Johnson Controls Fire Solutions is seeking a strategic and influential Director, Product Security & Security Strategy to lead the cybersecurity vision across a global portfolio of fire detection, suppression, and connected devices.

This role partners with Enterprise Security, Engineering, Product Management, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Legal, and Operations to establish scalable security processes and governance.