Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering – Factory & Product Assurance

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Senior Manager Cybersecurity Engineering Factory & Product Assurance

Role Summary:

The Senior Manager Cybersecurity Engineering Factory & Product Assurance is a senior leadership role responsible for defining building and scaling cybersecurity engineering and assurance programs across industrial manufacturing environments operational technology (OT) and embedded product ecosystems.

This leader drives the integration of cybersecurity into factory operations and connected products by establishing vision strategy and execution models that enable risk based data driven decisions accelerate time to market and strengthen trust in digital and physical manufacturing systems.

The role requires a transformative no-nonsense leader who can guide highly skilled technical teams through change partner deeply with business and engineering organizations and function as a visible evangelist for secure by design manufacturing and product development.

What You Will Do:

Leadership & Strategy

• Establish and communicate a clear vision mission and multiyear roadmap for OT and embedded systems cybersecurity engineering and assurance programs.

• Lead and inspire teams of industry professionals fostering a culture that is energetic collaborative resilient and outcome driven.

• Serve as a change leader guiding teams and stakeholders through evolving security regulatory and business landscapes.

• Break large complex initiatives into consumable high impact execution plans that deliver measurable results.

Cybersecurity Engineering & Assurance

• Build deploy and continuously improve enterprise scale OT security controls and assurance programs across industrial manufacturing facilities.

• Lead cybersecurity engineering for modern manufacturing systems aligned to the Purdue Model and contemporary converged IT/OT architectures.

• Oversee security risk assessments architecture design reviews control testing and assurance activities for factories and connected products.

• Enable secure by design practices across factory automation systems industrial networks and embedded platforms.

AI Automation & Acceleration

• Leverage AI driven and automated capabilities to perform security control assessments enhance visibility and significantly accelerate assurance activities.

• Drive efficiency scalability and consistency through tooling analytics and integration with engineering and operational workflows.

• Enable teams to make data driven risk-based decisions at speed without compromising security outcomes.

Partnerships & Influence

• Build trusted partnerships with internal business engineering product and operations leaders.

• Influence outcomes through strong communication negotiation and cross functional leadership.

• Act as a cybersecurity ambassador translating complex technical risks into meaningful business context.

• Support accelerated product and factory deployments while ensuring measurable risk reduction.

Standards Frameworks & Regulatory Alignment

• Ensure alignment with and application of relevant industry standards and frameworks including:

• NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)

• NIST SP 800 series

• ISO/IEC 27001

• ISO/IEC 62443

• ISO/SAE 21434

• EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and evolving international regulations.

• Guide teams in applying standards pragmatically to real world manufacturing and embedded system environments.

Leadership Attributes & Behaviors
The successful candidate is:

• Transformative and decisive yet collaborative and respectful

• Passionate energetic and motivating with strong emotional intelligence.

• A clear communicator and evangelist who inspires confidence and adoption.

• Comfortable leading through ambiguity change and scale.

• Efficient agile flexible and relentlessly focused on outcomes.

• A strong technologist who picks up new technologies quickly and asks the right questions.

• Positive influence who develops people and builds sustainable teams.

What You Have:

• Proven experience leading large scale OT and embedded cybersecurity engineering programs in industrial or manufacturing environments.

• Demonstrated success building and managing high performing technical teams.

• Experience applying AI and automation to improve cybersecurity assurance assessment or engineering efficiency.

• Deep understanding of modern manufacturing architectures OT systems and embedded product security.

• Strong experience working with global standards architectures and regulatory requirements.

• Exceptional ability to influence negotiate and partner across business and technology organizations.

Additional Info:

• The primary location for this position is Irving TX Nashville TN or Peoria IL.

• THIS ROLE IS 5 DAYS ONSITE.

• SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE.

• Relocation is available to those who qualify.

What You Will Get:

• Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

• Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical dental vision RX and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Added benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays.

• All qualified individuals - Including minorities females veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

About Caterpillar -

Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment off-highway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years weve been helping customers build a better more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services backed by our global dealer network provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

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Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-related knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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