Sr Director - OT Cyber Security

Job Summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Sr Director OT Cyber Security to define, lead, and operationalize the enterprise Operational Technology cybersecurity program spanning all manufacturing sites, labs, and OT-connected environments across GE Vernova's global business units. This highly visible leader will own the OT security strategy, governance framework, and multi-year roadmap driving risk reduction across manufacturing operations while enabling operational resilience. The role requires close coordination across the CISO, CTO, and Business Unit DT organizations and demands a leader equally comfortable setting strategy and driving hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the OT cybersecurity program strategy. Develop long-term vision aligned to GE Vernova manufacturing and lab security objectives across all global manufacturing sites and enterprise-connected labs.
• Establish OT-specific governance frameworks and security standards. Author and enforce minimum security requirements for OT network segmentation, access control, asset management, vulnerability management, and wireless controls.
• Guide OT security investment and budget prioritization.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of OT security programs, including: network segmentation across manufacturing sites and labs; OT visibility and detection platform deployment.
• Drive continuous asset inventory governance, enterprise-connected lab security formalization, and OT vulnerability management standard work.
• Translate strategy into executable roadmaps. Manage program timelines, ensure workstreams are resourced and milestones tracked, and report progress to ELT.
• Define and track OT security KPIs.
• Lead the global OT Cybersecurity team, and work closely with the CTO organization and the Business Unit DT Global Supply Chain Teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, translating OT cyber risk into business-relevant insights and investment priorities for the DT Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
• Partner across CISO, CTO, and Business Unit functions to balance safety, quality, delivery, and cost in all OT security decisions, including contingency planning for vulnerabilities that cannot be patched.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in Enterprise IT.
• At least 5 years of the above experience to include leading employee direct reports.

Desired Characteristics OT / Industrial Technology Subject Matter Areas

• Experience in OT/ICS network architecture and security, including Purdue Model implementation, Next-Gen Firewall deployment, VLAN segmentation, and OT DMZ zone design across manufacturing and lab environments.
• Hands-on experience with OT asset management platforms, ServiceNow asset inventory integration, Qualys, CrowdStrike, and Splunk in OT/IT contexts.
• Strong working knowledge of OT remote access security controls: Jumpbox architecture, multi-factor authentication, and HPA account management.
• Experience with OT vulnerability management programs, including non-intrusive OT scanning, OEM-approved patching, compensating controls for legacy assets, and EVM standard work.
• Experience managing cybersecurity for large-scale global manufacturing operations across multiple business segments.

Leadership Non-Technical Characteristics

• Proven strategic security leader with the ability to influence, build coalitions, and drive progress in matrixed organizational environments.
• Ability to operate across CISO, CTO, and Business Unit DT organizations, clarifying roles, resolving governance gaps, and driving accountability.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills with instincts for root cause identification across technical and organizational domains.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional).
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex OT security topics for executive and non-technical audiences.