Senior IT Manager - Cybersecurity

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life In this critical role you will act as Sr. Manager, Cybersecurity leading a team of IT/Cybersecurity professionals, ensuring the highest security standards across the Enterprise. This role is responsible for assisting the CISO in the implementation of information security governance structure and strategies, priorities, and directives consistent with the vision and in alignment with the mission of the Medtronic Global Cyber & information Security Office (GCISO). This role will be accountable for helping teams achieve their goals, work strategically together, and remain as adaptable as possible in a fun, ever-changing environment. We’re always looking for ways to optimize. We look for leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. The leadership role is Hyderabad based and requires 4-5 days in a week working at office. General: • Provide recommendations to the CISO on information security standards and best practices for IT projects. • Lead, mentor, and manage the India-based cybersecurity team to ensure high performance, skill development, and efficient collaboration across time zones. • Oversee recruitment, training, and development of Global Cyber & Information Security (GCISO) team members. • Ensure effective communication and ways of working between the India GCISO team and global stakeholders. • Manage the team's workload, prioritize tasks, and ensure timely completion of deliverables. • Assist the CISO to oversee and manage the effectiveness of the cybersecurity strategy and roadmap. • Work with finance to assess road map and strategy against budget. • Assist in the development leadership & board communications on the cyber program. • Manage data analytics/dash boarding of metrics reporting.   Analyze security metrics and KPIs to assess the performance of the operations team and identify areas for improvement. • Collaborate with the global cybersecurity leadership team to align the India operations with the overall cybersecurity strategy and goals. • Provide regular reporting on security operations, incident trends, and performance metrics to senior leadership. • Contribute to the development of security policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure consistency and adherence to security standards globally. • Align and engage with stakeholders (MDT leadership, various Operating Units, ITLT, Privacy, Product Security, HR, Legal, etc.) on GCISO initiatives as required. • Manage staff to continuously improve the organization's security operations, incident management processes, and response times. • Utilize security tools and platforms (e.g., SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, threat intelligence) to enhance the effectiveness of security monitoring and analysis. • Manage staff to execute on core cyber security business functions (e.g. risk assessments, third party risk assessments, compliance assessments and testing, audit support, contract reviews, tool administration and AI enabled process facilitation and quality assurance. • Collaborate with other cybersecurity teams, such as vulnerability management and risk assessment, to drive comprehensive security measures. • Manage relationships with third-party vendors providing security tools and services. • Evaluate new security technologies and tools to enhance operational capabilities. • Collaborate with managed security service providers (MSSPs) as needed for specialized services. Leadership: • Ensure that strict standards of confidentiality and high integrity are maintained across the teams, based on the sensitivity of the work being performed.  • Manage activities of a team with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and employees.  Accomplishes results through subordinate managers, supervisors, or exempt specialist employees. Recommends organizational structures of functions and units. • Provide leadership, management, and direct reports including performance management, individual development planning, succession planning, employee communications, and positive working environment to ensure high productivity, employee engagement, and performance. • Represent the organizational unit as a prime internal and external contact on security related contracts or operations. • Work continuously to maintain a very high-level of awareness of new trends, threats, and the constantly changing cyber landscape.  Respond quickly and appropriately to these changes with modifications to strategies and approaches in order to protect the company. • Conduct briefings and technical meetings for top management and customer representatives.  Interacts with senior leadership and equivalent concerning matters of significance to Medtronic. • Be responsible for and provide direction to projects and initiatives. Provides guidance to staff to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational problems. Directly participates in establishing and administering many functional projects. Develops and administers budgets, schedules, and performance standards. • Influence the development