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Director of Global Security Operations

MongoDB· Global Security Organization (GSO)
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Hybrid (Gurugram, India)full-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior leadership role to build and lead MongoDB GSO’s first dedicated India-based security operations team (20 people) and integrate with US-based teams across vulnerability management, launch readiness, and core enterprise security.

Responsibilities

  • Recruit, hire, and onboard a 20-person team including 3 managers - across vulnerability management, launch readiness, and core enterprise security
  • Stand up the operating rhythms, tooling, and documentation the India team needs to work as a first-class part of GSO from day one
  • Get new hires productively engaged quickly and working seamlessly with required stakeholders
  • Actively manage matrix reporting, ensuring ambiguity doesn't slow the team down — resolve competing priorities between local and functional leadership before they become the team's problem
  • Represent the India team's capacity, constraints, and growth needs back to GSO leadership
  • Build the durable leadership bench and processes that let the India team operate as an accountable, outcome-owning part of GSO going forward
  • Build and lead an inclusive, high-performing global team by setting clear goals and operating rhythms; coaching and developing talent through regular, candid feedback and career conversations; monitoring team health and engagement; recognizing strong performance and addressing performance concerns early and fairly; and communicating change early with clarity and context

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in security operations, security engineering, or a related technical discipline, including at least 5 years in a people-leadership role
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Direct, hands-on experience in at least one of: vulnerability management, security automation or workflow tooling, or enterprise security operations
  • A track record of hiring and ramping a technical team quickly while holding the line on quality and culture
  • Experience operating successfully in a matrix structure — with the judgment to manage functional dotted-line relationships without losing ownership of your own team
  • Comfort with a mandate that will evolve as the team matures — you're building this job as much as filling it
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills across geographies and time zones spanning the US, EMEA, and India

Skills

Required:Security leadershipVulnerability managementEnterprise security operations
Nice to have:Security automation / SOAR tooling

Benefits

  • Diversity, inclusion, equitable and high-performing environment
  • Supportive culture with employee affinity groups
  • Fertility assistance and generous parental leave policy
  • Engaging culture and opportunities for personal growth
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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