Manager, Product Security Engineering

Johnson Controls Fire Solutions is seeking a strategic and technical Manager, Product Security Engineering to lead the implementation and execution of engineering ownership and execution of product security across a global portfolio of fire detection and suppression across life safety product domains including embedded firmware, connected devices, cloud platforms, mobile applications, and digital services.

Responsible for defining and advancing the Fire Solutions product security execution strategy and roadmap in alignment with Global Cybersecurity standards and enterprise security objectives. The Manager will establish scalable security processes, lead cybersecurity risk and vulnerability management programs, drive application cyber regulation and corporate initiatives compliance, and develop an AI security threat response and governance capability.

The successful candidate will provide leadership across a complex global ecosystem of hardware, firmware, software, cloud, and IoT solutions, ensuring security is effectively integrated throughout the product lifecycle. This individual will translate cybersecurity requirements into practical engineering processes, improve security operational efficiency, and promote a culture of security ownership across the Fire Solution Engineering organization.

This position is critical to maintaining customer trust, meeting evolving cybersecurity expectations, supporting regulatory compliance initiatives, and ensuring the long-term success and resilience of the Fire Solutions business.

Key Responsibilities

Product Security Leadership

• Partner with Johnson Controls Enterprise Security to establish security governance, policies, standards, and risk management frameworks across the product portfolio.
• Serve as the senior engineering leader for product cybersecurity within Fire Solutions, partnering closely with Global Cybersecurity to operationalize security strategy, standards, governance, and risk management practices.
• Drive a culture of security-by-design, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Serve as the lead security architect for Fire Solutions Engineering, providing guidance on secure architecture decisions across firmware, cloud, mobile, IoT, and enterprise-connected systems.
• Define and drive the engineering adoption of DevSecOps practices including automated security testing, software supply chain security, CI/CD security controls, secrets management, and approved developer security tooling in partnership with Global Cybersecurity.
• Develop reusable security patterns, reference architectures, training materials, and engineering guidance that enable teams to independently build secure products.

Security Governance & Compliance Execution

• Lead engineering adoption and execution of cybersecurity governance processes across the product development lifecycle.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Legal, and Engineering teams to operationalize cybersecurity requirements associated with emerging regulations and industry standards.
• Translate regulatory cybersecurity requirements into scalable engineering processes, controls, documentation, and compliance evidence.
• Support audit readiness activities, security assessments, certifications, and regulatory reviews.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are integrated into product development, release, maintenance, and end-of-life processes.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging threats, and evolving cybersecurity requirements to continuously improve security capabilities.

Product Security Program Management

• Drive adoption of secure development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices across hardware, firmware, software, cloud, mobile, and IoT product teams.
• Lead threat modeling, security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and security design reviews.
• Establish consistent security requirements for new product introductions and major platform enhancements.
• Oversee security testing programs, penetration testing activities, and security validation processes.
• Ensure security requirements are embedded throughout all phases of the product lifecycle.

Vulnerability Management & Incident Response

• Establish and oversee global product vulnerability management processes.
• Lead coordinated vulnerability disclosure and external vulnerability response activities.
• Lead engineering coordination and remediation activities for product cybersecurity incidents in partnership with Global Cybersecurity incident response teams.
• Develop remediation prioritization frameworks and risk-based decision-making processes.
• Support customer communications and executive briefings related to cybersecurity issues and product security events.
• Drive continual improvements in vulnerability response timelines and remediation effectiveness.
• Act as the engineering security lead during critical vulnerability investigations and product cybersecurity incidents, coordinating root cause analysis, containment, remediation, and executive communications.

Security Process Excellence & Operational Efficiency

• Design and implement scalable security processes that can be consistently adopted across global engineering organizations.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through process optimization, automation, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Establish repeatable methods for security reviews, compliance evidence generation, risk assessments, and vulnerability tracking.
• Define and measure operational performance indicators that demonstrate security program effectiveness and business impact.
• Reduce friction in engineering processes while improving security outcomes and compliance readiness.

• Define and maintain product security KPIs including vulnerability remediation performance, threat modeling coverage, SSDLC adoption, penetration testing completion, software supply chain risk posture, and security defect escape rates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of combined experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, product security, application security, or cybersecurity leadership roles with demonstrated hands-on technical expertise.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing product security strategies within complex technology organizations.
• Strong knowledge of product security, secure development practices, cloud security, IoT security, and vulnerability management.
• Experience working closely with enterprise cybersecurity teams to implement governance, standards, and risk management frameworks.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives across engineering, product management, quality, and regulatory organizations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Hybrid position out of JCI Westford office, expected to be in the office 3 days a week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CSSLP, GIAC, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting products subject to cybersecurity regulations and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards and frameworks including NIST, IEC 62443, ISO 27001, UL cybersecurity standards, and related industry practices.
• Experience with SBOM and software supply chain security
• Experience with threat modeling methodologies such as STRIDE
• Experience leading remediation of critical vulnerabilities and security incidents

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $116,000 - $170,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

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