Director of Global Security Operations

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. This team’s first mission will be extending US based teams in three different areas: Vulnerability management - AI driven detection, triage and workflow management of vulnerabilities from code to components to applications to infrastructure Launch readiness - shifting security analysis left to proactively address security needs as far upstream from product launch as possible Core enterprise security - projects focusing on improving protection against insider threats and and newly emerging AI Governance and Security needs We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model. Who We Are GSO secures MongoDB's products, infrastructure, and the trust our customers place in us — spanning product security, corporate security, and risk, and working across engineering, go-to-market, and corporate development to keep security moving at the same speed as the business. 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 incl