Director of global security operations at MongoDB Gurugram, building and leading the security organisation's first dedicated 20-person team in India.

This full-time Gurugram role was posted on 16 October 2026. The listing describes a foundational leadership role: the first mandate is to stand up a 20-person team from scratch, including 3 managers, across vulnerability management, launch readiness and a third area, extending US-based teams. The role also stands up the operating rhythms, tooling and documentation the India team needs. Requirements include 12+ years in security operations, security engineering or a related technical discipline, plus a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.

About MongoDB

MongoDB builds the document database of the same name and Atlas, its managed cloud database platform. MongoDB stores JSON-like documents instead of tables and rows, and Atlas adds managed hosting across the major clouds along with search, vector search, stream processing and sync features. The company has engineering and business teams in Gurugram and Bengaluru.

The Gurugram and Bengaluru centres cover product engineering, technical services, solutions architecture and go-to-market functions. The company's listings describe hybrid working for India-based roles and collaboration with teams in other countries. Learn more on MongoDB's website.

The role in plain terms

Team-building from zero is the job: recruiting 20 people including managers, then creating the operating model that makes a new site a first-class part of a global security organisation. That is a different challenge from inheriting a running team, and the listing frames it exactly that way. The vulnerability-management mission includes AI-driven detection, triage and workflow management, per the listing, so the team builds modern security operations rather than manual queue work.

The team and the work

Per the listing, the India team extends US-based teams in three areas, with vulnerability management named first - from code to components to applications. The director reports into the Global Security Organization and owns hiring, onboarding and the team's working rhythms.

What the employer asks for

These requirements are quoted from the employer's listing, kept in their exact words so eligibility details are not distorted:

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
Don't feel that you meet all of the requirements? We encourage you to apply anyway — studies show strong candidates sometimes rule themselves out prematurely....

Who this role suits

Security operations or engineering leaders with 12+ years who have built or scaled teams, ideally in global organisations. Not for first-time directors or pure technologists - the mandate is organisational building as much as security depth.

Practical notes

For build-from-scratch leadership roles, expect questions on how you would sequence 20 hires, what the first 90 days look like, and how you make a remote-site team influential rather than peripheral. Hiring metrics from teams you built are strong material.

Working at MongoDB

Engineering roles at MongoDB India work on the database and the Atlas platform, including newer AI-application tooling. Customer-facing roles support enterprises evaluating and running MongoDB in production.

How to apply

Apply directly on the employer's site: Director of Global Security Operations at MongoDB. We found this listing on the Greenhouse public job board (mongodb.com), where it was posted on 16 Oct 2026 and was still open when we checked on 30 Oct 2026. Before applying, re-read the employer's own description in full, since eligibility details, deadlines and process steps can change at any time and the employer's page is always the final word. Tailor your resume to the specific requirements above rather than sending a generic one: mirror the skills and tools the listing names where you genuinely have them. A short, specific note on why this team and this problem interest you goes further than a long generic cover letter. Never pay a fee to apply or interview; genuine employers, including this one, do not charge candidates.

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