Vice President, Information Security - Manufacturing Plant Security, Product Security & Application Security
Summary
VP of Information Security leading global strategy across manufacturing plant security (OT/ICS), product security (IoT/digital health devices), and application security (DevSecOps/CI-CD) for a decentralized organization operating in 50+ countries.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Vice President, Information Security - Manufacturing Plant Security, Product Security & Application Security based in the United States.
This executive leadership role will shape and execute a global information security strategy spanning manufacturing, connected products, and application engineering.
You will protect critical operational technology environments, IoT-enabled and digital health products, and modern software development ecosystems.
Reporting to the CISO, you will lead security strategy across a complex, decentralized global organization operating across more than 50 countries.
The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on influence, partnering with business presidents, plant leaders, product executives, and engineering leadership.
You will build and develop a global team while establishing consistent security standards, risk frameworks, metrics, and executive reporting.
Your work will directly strengthen resilience, regulatory readiness, product trust, and the security of mission-critical operations and technologies.
This is a highly visible, remote executive position requiring international travel of up to 30% and the ability to influence at the highest levels of the organization.
Accountabilities
- Define and lead the global information security strategy and execution across manufacturing plant security, product security, and application security.
- Lead OT/ICS security strategy across manufacturing environments worldwide, establishing effective protections, governance, risk management, and security standards.
- Own product security strategy for connected and IoT-enabled digital health products, including cybersecurity requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
- Oversee compliance with applicable FDA medical device cybersecurity requirements, including premarket submissions and post-market vulnerability management.
- Lead application security across engineering organizations, strengthening CI/CD pipeline security, DevSecOps practices, and modern application security governance.
- Establish appropriate security controls and governance for AI-assisted software development tools and emerging development technologies.
- Build, lead, and develop a global team of security leaders and embedded professionals across multiple operating companies and geographic regions.
- Partner with operating company presidents, plant leaders, product executives, engineering leaders, and other senior stakeholders to embed security into business operations.
- Establish and maintain a consolidated risk management framework covering manufacturing, product, and application security.
- Define meaningful security metrics, monitor risk exposure, and provide clear executive-level reporting on security posture and priorities.
- Represent the organization's information security strategy and risk posture to executive leadership, audit committees, risk committees, and other senior governance bodies.
- Drive consistency and continuous improvement across a decentralized, multi-business-unit security environment.
- Travel regularly to manufacturing, R&D, and operating company locations to assess priorities, strengthen relationships, and support global security execution.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 12+ years of information security experience, including direct ownership of manufacturing/OT security, product security, application security, or closely related functions within a global organization.
- Demonstrated leadership experience across multiple layers of management in complex, multi-site and multinational organizations.
- Significant experience with manufacturing plant security and OT/ICS environments, including application of frameworks such as IEC 62443 or NIST 800-82.
- Strong knowledge of medical device cybersecurity, including FDA premarket requirements under Section 524B of the FD&C Act and post-market vulnerability management.
- Proven experience with modern application security practices and tooling, including CI/CD security, DevSecOps, SAST, DAST, SCA, and cloud-native application security.
- Experience operating effectively within organizations spanning 50 or more countries and multiple business units.
- Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate complex security risks and strategies to business and technology leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and integrate security requirements into operational and commercial priorities.
- Exceptional strategic thinking, organizational leadership, risk management, and decision-making skills.
- Strong ability to develop talent, establish high-performing teams, and lead through organizational complexity and change.
- Professional certification such as CISSP, CISM, or GICSP is preferred.
- Experience working in a diversified, decentralized, multi-business-unit organization is a plus.
- Experience presenting to boards, audit committees, or executive risk committees is preferred.
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
- Annual salary range of $250,000–$350,000, depending on applicable factors and role considerations.
- Eligibility for bonus and incentive compensation.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement benefits.
- Paid time off.
- Broad employee benefits designed to support health, financial well-being, and life beyond work.
- Remote work arrangement within the United States.
- Opportunity to lead global security initiatives across manufacturing, digital health, connected products, and software engineering.
- High-visibility executive role with direct exposure to senior leadership and enterprise-level strategic decisions.
- International collaboration and travel across global operating, manufacturing, and R&D environments.
- Significant opportunity to shape security strategy, build global teams, and drive measurable organizational impact.
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