IT Manager - Cyber Defense Job in Minneapolis, MN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Mar 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The person in this role may work remotely within the US or onsite at a US-based Medtronic facility.

As the Cyber Defense Manager, you will serve as a key member of the Global Cyber Information Security strategic leadership team and will act as a consensus builder, problem solver, and team leader for the overall security organization. You'll play a critical role that requires an individual with a strong technical background as well as innate understanding of balancing security requirements with business objectives. You will act as an empowered team member with the CISO during planning and design initiatives to ensure security measures are incorporated into the global strategy and priorities are clearly understood/defined. This individual will lead a global team responsible for continuously monitoring Element's network and responding to cyber security threats, anomalies, and attacks in partnership with our 24x7 managed SOC. Key activities include:

• Provide thought leadership to a global team of analyst, engineers, threat hunters and incident responders.

• Develop strategic roadmaps to support detection, defense, and resiliency processes.

• Ensure timely response and proper acumen to any cyber event.

• Effectively work with and influence a global team from both technology and the business as a key leader of the Global Cyber Information Security Office

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result -and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions - we're a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. Check out the accomplishments of our Women in IT group!

CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES

You will lead the design of systems and processes for a global cybersecurity operation to have full visibility across the globe on cyber threats and alerting. Building a global team is critical for 24x7 visibility.
Drive the incident response plan for the organization enrolling leadership to follow a well-rehearsed plan when a cyber event occurs.
Manage detection and response capabilities including software, third party security operations center, and threat hunting. Lead the team responsible for security investigations.
Develop and enhance an information security and cyber defense management framework.
Identify and prepare response strategy for emerging technology such as deep fakes, and AI.
Coordinate and manage external relationships as it relates to security assessment services as well as incident response requirements.
Create a roadmap for cyber security operations an identify business threats within the current business environment and on key business decisions including mergers and acquisitions.
Will need to interact with a wide group of disciplines across the company such as risk and compliance team, corporate communications, legal, government affairs, etc.
Build an ongoing enhancement roadmap and future direction of team and technology closely mapped to Medtronic's strategy and overall technology initiatives and roadmaps.
Experience as Cybersecurity manager, leading a SOC team while liaising with technology, legal, and business teams through security incidents.
Create and communicate regular threat briefings, intelligence communications for all areas of the Enterprise.
Experience on leveraging standards like MITRE and NIST frameworks in the develop and implementation of prevention, detection and incident response processes, standards and policies, to include the measurement of their effectiveness.
Capable of developing long-term cybersecurity operations strategies aligned with business objectives and industry trends. This includes anticipating future threats and proactively implementing measures to address them.
Recruit, train, motivate, mentor, lead, and retain quality security team members to ensure proper progression and skillset coverage is in place as the information security program grows and matures.
Keep up to date with the latest security and technology developments.
Research/evaluate emerging security threats and ways to manage them.
Ensure monitoring for attacks, intrusions and unusual, unauthorized or illegal activity.
Engage in 'ethical hacking', for example, simulating security breaches.
Identify potential weaknesses and implement measures, such as firewalls and encryption.
Monitor and respond to 'phishing' emails and 'pharming' activity.
Managing and leading a team of security professionals that support the business portfolios, providing coaching, feedback and driving accountability.
Partner with key leadership, process, and project team members to define security capability needs, assessment (maturity and value) and roadmap capability needs to enable business strategies.
Maintain strong vendor relationships that support business and security objectives.
Accountable for maintaining responsible budgetary in area of responsibility.
Evaluate team performance and manage equitable promotional opportunities for cloud security team.
Contribute to and cultivate a culture which promotes the development of business capabilities, process excellence, and shared best practice execution.
Gather, review, assess and partner to drive new ideas, initiatives and projects through innovation, demand and global portfolio processes.
Foster a positive, engaging and challenging team-focused 'global' work environment to ensure high productivity, employee engagement, and optimal performance.
Proactively engage with Medtronic business and Global IT partners to identify and define opportunities where the application of information technology can advance the strategic goals and objectives of Medtronic.
Act as role model by "living" and demonstrating the Medtronic

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)

Bachelor's degree
5+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 3+ years of experience with an advanced degree

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

Strongly Preferred:
5+ Security incident response management experience
Proven speedy decision-making skills
Strong communication skills, including with employees, clients, senior management and vendors.
Strong results orientation (driving to deadlines, financial targets, project goals, etc.)
Expert understanding of NIST CSF and response procedures in a global organization
8+ years of information security assessment, architecture, engineering, and operations
5+ years of experience aligned to a relevant architecture discipline (integrations, data, services, applications, infrastructure)
7+ years of experience and strong knowledge of Enterprise-class architecture concepts, definition, and creation
Specialized training on managing and communicating top secret/confidential information Certifications in information security, OSCP, CISSP, Ethical Hacking
Advanced knowledge and training on the dark/black web activity
High degree of 'learning agility' with the ability to readily consume and apply new information and concepts with developed analytical problem-solving skills.
Strong business acumen, decision making, and influence skills across all levels of an organization.
Experience in business capability and process modeling.
Excellent leadership and teamwork skills
Ability to work collaboratively and partner with employees, leaders, clients, and vendors.
Demonstrated ability to work in a global, virtual organization.
Excellent presentation skills, including the ability to translate technical information into business terms (e.g., ability to explain complex technical solutions and architecture strategies to non-technical resources)
Knowledge in user experience modeling, information design, and concept generation.