Director of Cybersecurity

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists

The Opportunity

The Cybersecurity Director serves as the divisional cybersecurity leader, responsible for implementing enterprise security strategies, managing cyber risk, and ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and quality requirements. This role partners with Corporate Information Security, IT, Quality, Compliance, and business leadership to strengthen the division's security posture and support risk-informed business decisions.

The Director leads the execution of key security programs, including governance, risk management, security architecture, vulnerability management, incident response, compliance, security awareness, and resilience initiatives. The role also provides strategic guidance, drives continuous improvement, and ensures alignment with Abbott's cybersecurity objectives and risk framework.

This position requires strong business leadership, deep cybersecurity expertise, and experience operating in complex, regulated global environments.

What You'll Work On

• Serve as the senior information security leader for the division, aligning divisional security priorities with Abbott's enterprise cybersecurity strategy, policies, and risk management framework.
• Accountable for cybersecurity strategy, governance, and risk oversight across enterprise, manufacturing, and product domains, driving the adoption of security controls and resilient practices that protect business operations, products, and information assets.
• Partner with Corporate Information Security, Quality, Compliance, and business leaders to ensure ongoing adherence to regulatory, contractual, and corporate security requirements, including ISO 27001 certification and surveillance activities.
• Lead the divisional Information Security Management System (ISMS), ensuring effective implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of security controls, processes, and governance practices.
• Drive adoption and execution of enterprise security programs across the division, including vulnerability management, incident response, identity and access management, security awareness, data protection, and third-party risk management.
• Provide divisional oversight of security risk assessments, control evaluations, remediation programs, and risk treatment activities, ensuring risks are appropriately identified, communicated, and managed.
• Partner with business, technology, and operational leaders to integrate security requirements into business initiatives, digital transformation efforts, and technology deployments.
• Establish and maintain divisional security governance forums, metrics, and reporting capabilities to provide leadership visibility into security posture, compliance status, emerging risks, and remediation progress.
• Lead a team of security professionals responsible for implementing and supporting security services, controls, and operational risk management activities within the division.
• Coordinate divisional participation in enterprise security awareness, training, testing, and compliance programs while addressing business-specific security requirements.
• Act as the primary security advisor to divisional leadership, providing guidance on risk decisions, emerging threats, regulatory changes, and business impacts.
• Oversee divisional preparedness for cybersecurity incidents, ensuring response plans, recovery capabilities, crisis management procedures, and business continuity activities align with enterprise standards.
• Partner with corporate incident response, threat intelligence, and security operations teams during significant security events, ensuring timely business engagement, communications, and remediation activities.

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