Industrial Cyber Securtity Manager

Job Description:

Industrial Cyber Security Manager

We're seeking an Industrial Cyber Security Manager to play a pivotal role in protecting and enhancing the cyber resilience of our manufacturing and industrial operations across our sites in the UK & Ireland. This is a highly visible role reporting directly to the CISO, working across the business and in collaboration with senior leaders to ensure our industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA, and PLC environments are safeguarded to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive industrial cyber security strategy aligned with Group, Business objectives and global policies.
• Provide leadership and direction to a small but growing team (currently 1-2 direct reports), while collaborating with security contacts across all sites.
• Partner with regional and Group leaders to embed best-in-class practices across industrial operations.

Security Operations

• Maintain and oversee the cyber security framework for industrial and operational technology (OT) environments.
• Lead audits, vulnerability assessments, and improvement programmes to continuously strengthen our cyber security and resilience posture.
• Support programme initiatives to ensure secure operations across manufacturing and plant facilities.

Incident Management & Response

• Act as the primary lead for industrial cyber incidents, ensuring rapid identification, response, and resolution.
• Maintain and refine incident response protocols, ensuring business continuity and minimal disruption.

Compliance & Risk

• Ensure compliance with our Saint-Gobain Policies & Rules, International Standards (e.g. ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST) and local legal requirements.
• Conduct risk assessments, reporting outcomes to senior leadership with actionable mitigation strategies.
• Develop reporting capabilities that provide a status overview of security compliance and initiatives delivered across our UK&I perimeter.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with IT, Engineering, Production, and Plant teams to unify cyber security efforts.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients
• Effective communication of risks, their potential impacts to the business, and mitigating strategies to minimise the likelihood of such events materialising.
• Establish a platform that enables our businesses to share, collaborate and uplift our UK&I Cyber & Information Security maturity and resilience.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience (3+ years) in cyber security within industrial/manufacturing/plant environments.
• CISSP certification (required).
• Strong understanding of Industrial Control Systems (HMI, PLCs, SCADA) and industrial cyber security frameworks such as the Purdue Model.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills (virtual or physical).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Flexibility to travel 50% of the time across the UK & Ireland.
• Based in the Midlands (preferred) for ease of travel.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape and lead industrial cyber security across a wide-reaching business.
• High-level exposure working directly with the CISO and senior leadership.
• Involvement in cutting-edge initiatives to secure operations in a critical sector.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

About Us

Saint Gobain was established in the year 1665 and have grown to employ 179,000 people, with over 100 different nationalities working with us in 76 countries. This really helps us in our corporate and social responsibilities in helping us with our purpose which is to "make the world a better home" and specifically contribute to our target of zero carbon by 2050.

As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet. Our materials and solutions can be found everywhere in our living places and in daily life, in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.

Are Saint-Gobain Inclusive employer?

We're working hard to be, and we're keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen.