Global Identity & Compliance Manager

Role: Global Identity & Compliance Manager

Location: Bengaluru, India

Department: IT / Cyber Security

Experience: 1215 Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Scope: Global

About the Role

We are seeking a Global Security & Compliance Manager to lead and drive key cybersecurity governance initiatives across the organization. This global role is based in Bengaluru and focuses on three core pillars:

• Compliance
• Security Awareness
• Vulnerability Management

The role requires a strong balance of technical depth, pragmatism, and stakeholder collaboration , with the ability to translate regulatory and audit requirements into practical, sustainable security outcomes in a complex global environment.

This is a people manager role , with direct and matrix leadership responsibilities.

Key Focus Areas

Compliance

• Support regulatory and audit-driven requirements such as GDPR, NIS2, SAP security audits, and SWIFT compliance .
• Translate compliance obligations into practical controls, documentation, and auditable processes .
• Partner closely with IT, Legal, Privacy, business owners, and internal/external auditors .
• Strengthen audit readiness, manage findings, and drive continuous improvement of compliance maturity.

Security Awareness

• Own and continuously improve the global security awareness program , including phishing simulations and training campaigns.
• Drive measurable improvements in employee behavior, engagement, and completion rates using platforms such as KnowBe4 .

Vulnerability Management

• Lead the global vulnerability management governance process .
• Ensure vulnerabilities are identified, prioritized, tracked, and remediated through consistent reporting and escalation.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, application, IT, and OT owners to ensure timely remediation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the global Security & Compliance agenda , translating regulatory requirements into actionable controls and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate and support global regulatory compliance initiatives , including documentation and audit evidence management.
• Act as a key contributor to audit readiness and execution , including evidence preparation, walkthroughs, findings tracking, and remediation closure.
• Own and enhance the security awareness program , including reporting and stakeholder engagement.
• Govern the vulnerability management lifecycle , including prioritization, SLA tracking, escalation, and reporting.
• Provide people leadership to a Cyber Compliance Analyst (direct report), including goal setting, coaching, performance management, and development.
• Provide matrix people leadership to SOC analysts (coaching, development, performance inputs), in alignment with functional security leadership.
• Develop and maintain security governance artifacts such as policies, standards, procedures, control narratives, and exception handling.
• Define and report on security and compliance metrics , providing leadership visibility into audit status, vulnerabilities, and awareness effectiveness.
• Support baseline IAM-related security controls for compliance (e.g., SSO/MFA principles, access governance).
• Serve as a global subject matter expert on security compliance, advising stakeholders and driving continuous improvement.