Cybersecurity & Compliance Leader serving as a strategic partner within Pratt & Whitney Aerospace and Defense. Fostering cybersecurity strategies in business operations and compliance readiness across domains.
Responsibilities
Serve as the single, business-facing point of accountability for cyber & compliance risk posture within assigned domains.
Provide an integrated view of risks spanning IT, OT, cloud, engineering, suppliers, and regulatory environments.
Ensure risk decisions are owned, resourced, and prioritized by the business.
Embed cybersecurity considerations into business strategies, programs, and major initiatives (e.g., modernization, engineering systems, manufacturing operations).
Represent business needs to the cybersecurity, compliance, and Digital Technology organizations to ensure alignment and prioritization.
Translate enterprise cyber strategy, standards, and roadmaps into actionable, business-relevant plans.
Lead business-facing cyber and compliance governance forums, including risk reviews, program touchpoints, and compliance readiness discussions.
Ensure traceability and follow-through on mitigation actions, funding decisions, and risk acceptance.
Provide leaders with clear, concise, and actionable insights on posture, gaps, and progress.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders to maintain audit readiness across relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., CMMC, government customer requirements, RTX policies).
Identify control gaps, coordinate business remediation, and ensure evidence and documentation are complete and accurate.
Communicate cyber risks, policies, and changes in a clear, tailored, business-friendly manner.
Influence leaders and teams through relationship-building and strong cross-functional partnerships.
Drive awareness and cultural adoption of secure behaviors and compliance obligations.
Define and socialize KPIs, metrics, and indicators of cyber posture aligned with enterprise models.
Identify systemic trends and improvement opportunities; partner with technical teams to shape solutions.
Promote optimization, innovation, and CORE principles in support of operational excellence.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or a related discipline with 12+ years of prior relevant experience OR Advanced Degree in a related field and 10+ years of experience
10+ years experience in information security practices/frameworks including identifying risks, emerging cyber security threats, and risk mitigation processes
Experience across more than one cybersecurity discipline (e.g., security architecture, compliance, vulnerability management, incident response, application security)
Experience in team leadership and ability to lead through influence to drive creation and execution of operational plans and service delivery.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
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