The opportunity
MongoDB's Global Security Organization (GSO) is looking for a Director of Global Security Operations to build and lead GSO's first dedicated team in India. This is a foundational leadership role: your first mandate is to stand up a 20-person team from scratch.
What you'll do
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
What they're looking for
- + 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
