Director, Security Engineering

3 Months ago • 12 Years + • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

As the Director of Security Engineering for Highspot Hyderabad, you will oversee a team of security engineers, shaping the operational direction and long-term growth of our security efforts in India. You'll drive execution across key Security program areas, including Product Security, Security Operations, and Incident Response. You will be a core member of the global security leadership team, working in close partnership with US-based security leaders and local Engineering to shape global Trust strategies and drive cohesive, company-wide execution. This role offers a unique opportunity to establish, lead and grow the security engineering presence in India. Responsibilities include building and leading a team, collaborating with global teams, engineering execution for application security and incident response, ensuring delivery timelines, providing strategic guidance, and participating in an on-call rotation.
Must have:
  • 12+ years of experience in Security or related disciplines.
  • 3+ years of experience managing teams and security functions.
  • Experience in application security and incident response.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language.
Good to have:
  • Experience with Clojure is a plus.

Job Details

About Highspot

Highspot is a software product development company and a recognized global leader in the sales enablement category, leveraging cutting-edge AI and GenAI technologies at the core of its robust Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. Highspot is revolutionizing how millions of individuals work worldwide. Through its AI-powered platform, Highspot drives enterprise transformation to empower sales teams through intelligent content management, training, contextual guidance, customer engagement, meeting intelligence, and actionable analytics. The Highspot platform delivers advanced features tailored to business needs, in a modern design that sales and marketing executives appreciate and is the #1 rated sales enablement platform on G2 Crowd.

While headquartered in Seattle, Highspot has expanded its footprint across America, Canada, the UK, Germany, Australia, and now India, solidifying its presence in the Asia Pacific markets.

About the Role
We’re building a world-class global Security team as part of our Trust Program. As the Director of Security Engineering for Highspot Hyderabad, you will oversee a diverse and talented team of security engineers, shaping the operational direction and long-term growth of our security efforts in India. As our engineering presence scales globally, we’re expanding our security footprint in our India Engineering hub to strengthen our 24/7 security coverage and deepen our ability to meet the evolving needs of our customers and product teams worldwide. We’re looking for a seasoned, experienced, practical, and people-centered leader to establish and grow our security team in our engineering hub in Hyderabad. You’ll drive execution across key Security program areas, including Product Security, Security Operations, and Incident Response. You will be a core member of the global security leadership team, working in close partnership with US-based security leaders and local Engineering to shape global Trust strategies and drive cohesive, company-wide execution. This foundational role offers a unique opportunity to establish, lead and grow the security engineering presence in India, contribute to shaping existing global team culture, and drive the successful execution of strategic initiatives in close alignment with our global security vision.

Responsibilities

    • Build, lead, and scale a team of security professionals and engineers in Hyderabad, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.
    • Collaborate as part of a global integrated security team, with a focus on leading local execution and building deep partnerships across local and US-based Engineering and Security teams to drive alignment, shared priorities, and scalable impact.
    • Lead the team in engineering execution for application security, tooling development, detection and response, and help manage a growing global security program.
    • Ensure the 5+ Security Engineering team consistently meets delivery timelines, quality standards, and security objectives across a mix of proactive and reactive work and objectives.
    • You’ll balance hands-on support for daily operations with providing strategic and technical guidance, while also leading team performance, growth, and engagement
    • Collaborate cross-functionality with Highspot Product Infrastructure, Engineering, and Business teams to satisfy security goals.
    • Represent the Security function in India-region, security hiring, security people management, and stakeholder engagement.
    • Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain continuous security coverage and promptly respond to incidents, ensuring the security and resilience of our 24x7 platform and global workforce.

Required Qualifications

    • 12+ years of experience in Security or related disciplines, with 3+ years of experience managing teams and multi-disciplinary security functions.
    • Extensive experience in application security, incident detection and response, cloud security environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), 
    • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, JavaScript), with experience conducting detailed code reviews and security assessments. (Experience with  Clojure is a plus)
    • Proven track record in building, scaling, and mentoring high-performing teams
    • Strategic and execution-focused, with a track record of delivering measurable results, meeting deadlines, and producing quality artifacts.
    • Skilled communicator who can clearly speak to complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Trusted leader with strong judgment, able to navigate ambiguity and make balanced decisions in partnership with technical and business stakeholders.
    • Demonstrated ability to embrace being wrong, practice humility, continuously learn from experiences, and actively seek insights through thoughtful questioning and collaboration.
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Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, ethnicity, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or invisible disability status, political affiliation, veteran status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

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