Cybersecurity Specialist - Emerging Technologies - Gen AI

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life The Cybersecurity Specialist – Emerging Technologies plays a key role in protecting the data that supports Medtronic’s mission to save and improve lives. This role focuses on securing the enterprise adoption of AI by conducting AI security reviews and assessments, defining guardrails for safe AI use, and enabling teams to adopt AI technologies securely. The specialist also applies AI technologies for security to strengthen Medtronic’s overall cybersecurity posture. The specialist partners closely with innovation, IT, product, and cybersecurity teams to evaluate new AI technologies and use cases, assess associated risks, and provide clear security guidance during pilots and early deployments. They translate evolving business needs into actionable security requirements, help define standards and guardrails for AI adoption, and balance innovation with enterprise risk to support safe and scalable growth. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Conduct AI security reviews and assessments of tools, vendors, models, and agentic AI workflows.  Identify and clearly communicate AI-related security risks and recommended mitigations.  Define, document, and champion guardrails and secure-use patterns for AI adoption across the enterprise.  Support and help operate AI security platforms and controls that safeguard data, models, and AI usage across the enterprise.  Use AI technologies to improve cybersecurity outcomes and enable secure business innovation.  Understand and leverage emerging technologies to improve Medtronic’s cybersecurity posture.  Communicate risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.  Research industry trends, proofs of concept, and vendor capabilities in AI security.  Influence standards and policies to account for new or rapidly evolving AI technologies.  Assist in evaluating emerging AI technologies and platforms.  Provide security guidance during AI pilots, prototypes, and early production deployments.  Partner with innovation, IT, product, and cybersecurity teams to embed security early in new and emerging technologies.  Support broader cybersecurity initiatives when emerging technologies intersect with enterprise risk.  Document lessons learned to inform future technology rollouts.  Translate evolving business ideas into actionable security requirements.  Balance innovation and security to enable the business.  Required Knowledge and Expertise: