Senior Manager of ICS/OT Security

ASML’s cutting-edge silicon chip-making equipment empowers its customers to develop faster, smaller, cheaper, and more efficient microchips. The Senior Manager of ICS/OT will play a key role in ASML’s Security Leadership Team,
ensuring the security of applications and systems to maintain smooth operations across the organization and its partners.

About ASML

Microchips are the beating heart of modern technology. We rely on microchips found in our smartphones to cars and medical equipment to data centers. They’re in all devices we use to work, travel, and entertain ourselves. ASML invents and develops the technology and machinery used by the world’s leading silicon chipmakers – such as Intel and Samsung – to mass-produce chips. Their state-of-the-art lithography technology uses light to print microscopic patterns onto silicon, which enables manufacturers to increase the chip’s value and reduce their production costs.

ASML is headquartered in Veldhoven in The Netherlands, and employs over forty thousand people worldwide across sixty offices in sixteen countries. In 2022, the global lithography leader’s net sales were 21.2 billion euros. Their key to success is maintaining a strategic focus on research, manufacturing, and customer support. ASML invested over 3.2 billion euros in R&D in 2023 to strengthen its market position and solidify its technological lead.

Security
ASML’s Security department protects and secures all of ASML’s physical and digital assets and is pivotal to their customer and supplier relationships. They provide both first and second line security services, led by Chief Information Security Officer, Dirk van der Horst, and are part of the Risk and Business Assurance (RBA) department. The team delivers global centralized security services through its Operations Center, cyberthreat prevention, and security technology. The second line security team, which the Senior Manager of ICS/OT Security will join, delivers the security strategy and roadmap, assesses security risks, monitors compliance, and ensures policies and frameworks are up-to-date with new insights and regulations. The Security Community consists of more than 250 professionals across ASML. They strengthen the protection of the company’s assets and those of their stakeholders to maintain their market position and achieve ambitious growth goals.

Vacancy: Senior Manager of ICS/OT Security

As a pivotal member of ASML’s Security Leadership Team, the Senior Manager of ICS/ OT Security ensures the robust security and integrity of ASML’s critical Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Leading the charge to develop and implement cutting-edge OT/ICS security measures, they will oversee system and network security, vulnerability management, and more. Their mission is clear: to protect processes, people, and profit by minimizing security vulnerabilities and incidents, and safeguard the core of ASML’s operations and that of their partners.

The Senior Manager will join ASML’s Security Leadership Team, report directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and collaborate with teams specializing in IT Security, Product Security, Information and Data Security, and Physical Security Services. They will provide guidance to sectors across ASML, transforming external trends into actionable security strategies.

The Senior Manager of ICS/OT Security’s directive is crucial and strategic, requiring decisiveness and confidence in making impactful decisions. Their vision will drive the execution of ASML’s OT/ICS Security Risk Control Strategy. They design and maintain robust defense mechanisms and cybersecurity solutions that are preventive and responsive, and identify and mitigate potential threats before they affect the system. By ensuring that responsive measures are in place, the Senior Manager will contain and neutralize any threats that breach the initial defenses, safeguarding the seamless and secure operation of ASML’s critical processes.

Business and people savvy, the Senior Manager builds trust and fosters successful relationships with a variety of stakeholders and third parties. An excellent communicator, they navigate complex situations and easily manage multiple stakeholders and tasks simultaneously. To succeed, the Senior Manager is knowledgeable about key security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST, SANS, and ISA/IEC 62443 and with project management methodologies such as Prince2, PMBoK, APMP, and MSP. They have deep market knowledge and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in the OT/ICS security domain, integrating relevant innovations into ASML’s security strategy.

“In a world ruled by technology, where everything is computer driven, the Senior Manager of ICS/OT’s role is crucial. They don’t just manage systems—they safeguard our digital and physical worlds.” – Dirk van der Horst, CISO of ASML

ASML’s collaborative and dynamic work environment encourages its professionals to find creative solutions to complex challenges, and provides flexibility to most effectively approach tasks. This role is a perfect fit for an experienced operational technology professional who is eager to join a forward-thinking team working at the forefront of technology.

Interested?

ASML is working with Top of Minds to fill this vacancy.
To express your interest, please contact Jessica Lim at jessica.lim@topofminds.com