Senior Director, Product Security

Gainsight; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Wellness resources

Flexible remote work options

Childcare assistance

Recharge Holidays

Job summary

Gainsight is seeking a Senior Director, Product Security to lead our security program and protect a cloud-native SaaS platform. This hybrid role is based in Hyderabad or Bengaluru, India, and reports to the Chief Security Officer.

You will define Product Security strategy, champion Secure by Design, and guide cross-functional teams across Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure. The ideal candidate has 15+ years in software/security, with 8+ years leading security organizations, and a track

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software or security engineering roles with security leadership.
• 8+ years leading security organizations.
• Proven ability to scale product security programs in SaaS/cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Mature the application security program and embed Secure by Design across the SDLC.
• Lead threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and policy enforcement.
• Drive metrics like test coverage and gates passed/failed; manage global security engineers.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure leadership on security strategy.

Skills

Secure SDLC

Threat modeling

Security architecture

API security

Cloud-native

Kubernetes/containers

Multi-tenant SaaS security

Executive communication

Security leadership

Security governance

Job description

We’re building the AI-driven future of customer success, from retention to growth! Gainsight is the AI-powered retention engine behind the world’s most customer-centric companies. The Gainsight CustomerOS platform orchestrates the customer journey from onboarding to outcomes to advocacy. More than 2,000 companies trust Gainsight’s applications and AI agents to drive learning, adoption, community connection, and success for their customers. To explore how our suite of solutions is shaping the future of customer success, check out the link.

About This Role:

We’re looking for a full-time Senior Director, Product Security to join our Security team reporting to the Chief Security Officer. This is a hybrid role based out of our Hyderabad or Bengaluru, India offices.

In this role, you’ll play a key role in embedding security into Gainsight's cloud-native SaaS platform by defining Product Security strategy and driving Secure by Design principles, threat modeling, and security architecture reviews across the software development lifecycle. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment and enjoys working cross-functionally with teams like Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings strong skills in Secure SDLC, application and API security, and security leadership.

What You'll Do:

• Maturing the application security program.
• Increasing Test Coverage (% of Assets): The percentage of active repositories, microservices, and endpoints monitored by SAST, DAST, SCA, and container scanning tools.
• Security Gates Passed/Failed: The ratio of builds that are automatically blocked from deployment due to high-severity policy violations.
• Managing a global team of product security engineers.

This role may require occasional travel (up to 10-25%) for team meetings, training, or company events. This is not a complete list of responsibilities, and the scope of the role may evolve with the needs of the team and business.

What We're Looking For:

• 15+ years of experience across Software Engineering, Security Engineering, Application Security, or Product Security, with at least 8 years leading security organizations.
• Proven experience building or scaling Product Security programs within modern SaaS or cloud-native environments.
• Deep expertise in Secure SDLC, Secure by Design, threat modeling, security architecture, application security, API security, and modern authentication and authorization frameworks.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to influence architecture, design decisions, and security strategy.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, Kubernetes, containers, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Experience driving organization-wide vulnerability management and product risk remediation programs.
• Ability to communicate technical risk effectively to executive leadership and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Experience building, mentoring, and leading high-performing Product Security teams.

Nice-to-have skills or experience:

• Experience securing AI/GenAI-powered products and platforms.
• Hands-on software engineering background with experience building distributed systems.
• Experience implementing security automation within modern CI/CD environments.
• Experience leading globally distributed Product Security teams.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or GIAC certifications.

Why You’ll Love It Here:

Gainsight is a place where innovation is shaped through collaboration, curiosity, and a shared focus on solving real-world problems. With a growing suite of products across customer success, product experience, community, education, and AI-powered relationship intelligence, we continue to evolve with the needs of our customers. When people with diverse strengths, a strong sense of community, and true passion for our mission come together, they drive greater impact and create lasting value. What underpins it all is a culture that offers the stability, trust, and support that people need - not just to do the job, but to show up as themselves and feel connected to the work they do. Gainsters love working here for several reasons. Here are a few:

Our Compensation and Benefits:

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including full health coverage (including OPD), wellness and mental health resources, flexible remote work options, and childcare assistance. You’ll also enjoy dedicated Recharge Holidays - one long weekend each quarter to relax and reset.

Our Core Values:

We are guided by our values and our mission to be living proof you can win in business while being Human-First. Learn more here.

Our Growth Opportunities:

From mentoring to career development opportunities, we’re passionate about helping our teammates learn, grow, and thrive.

Our Parody Videos:

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If this sounds like the right role for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information:

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