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A Day in the Life

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cybersecurity-Principal to lead and drive special projects and programmatic initiatives aimed at enhancing the organization’s cybersecurity posture. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external stakeholders to deliver strategic solutions, optimize processes, and ensure robust security measures are in place to protect the organization’s digital assets.

As a Cybersecurity-Principal, you will play a key role in bridging the gap between technical and business requirements, helping to define and implement initiatives that align with both business objectives and cybersecurity best practices. You will be responsible for assessing the current security landscape, identifying areas for improvement, and managing the delivery of high-impact cybersecurity projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Compliance Management: Lead and manage cybersecurity compliance efforts, ensuring adherence to relevant global standards, including ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, SOC 2, PCI DSS, Etc.

• Compliance Analysis: Work closely with stakeholders across IT, cybersecurity, and business units to ensure compliance against security controls and policy and standards defined as a part of the governance documentation. Provide guidance/recommendations to stakeholders on how to correct non-compliance issues.

• Policy Development & Enforcement: Enforce, implement, and enforce cybersecurity policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance, industry best practices, and organizational security requirements.

• Risk Management: Conduct compliance assessments and/or valuation audits to identify compliance gaps, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to remediate identified issues and mitigate potential risks. Work cross-functionally with IT, legal, risk management, and business teams to ensure compliance initiatives are embedded within all key business processes and technology implementations.

• Audit & Reporting: Oversee and manage internal and external cybersecurity compliance. Provide regular compliance reports to senior leadership, outlining the organization's compliance status, risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Metrics & Reporting: Define and track key compliance performance indicators (KPIs) for program success. Provide regular updates and reports on cybersecurity project performance, outcomes, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in GRC frameworks and processes, including system selection, system administration, and supporting core GRC functions. Act as technical system administrator for GRC specific technology.

• Collaboration & Cross-Functional Coordination: Work in tandem with IT, security operations, compliance, legal, and other GCISO and Medtronic departments to ensure seamless compliant execution of projects, adherence to industry standards, and alignment with organizational priorities.

• Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of emerging cybersecurity threats, regulatory changes, trends, and technologies to proactively incorporate new best practices and solutions into the organization’s cybersecurity strategy. Provide guidance on how new regulations or industry standards impact the organization's compliance posture.

• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives for compliance processes, leveraging automation and best practices to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve security posture.

Minimum Qualifications)

PRINCIPAL LEVEL:

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, or a related field. (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and

• Minimum of 14 years of overall experience.

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

• Education: Advanced degree or certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, PMP, ISO27001 Auditor) preferred.

Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity compliance (Governance, Risk & Compliance)

• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex cybersecurity initiatives and special projects.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, risk management, and industry best practices (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.).

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess business needs and translate them into actionable cybersecurity solutions.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to manage multiple projects or program initiatives concurrently while maintaining high standards of quality and attention to detail.

Technical Knowledge:

• Familiarity with security technologies, incident management systems, and tools.

• Understanding of IT infrastructure, networks, cloud environments, and cybersecurity protocols.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com)

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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