Director of Cyber Security

Requirements

Job Summary

This role will build and lead the Cyber Security organization within the India Global Capability Center, developing strong leadership, talent, operating practices, and organizational capabilities as the team continues to scale.

The Director will partner closely with global Cyber Security leaders to integrate India-based teams into GCC’ global security organization, support effective execution of enterprise priorities, and create the local operating environment required for teams to succeed.As the senior Cyber Security representative in the India, this leader will work across Technology, Human Resources, Legal, Compliance and GCC leadership to support regulatory alignment, organization effectiveness, and the delivery of scalable, reliable, and measurable security outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

India Cyber Security Leadership & Execution

• Serve as the senior cyber security leader for GCC in India, representing Cyber Security with India Technology, GCC, business, and functional leadership.
  
• Build and lead the India Cyber Security organization, establishing the leadership structure, workforce capabilities, operating practices, and organizational discipline required to support GCC’ global Cyber Security functions.
  
• Partner with global Cyber Security leaders to ensure India-based teams are effectively integrated into global strategies, priorities, standards, operating models, and delivery expectations.
  
• Provide local leadership and coordination across Cyber Security functions operating within India, identifying organizational, execution, dependency, capacity, and cross-functional issues and driving appropriate resolution or escalation.
  
• Develop and mature workforce plans, management capabilities, operating rhythms, governance practices, and organizational process that enable the India Cyber Security organization to scale effectively.
  
• Serve as senior local Cyber Security leader during significant cyber security incidents, supporting global incident leadership through timely escalation, local coordination, stakeholder communication, workforce mobilization, and execution of required actions within India.
  
• Partner with global functional leaders to understand performance, risk, control, and service metrics for India-based teams and use those insights to identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, execution, resilience, and stakeholder outcomes.
  
• Identify and communicate risks related to talent, organizational capacity, delivery dependencies, local operating conditions, and execution within India, and work with appropriate global leaders to develop and implement corrective actions.
  
• Ensure the India Cyber Security organization operates in accordance with applicable Indian laws, regulatory requirements, employment practices, and GCC's enterprise policies and standards, partnering with Legal, Human Resources, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, and other subject-matter experts as appropriate.
  
• Partner with global Cyber Security, Technology, Product, Architecture, Data, Privacy, Risk, Audit and business teams to support secure and effective business outcomes.
  
• Advise India leadership on cyber security risks, priorities, incidents, organizational considerations, and required actions, escalating material issues through appropriate global governance and Cyber Security leadership channels.
  
• Lead, coach, and develop Cyber Security managers and team member in India, supporting workforce planning, recruiting, performance management, succession planning, retention, career development, and leadership development.
  
• Establish strong partnerships with global functional leaders to ensure people-management activities in India support both employee development and the performance expectations of the functions in which employees operate.
  
• Create an accountable, high-performing, and collaborative culture that enables teams to operate effectively across geographies, functions, and time zones.
  

Education & Experience

Type of Experience*

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  
• 20+ years of progressive experience in cyber security, technology, risk, or related disciplines, including significant leadership experience within a complex, enterprise-scale environment.
  
• Demonstrated experience serving in a senior cyber security leadership role with responsibility for a significant business, region, country, capability center, technology organization, or multi-disciplinary security organization.
  
• Experience building, scaling, or transforming cyber security teams and operating models, including organizational design, talent acquisition, leadership development, workforce planning, governance, and operational effectiveness.
  
• Experience leading managers and multi-disciplinary teams within a highly matrixed, global organization where functional accountability and people leadership span organizational and geographic boundaries.
  
• Broad knowledge of cyber security disciplines, including security operations, incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, security engineering, identity and access management, governance, risk, compliance, privacy, and offensive security.
  
• Strong understanding of cyber security risk management, security governance, regulatory compliance, privacy, data protection, and enterprise control frameworks.
  
• Extensive hands-on experience driving enterprise grade security programs including end-end operational rollout of chosen technology with effective supporting process to suit business needs.
  
• Experience working with workforce plans, budgets, vendors, managed services, delivery risks, organizational dependencies, and other elements required to operate and scale a large technology or cyber security organization.
  
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with global Cyber Security, Technology, Human Resources, Risk, Privacy, Audit, Legal, Compliance, and business functions.
  
• Experience operating across geographies and time zones and working effectively with global functional leaders, local management teams, and geographically distributed employees.
  
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes without relying solely on direct organization authority, including resolving competing priorities, navigating complex organizational relationships, and escalating issues appropriately.
  
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to represent Cyber Security with senior business, technology, and functional leaders.
  
• Strong judgement, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments.