Sr. Specialist Cybersecurity Training & Awareness

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Willis Tower Chicago, IL location in the BTS division

This role is within Abbott’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Education and Awareness team. Our mission is to educate Abbott users about cybersecurity risks and best practices to stay safe at work and at home. We are looking for a candidate who has creative ideas to provide cybersecurity education, reach target audiences, influence behavior change, and promote existing resources.

What You’ll Work On

The candidate must have strong communication skills to translate complex or technical concepts into simple, engaging terms, and tailor content for different audiences. We are looking for a creative individual who is highly motivated, curious, has great leadership skills and is able to build strong relationships with various stakeholders across the enterprise.

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage the phishing simulation program including data analytics and communication activities

• Track and help resolve issues from both the phish simulation program and the Report Phish button by working with appropriate vendor and internal support teams

• Analyze data from phishing results including benchmarking and providing information for the dashboard and reports to leadership teams

• Be accountable for planning and engagement needed for the phish simulation for management support and buy-in

• Select relevant scenarios based on ongoing threats/incidents and execute the Proofpoint phishing program per the plan

• Be able to compile phishing result and provide relevant data analytics for user awareness level, metric, and reporting

• Oversee and manage all aspects of consequence model components including manager attestations, access reviews and other cross-team collaboration

• Provide analysis for the very attacked people and repeat clickers by leveraging available data from Proofpoint and Unify – Living Security

• Be able to leverage the result of the data analytics for targeted phishing and provide feedback for user awareness learning to help drive the behavior or cultural change

• Be able to work well with the resources on other teams in providing the best phishing result and analysis

• Keep up with the industry phishing programs and become familiar with other vendors/ phishing programs or solutions that are available in the marketplace as well as its pro and cons;

• Participate in other cybersecurity and awareness or business initiative projects and complete assigned tasks through project's' development, integration, and implementation

• Understand the basics of the cybersecurity and gain more cybersecurity knowledge quickly

• Manage all aspects of enterprise phishing derby and spot campaigns as requested.

• Recommend customized phishing programs based on industry best practices and customer goals. Ensure alignment of recommendations to the current threat landscape and the customer’s core business objectives.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience

• Working knowledge of cybersecurity risks and cyber threat intelligence

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.

• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to clearly and confidently articulate a plan and obtain buy-in from senior leaders.

• Experience in creating and executing communication campaigns supporting employee awareness, marketing, or training.

• Project Management experience is a plus

Apply Now

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

     

The base pay for this position is

$72,700.00 – $145,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Information Risk & Quality Assurance

     

DIVISION:

BTS Business Technology Services

        

LOCATION:

United States > Chicago : Willis Tower Building 233 S Wacker Dr.

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf