Global Operational Technology Risk Lead

Global Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Risk Advisor

Full time and Permanent

Location - Flexible across the UK and Ireland, travel to site required

Closing date - 30th October

Join Diageo's Digital & Automation team as a key player in shaping our manufacturing cybersecurity landscape. As part of Global Engineering, our focus is on delivering pioneering digital solutions and cybersecurity strategies, ensuring our brands remain secure and future-ready.

About the Role

The Digital & Automation team leads the charge in establishing governance around our Operational Technology (OT) environment, driving our digital transformation toward Industry 4.0.

As the OT Global Cyber Risk Advisor, you will lead the global OT risk program, working to standardise and enhance our manufacturing environment. Reporting directly to the Global OT Cybersecurity Manager, you'll bring your expertise in OT/IT governance, risk, and compliance to this critical role.

Your mission is to strengthen the security of our digital transformation and develop robust standards that integrate and optimize our OT and IT architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• OT Risk Framework: Develop and lead the global OT cyber risk framework.
• Risk Assessments: Oversee global site assessments, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
• Risk Register Management: Manage the OT cyber risk register, ensuring accountability and influencing prioritization in line with strategy.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Implement standardization to guide senior collaborator decisions through data-driven risk analysis.
• Standards Development: Create and maintain OT standards that foster operational excellence and adhere to standard methodologies.

Accountabilities

• Effectively communicate and align cyber risk strategies with global functions and senior partners.
• Champion a culture of cyber risk awareness and proactive management.
• Provide insights on Diageo's OT cyber risk position, ensuring adherence to industry standards.
• Maintain high cybersecurity standards across all OT activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support key company initiatives.

Skills and Experience Required

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: Significant experience in cybersecurity, risk management, or related fields.
• Competence: Strong strategic and technical skills in risk assessment, data analysis, and decision-making.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work with senior leadership and across cultures to get results.
• Communication: Clear, effective presentation and influencing skills.
• Cybersecurity Knowledge: Familiarity with frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or IEC 62443.
• Certifications: CRISC, CISA, CISSP, CISM, ITIL, PRINCE2, or equivalent (preferred).
• Adaptability: Resilient and flexible in the face of change.

If you are a proactive leader with a passion for cybersecurity and a drive to shape our digital future, we'd love to hear from you.

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected Consumer Products Company in the world. To achieve these, we need the world's very best people. We're looking for people with creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.

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