Director, Identity & Security Product Management

Director, Identity & Security Product Management at MongoDB

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Director of Identity and Security Product Management to lead our Identity and Security Product Management team. This person will define and drive the execution of our product strategy for crucial functions across IAM and security, with a portfolio spanning authorization, authentication, Queryable Encryption, security hardening, and more. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with stakeholders at every level of the organization, including executive leadership and cross-functional teams across multiple business units.

As the Director, Identity & Security Product Management, you will work closely with your engineering counterparts to define and deliver the roadmap for Identity and Access Management (IAM), Queryable Encryption, and Database Security. Your scope will span the MongoDB Atlas Platform, Core Database, and other critical companion services, ensuring that our IAM and security offerings continue to set the industry standard for excellence and innovation.

Your leadership in this role will be instrumental in maintaining our customers’ trust in MongoDB to deploy secure, high-performance applications with confidence, knowing their data is protected by cutting-edge security solutions.

This role can be based in Palo Alto, New York City, Seattle, or remotely in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Identity & Security Product Management team responsible for delivering Identity and Access Management, Queryable Encryption, and other customer-facing security features within the MongoDB platform
• Drive highly regulated customer platform security and compliance requirements into MongoDB products
• Drive collaboration across Engineering, Customer Support, Marketing, Sales, and the Executive Leadership Team
• Drive a strategic narrative with customers and industry thought leaders around database security and identity
• Develop and maintain an accurate and up-to-date roadmap across your ownership areas in partnership with Engineering counterparts
• Develop strategic, operational, and tactical recommendations tailored to our products to improve customers’ security posture and compliance positioning; regularly evangelize solutions at industry conferences, trade shows, and with key partners and accounts
• Deeply understand all aspects of MongoDB - to ensure a business outcome aligned with our broader product, customer, and company priorities
• Define security go-to-market strategies, identify key market/competitive trends and customer opportunities, and plan and manage programs to execute against those strategies by partnering with sales leadership at regional and global levels
• Drive decision-making around prioritization, solutions, functionality, and pricing

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience managing teams and demonstrating leadership skills that bring together diverse viewpoints and drive a strategic agenda forward; can-do attitude, optimism, humility, and willingness to dive into ambiguity are all pluses!
• 10+ years of Product and/or Engineering Security experience working with enterprise-focused technologies and customers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to large executive audiences and key enterprise customers globally
• Experience or Expertise in One or more of the following: CEH, GSEC, CISM, Comp TIA Security +, CISSP, CISA, SSCP, CASP+, OSCP, AWS Solution Architect Pro, AWS Security, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty or other cloud provider equivalents
• Working knowledge and/or hands-on experience with several of the following areas: Identity & Access Management, operating system & platform security, network security, database security, and an understanding of network and web-related protocols
• Strong subject matter expertise in the fields of IT security and risk management
• Experience with cloud-native products and an in-depth understanding of microservice topologies and implementations
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and proactively address business, product, and technical challenges
• Experience transforming traditional data center security measures into industry-adopted cloud technologies
• Strong technical acumen - our Product Managers must be effective partners in decision-making with their engineering counterparts and have deep depth of knowledge.
• Comfortable speaking with authority on any of the technical aspects of the topics in their portfolio, such as Jira, Aha, AWS, GCP, AZURE, Okta, Bug Bounties, DLP, Secure Web Browsing, Data Classification

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform—the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market—helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and nearly 60,000 customers—including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups—relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB.

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Key skills/competency

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Queryable Encryption
• Database Security
• Product Strategy
• Roadmap Development
• Team Leadership
• Cloud Security
• Compliance Requirements
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Executive Communication