Sr. Director, GRC, IT Controls & Cyber Culture, Orthopedics
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Job Function
Technology Enterprise Strategy & Security
Job Sub Function
Security & Controls
Job Category
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Job Description
DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a(n) Sr. Director, GRC, IT Controls and Cyber Culture.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
Job Overview
This role serves as a senior cybersecurity leader reporting to the CISO, with enterprise accountability for building, maturing, and operationalizing the Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) function across DePuy Synthes. The Sr. Director will oversee the BISO manager organization, establish scalable risk governance practices, strengthen security awareness and behavior based culture programs, and drive implementation of IT controls and an enterprise assurance framework. The role will also oversee external cybersecurity assessments and disclosures, including cyber insurance, ESG-related cybersecurity inputs, and other third-party assurance activities. This highly visible leadership role will help ensure cybersecurity risk, compliance, control effectiveness, and cultural adoption are consistently managed across the enterprise in support of business priorities, regulatory expectations, and organizational resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and mature the enterprise GRC function, including governance forums, risk management processes, compliance oversight, control monitoring, issue management, and executive reporting.
- Provide leadership and oversight for the BISO manager organization, ensuring consistent engagement with business leaders, effective cyber risk advisory support, and alignment of security priorities to business objectives.
- Lead enterprise cyber risk management activities, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, escalation, and reporting to senior leadership and governance bodies.
- Own the enterprise cybersecurity policy and standards lifecycle - from creation and implementation to continuous review - ensuring clarity, compliance, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Oversee SOX cybersecurity and IT control activities, including implementation, operating effectiveness, evidence readiness, remediation tracking, and partnership with Finance, Internal Audit, External Audit, and IT control owners.
- Establish and operationalize an enterprise IT controls and assurance framework that enables consistent control design, testing, monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Lead oversight of external cybersecurity assessments and assurance requests, including cyber insurance questionnaires, ESG-related cybersecurity inputs, customer or partner assessments, and other third-party reviews requiring enterprise cyber risk and control representation.
- Drive cybersecurity compliance with applicable global regulations, standards, and frameworks, ensuring the organization can demonstrate control effectiveness and audit readiness.
- Lead security awareness, behavior, and culture initiatives that improve workforce accountability, reduce human‑centric risk, and embed secure practices into day‑to‑day business operations.
- Lead and develop high‑performing cybersecurity leaders and teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement.
- Provide executive‑level reporting on cybersecurity risk, compliance status, control effectiveness, assurance outcomes, and program maturity to senior leadership and governance bodies.
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred: Master’s degree (MS, MBA, or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or Business.
- 12–14 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information security, technology risk management, IT controls, or GRC, including senior leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience building or maturing enterprise GRC programs in a regulated, global, or complex operating environment.
- Experience leading BISO, cyber risk advisory, security governance, or business aligned cybersecurity teams.
- Deep knowledge of cybersecurity risk management, compliance frameworks, IT controls, SOX control expectations, assurance practices, and audit readiness.
- Experience overseeing external cybersecurity assessments, including cyber insurance, ESG-related cybersecurity reporting, customer or partner assessments, and third-party assurance requests.
- Experience building, mentoring, and leading senior level cybersecurity teams.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical risk, control gaps, and compliance obligations into business impact.
- Experience implementing or transforming enterprise IT controls, SOX programs, control testing, remediation governance, and assurance frameworks.
- Experience driving cybersecurity awareness, behavior change, and culture programs across a large enterprise.
- Experience operating in complex, global organizations undergoing transformation or separation.
- Demonstrated success improving cybersecurity maturity, control effectiveness, and risk accountability at scale.
- Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and partner effectively across IT, Finance, Internal Audit, External Audit, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and business leadership functions.
- Language: English (fluent)
- Travel: Up to 20%, domestic and international
- Certifications (preferred): CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or equivalent
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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Required Skills
Preferred Skills:
Business Process Design, Crisis Management, Critical Thinking, Cybersecurity, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Information Security Auditing, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Information Technology (IT) Security Assessments, Information Technology Strategies, Leadership, Presentation Design, Process Optimization, Risk Management Framework, Security Architecture Design, Security Policies, Strategic Thinking
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$178,000.00 - $307,050.00
Additional Description For Pay Transparency
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Benefits
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
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