Senior Manager, A&D Cybersecurity Strategy & Deal Security

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay

Floating holidays

Parental Leave

Bereavement Leave

401(k) plan

Pension plan

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Manager, A&D Security Strategy, Deal Security, and Operations within Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security to lead cybersecurity portfolio execution for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. You will translate deal priorities and cybersecurity risk into structured plans, drive playbooks, and coordinate cross-functional teams.

You will collaborate with security, legal, privacy, finance, and business technology leaders to ensure timely, compliant, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information risk management, technology operations, program management, M&A transaction support, integration/separation, or related disciplines.
• Experience coordinating complex programs or portfolios involving multiple workstreams, stakeholders, vendors, dependencies, timelines, risks, and executive reporting needs.
• Demonstrated ability to translate cybersecurity, technology, and business requirements into actionable operating plans, status reporting, governance routines, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity risk management, security controls, vulnerability management, identity and access, endpoint security, cloud and infrastructure considerations, incident response, third-party risk, and data protection concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage a comprehensive portfolio of A&D cybersecurity initiatives across pre-close and post-close phases, including timelines, risks, dependencies, workstream status, resource utilization, and portfolio-level reporting.
• Support resource planning, onboarding, project assignment, contractor coordination, and operating rhythms needed to scale the A&D cybersecurity capability across a growing pipeline of active and future transactions.
• Advance deal security initiatives, including service offering awareness, community of practice engagement, deal team education, intake support, and consistent cybersecurity participation across transaction types.
• Maintain executive-level reporting on portfolio performance, risk posture, issue trends, decision needs, and progress against integration and divestiture milestones, with refinements to support diverse deal types.
• Serve as a delivery lead or deputy DRI for selected ISRM post-close integration and divestiture workstreams, helping coordinate plans, owners, dependencies, status, risks, and escalation paths.
• Establish and improve A&D security administrative processes, playbooks, templates, workflows, RACI models, handoff criteria, portfolio routines, and Definition of Done expectations.

Skills

Cybersecurity risk management

Program management

Executive reporting

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security/CS/Engineering/IS/Business

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Manager, A&D Security Strategy, Deal Security, and Operations within Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security to lead cybersecurity portfolio execution for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. You will translate deal priorities and cybersecurity risk into structured plans, drive playbooks, and coordinate cross-functional teams.

You will collaborate with security, legal, privacy, finance, and business technology leaders to ensure timely, compliant, and