Director, OT / Manufacturing Cybersecurity Officer





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Job Description

• Company Overview
• 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.

Associate Director/Director, OT Cybersecurity Officer

Job Description Summary

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.

Key Responsibilities

OT Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk & Governance

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.

OT Security Architecture, Visibility & Exposure Management

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.

Assurance, Transformation & Continuous Improvement

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.

People, Investment & Resource Leadership

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.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required.

Advanced degree such as an MBA, MS, or equivalent preferred.

Experience

10+ years of progressive experience across cybersecurity, OT/ICS security, technology, engineering, or manufacturing.

Significant experience securing industrial, manufacturing, ICS, 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.

Technical & Cybersecurity Expertise

Strong understanding of ICS, 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.

Preferred Certifications

CISSP, CISM, or equivalent cybersecurity leadership certification.

GICSP, GRID, or comparable ICS/OT cybersecurity certification.

IEC 62443 certification or demonstrated equivalent experience.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be:

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

Health and Well-being Benefits

• •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

Other Well-being Resources

• •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

Retirement and Financial Well-being

• •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

Life Balance Programs

• •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

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