M&A Lead Security Analyst

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

The Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Lead Security Analyst is the central point of contact for all security issues surrounding M&A in Rockwell Automation. The M&A Lead Security Analyst develops and executes formal processes for identifying, communicating, providing recommendations, managing remediation of cybersecurity risks, and governance using a risk-based approach throughout the entire M&A lifecycle. These processes apply to all potential, new, and closed M&A engagements including acquisitions, partnerships, and joint ventures. The M&A Lead Security Analyst will work with the M&A entity, internal business development leadership, legal, IT, product security, manufacturing, and other partners based on the M&A engagement type to ensure that cybersecurity risks and mitigations are identified, communicated, prioritized, and addressed using a risk-based approach. You will report to our Director Cybersecurity Delivery Office

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead M&A activities for managing cybersecurity risk for all corporate M&A activities, including planning, execution, and leadership.
• Complete M&A cybersecurity deliverables on time, within budget and within scope.
• Work with leaders in the M&A entity, internal departments, legal, IT, Office of Product Safety & Security, manufacturing, and other partners to identify and manage M&A-related risk.
• Identify, communicate, and help with deployment plans for necessary risk mitigations throughout the M&A lifecycle while minimizing business productivity disruption.
• Promote collaboration across broad categories of partners.
• Work with the external cybersecurity community to ensure the program follows best practices and provide expertise to customers regarding M&A security in industrial control systems environments.
• Maintain ongoing threat intelligence regarding cyberthreats in the M&A environment. Communicate those threats to all partners.
• Incorporate industry standard frameworks and certifications like the NIST CyberSecurity Framework, ISO 27001, CMMC, and FedRamp into formal M&A risk management processes.
• Develop metrics / dashboards for communicating risk posture and progress to company leadership.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant years of work experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Business Management, or related field
• Five years' experience working on mergers & acquisitions in a corporate environment.
• Experience working on mergers & acquisitions in a corporate environment.
• Experience in a position of authority working with senior leadership
• Communicating to senior leadership about threats and vulnerabilities in the context of our risk and mitigation strategies
• Risk management focus is necessary – the ability to consider a complex array of information, including prediction of future events, to make risk-based decisions or recommendations.
• Balance competing requirements and interests, keep team focused on top priorities, and find ways to achieve win-win or obtain acceptance/agreement for best compromise
• Experience in an engineering and in manufacturing environment
• Typically requires 8 years leading IT/Business projects of varying complexity and global scope
• PMI & PMP Certification
• Professional Certifications (CISSP, CISA, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, Agile Coach)
• Demonstrated experience in leading Agile team and driving change

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
• To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation. ((Include if considering additional job levels))

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