Senior Principal Cyber Security Specialist, Culture Lead at Medtronic
Fort Worth, TX
$170,400–$255,600from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Fort Worth, TX
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role leads an enterprise-wide Security Culture function, responsible for shaping and maturing cybersecurity awareness, communications, and behavior-change programs across a large global organization. Day-to-day work involves managing a team of specialists, overseeing campaigns and ambassador networks, partnering with HR, Legal, and business leadership, and tracking program effectiveness through metrics. It suits an experienced people leader with a background in cybersecurity awareness or culture programs within complex, matrixed environments.
Senior level · 10+ years · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The title 'Senior Principal Cybersecurity Specialist' is Medtronic's internal level framing; the actual requirements (10+ years, team leadership) support a Senior band. The 'Principal' label in the title is an internal grade, not the industry-standard Principal band (org-wide technical authority), so seniority is assessed as Senior.
This role is primarily a program/people leadership position focused on cybersecurity culture, awareness, and behavior change — not hands-on technical security analysis. It sits ambiguously between 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) and 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers); 15-1212 was chosen because the role is framed as a specialist/IC-adjacent function rather than a pure people-management role, but 11-3021 is a genuine runner-up given the explicit team leadership and coaching responsibilities.
The posting names very few concrete technologies. The skills listed under 'Nice to Have' reference 'enterprise learning platforms', 'analytics', and 'digital collaboration tools' generically without naming specific products — these are captured at the canonical level available. No specific platforms (e.g., KnowBe4, Proofpoint Security Awareness, SharePoint) are named anywhere in the posting.
The minimum experience requirement is 10+ years with a bachelor's degree or 8+ years with an advanced degree; 10 is used as the overall years minimum (the lower bound for the most common credential path).
The role is onsite 4 days/week at one of several listed Medtronic sites, with a strong preference for Mounds View, MN; it is not remote. The CBSA reflects the primary preferred location (Minneapolis-St. Paul metro).
Compensation includes a short-term incentive (MIP) in addition to the stated base salary range of $170,400–$255,600.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cybersecurity awareness program management, team leadership.
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