Senior Director, Security Strategy and Resilience

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build anywhere—on the edge, on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 developers joining MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

MongoDB is seeking a Senior Director for Security Strategy and Resilience. The Security Strategy and Resilience role is responsible for the strategic leadership and management of the organization's Crisis Management, Business Continuity and global Security Strategy. 

The Security Strategy Senior Director is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing enterprise-wide security strategies to safeguard the company's assets, data, and reputation. This individual plays a pivotal role in aligning internal stakeholders to build proper Crisis Management processes and comprehensive resilient security posture. This role will also focus on creating and driving a global program to measure MongoDB security defense effectiveness with KPIs, metrics and trends.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive security vision and strategy aligned with organizational goals.
• Define long-term security objectives and create roadmaps to achieve a robust security posture.
• Actively monitor emerging trends, regulatory requirements, and innovations in the security domain to adapt and strengthen the strategy.
• Stay updated on new security solutions, technologies, tangential team capabilities, and other specific offerings within MongoDB and the security industry.
• Lead initiatives to identify, assess, and prioritize security risks across the organization.
• Create and maintain crisis management response plans to address security breaches effectively.
• Create and drive a proper Business Continuity Plan strategy and drive its adoption across various business units.
• Partner with leadership and technical teams to ensure risk mitigation strategies are in place.
• Act as a well-rounded Subject Matter Expert (SME) who has the technical depth to present in front of audiences of all sizes confidently.
• Collaborate with internal departments, including legal, finance, operations, and human resources, to foster a culture of awareness and education on the MongoDB security strategy and resilience obligations.

• 10+ years experience in a leadership security role developing and explaining strategic and tactical security concepts to various audiences.
• Proven experience in leading security strategy initiatives in large, complex organizations.
• Deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, frameworks, and risk management methodologies.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams and executives.
• Expertise in crisis management, business continuity and resilience, security metrics,  data privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to navigate complex organizational environments and drive change.
• CISSP or other industry certifications are a plus.

• Deep understanding of the security industry, best practices, emerging technologies, and leading solutions.
• Demonstrate a real passion for Cybersecurity strategy, operational effectiveness.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with a high degree of comfort with varying types of audiences.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify value and opportunity in unstructured situations.
• Emotional intelligence, flexible work style, and excellent diplomatic skills across all levels of an organization.
• Experience designing and delivering complex solutions and executing projects on time and to customer satisfaction.

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Req ID: 2263192690