Cybersecurity Incident Manager (PSIRT)

About Us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

Description

The Opportunity

At Hitachi Energy, we’re not just powering the grid—we’re transforming it. As the world accelerates toward electrification and digitalization, the reliability and security of our products become mission critical. That’s where you come in.

We’re seeking a Cybersecurity Incident Manager (PSIRT) to lead the charge in protecting our cutting-edge technologies and global customers from evolving cyber threats. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to shape the future of secure energy systems. You’ll be at the heart of our Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), coordinating high-impact incidents, guiding cross-functional teams, and driving threat awareness across our organization.

Whether you're a seasoned incident responder or a cybersecurity leader with a passion for product integrity, this role offers the opportunity to make a global impact. You’ll work alongside engineers, legal experts, and customer teams to ensure our products remain resilient, trusted, and secure. If you thrive in high-stakes environments and want to be part of a team that’s redefining the energy landscape, we want to hear from you.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead and manage high-priority product security incidents across global teams.
• Coordinate response efforts with engineering, support, legal, and customer-facing teams.
• Act as the primary escalation point for leadership and external stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop a team of incident responders and analysts.
• Build and deliver product-specific threat awareness and training.
• Collaborate with vulnerability management and disclosure teams.
• Enhance incident response playbooks and tooling.
• Embed incident learnings into product development processes.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, cybersecurity, computer science, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years in cybersecurity, with 5+ years in incident response.
• Proven leadership in managing security teams and complex incidents.
• Strong knowledge of incident response frameworks (NIST, ISO, MITRE ATT&CK).
• Experience with OT/ICS, connected devices, and cloud-integrated solutions.
• Excellent communication skills for executive and customer briefings.
• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

More About Us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

• Health Care (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
• Financial Wellbeing : Employer-sponsored pension - 401(k) Program with generous company match and contribution, Life/AD&D Insurance, disability insurance
• Family Care : Life and Family (Legal, pet, auto, home, identity theft, etc.), special needs support, and adoption assistance
• Work-Life : Enhanced leave programs (FMLA, Military Service Leave, Maternal, Paternal, adoption, vacation, and holiday)
• Employee Engagement and Development : Employee Resource Groups (depending on location), tuition reimbursement program, on-demand learning platforms

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