Cyber Operations Manager

Position Summary

The Cyber Operations Manager is responsible for the day-to-day cybersecurity operational activities for Safran USA, covering both standard (non-regulated) IT environments and U.S. regulated environments.

This role reports directly to the Safran USA CISO and maintains a dotted-line functional relationship to the Safran Group Cyber Operations Manager to ensure alignment with Group cyber strategy, tooling, and operational standards‑while preserving U.S. regulatory control and authority.

The role is structured around two distinct but integrated scopes of responsibility:

• Cyber Operational Activities – Standard (Non‑Regulated) Environments (~80%)
• Cyber Operational Activities – Regulated U.S. Environments (~20%)

This structure ensures full alignment with Safran Group global SOC operations, while preserving U.S. regulatory compliance and operational control where required.

• Direct Reporting (Solid Line):
  Safran USA CISO
• Functional Reporting (Dotted Line):
  Safran Group Cyber Operations Manager

• Safran USA CIO
• Safran Group CISO
• Safran Group Cyber Operations Team
• Safran Companies in U.S.
• Export Control, Legal, and Compliance
• MSSP SOC and Incident Response leadership

Role Objective For standard (non-regulated) Safran USA environments, the Cyber Operations Manager acts as an extension of the Safran Group Global SOC, ensuring local execution, coordination, and operational consistency.

• Act as the U.S. operational extension of the group team (global SOC, CERT, vulnerability management, …)
• Apply and enforce Group‑defined processes, tooling, and standards, including:
  • oSecurity monitoring and alerting
  • oIncident response processes
  • oEscalation and communication workflows
• Coordinate incident response activities in alignment with:
  • oGroup CERT and Global SOC procedures
  • oGroup incident classification and severity models
• Ensure proper integration of Safran USA environments into:
  • oGlobal SOC monitoring
  • oCentralized tooling and dashboards
• Provide local operational support and context to Global Cyber Operation teams teams during investigations
• Contribute to continuous improvement of SOC processes and detection use cases

In this scope, the role operates fully aligned with and under the operating model of the Global SOC.

Role Objective and responsibilities for the regulated environment scope remain to be defined in future updates.