Director, Cybersecurity Controls and Oversight

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

Abbott is a global healthcare leader dedicated to helping people live more fully at all stages of life. Our comprehensive portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the healthcare spectrum, featuring leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. With 114,000 colleagues serving people in over 160 countries, Abbott is committed to making a significant impact on global health.

This role is part of the Business Technology Services group and is based in Lake County, Illinois, Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota, or Chicago, IL. The Director, Cybersecurity Controls and Oversight is responsible for collaborating with leadership to maintain and enhance the company's approach to applying and adhering to controls and protections. This Director leads a team of subject matter experts focused on verifying and driving the effectiveness of Abbott’s cybersecurity requirements.

What You'll Work On

• GRC Transformation: Support a major Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) transformation project, advancing the compliance oversight strategy and overseeing the rollout of refreshed processes within updated tooling.
• Program Oversight & Improvement: Continuously oversee and lead operational excellence and enhancements in existing programs, including issue management, security exceptions, and tailored compliance assessments (e.g., PCI, SOx, SWIFT, ISO27001). These programs must drive timely remediation of any identified improvements through process, leadership dashboards, and other mechanisms.
• Control Oversight Design: Design and direct robust processes to incorporate additions to the second line of defense and oversight mechanisms for controls via new GRC functionality, including the implementation of:
  • Control attestations
  • Testing procedures
  • Indicators
  • Automation of controls oversight
• Audit Liaison: Serve as an audit liaison for various internal and external audit stakeholder groups, assisting teams in understanding the complex business environment.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Provide subject matter expertise and assistance to stakeholders, advising on the most effective and efficient controls application strategy.
• Communication: Effectively communicate risk-related concepts to stakeholders, with the ability to simplify complex information.
• Talent Management: Attract and retain talent, ensuring staff development in leadership, cross-functional collaboration, technical skills, and global perspective.
• Financial Management: Manage an operating budget and project spend with financial discipline.
• Resource Management: Establish and maintain a resource model that can adapt as needed to support controls testing rollouts and/or special initiatives.
• Relationship Building: Build and maintain necessary relationships for the successful execution of the cybersecurity controls, compliance, and oversight program.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can engage in meaningful work, foster your growth and learning, prioritize your well-being and that of your family, express your authentic self, and lead a fulfilling life. You will also benefit from:

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement within an international company, allowing you to pursue the career you aspire to.
• Health Coverage: Free medical coverage for employees* through the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO.
• Retirement Savings: An excellent retirement savings plan with substantial employer contributions.
• Education Benefits: Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and the FreeU education benefit, offering an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor's degree.
• Recognition: Being part of a company celebrated as a great place to work in numerous countries worldwide and recognized by Fortune as one of the most admired companies globally. Abbott is also acknowledged as one of the best large companies to work for, as well as a top workplace for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Security, Risk / IT Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.