Director, OT / Manufacturing Cybersecurity Officer
BD
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Job summary
BD is seeking an Associate Director/Director, OT Cybersecurity Officer to lead global OT cybersecurity strategy and governance across manufacturing, engineering, and digital ecosystems. You will own risk management, architecture, and remediation programs while enabling secure operations and manufacturing uptime.
This role requires a deep understanding of OT/ICS security, strong leadership, and the ability to translate technical risk into business decisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, OT/ICS security, or manufacturing.
- Experience securing industrial OT/ICS environments in a global organization.
- Knowledge of risk management, architecture, vulnerability management, and incident response.
Responsibilities
- Own global OT cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, and governance.
- Lead cross-functional governance across Cybersecurity, ISC, Plant Engineering, and R&D.
- Manage OT cyber risk, vulnerability remediation, and risk acceptance processes.
- Define architecture, segmentation, and secure access for manufacturing OT environments.
- Provide leadership for modernization and secure digital manufacturing initiatives.
- Partner with site leadership to enable safe, reliable manufacturing operations.
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Job description
We are the people who give possibilities purpose
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
BD is a leading global medical technology company advancing the world of health through medical discovery, diagnostics, and care delivery. Our global manufacturing and distribution network depends on secure, resilient operational technology to deliver products safely, reliably, and at scale. This role is critical to protecting BD’s manufacturing operations while enabling innovation, digital transformation, and operational excellence.
The OT Cybersecurity Officer protects the cybersecurity and operational resilience of BD’s global manufacturing and distribution technology environments. This leader owns OT cybersecurity strategy, risk management, architecture, standards, assurance, and executive visibility into material OT cyber risk.
Working across Manufacturing, Plant Engineering, ISC, TDS, Digital, R&D, Quality, and Regulatory, the role sets OT security requirements, prioritizes risk reduction, and enables secure operations while balancing cybersecurity, safety, quality, product supply, and manufacturing uptime.
- 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, operational resilience, patient/product supply, 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 asset, software, network, vulnerability, dependency, and criticality data.
- Drive measurable visibility into connected assets, exposures, blind spots, risk priorities, and remediation progress.
- Provide security leadership for modernization, automation, 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 to 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 with 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 of 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 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, 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 IC, SCADA, industrial networks, automation, and manufacturing technology.
- Deep knowledge of OT cybersecurity architecture, segmentation, asset visibility, secure access, monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and resilience.
- Working knowledge of recognized cybersecurity and industrial security frameworks, including NIST CSF and IEC 62443.
- Ability to translate technical OT risk into business impact, priorities, and action.
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent cybersecurity leadership certification.
- GICSP, GRID, or comparable IC/OT cybersecurity certification.
- IEC 62443 certification or demonstrated equivalent experience.
- Strategic cybersecurity leader who can operate at executive and technical levels.
- Business-minded risk leader focused on safety, quality, supply continuity, operational resilience, and measurable cyber risk reduction.
- Influential partner able to drive alignment and accountability across a highly matrixed global organization.
- Strong communicator who converts complex OT cybersecurity issues into clear decisions, priorities, and outcomes.
- Execution-oriented leader who can move from strategy and architecture to sustained operational adoption.
At BD, we are committed to supporting our associates’ well-being, development, and success through a performance-based culture. For this position, BD offers a competitive compensation package along with the following benefits specific to this role:
- Annual Bonus
- Potential Discretionary LTI Bonus
- Potential reimbursement of vehicle use/mileage
- Potential reimbursement of phone use
- Medical coverage
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Hospital Care Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accidental Injury Insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability insurance
- Long-term care with life insurance
- Anxiety management program
- Wellness incentives
- Sleep improvement program
- Diabetes management program
- Virtual physical therapy
- Emotional/mental health support programs
- Weight management programs
- Gastrointestinal health program
- Substance use management program
- Musculoskeletal surgery, cancer treatment, and bariatric surgery benefit
- BD 401(k) Plan
- BD Deferred Compensation and Restoration Plan
- 529 College Savings Plan
- Financial counseling
- Baxter Credit Union (BCU)
- Daily Pay
- College financial aid and application guidance
- Paid time off (PTO), including all required State leaves
- Educational assistance/tuition reimbursement
- MetLife Legal Plan
- Group auto and home insurance
- Pet insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Discounts on products and services
- Academic Achievement Scholarship
- Service Recognition Awards
- Employer matching donation
- Workplace accommodations
- Adoption assistance
- Backup day care and eldercare
- Support for neurodivergent adults, children, and caregivers
- Caregiving assistance for elderly and special needs individuals
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Support for fertility, birthing, postpartum, and age-related hormonal changes
- Bereavement leaves
- Military leave
- Personal leave
- Family and Medical Leave (FML)
- Jury and Witness Duty Leave
To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.
We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.
To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers(opens in new window).
Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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