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# Senior Director, Enterprise AI & IT, India Site Lead at HackerOne

- **Company:** HackerOne
- **Location:** Pune, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hackerone/3a8c9061-4952-435b-a8c8-05276a93bd7c

## Job description

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and the only solution provider that pairs the simultaneous trust of the Fortune 500 and the world's largest community of security researchers to secure the AI-native enterprise. The H1 Platform unites agentic AI solutions with security researchers ingenuity to continuously discover, validate, prioritize, and remediate exposures across code, cloud, and AI systems. Through solutions such as agentic and human offensive security testing, AI red teaming, code security, validation, and remediation, HackerOne delivers measurable, continuous reduction of cyber risk for enterprises. Industry leaders, including Anthropic, [Crypto.com](http://Crypto.com), General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Lufthansa, Uber, UK Ministry of Defence, and the U.S. Department of Defense, trust HackerOne to safeguard their digital ecosystems. HackerOne was recognized in Gartner’s Emerging Tech Impact Radar: AI Cybersecurity Ecosystem report for its leadership in AI Security Testing.

HackerOne Values HackerOne is dedicated to fostering a strong and inclusive culture. HackerOne is Customer Obsessed and prioritizes customer outcomes in our decisions and actions. We Default to Disclosure by operating with transparency and integrity, ensuring trust and accountability. Employees, researchers, customers, and partners Win Together by fostering empowerment, inclusion, respect, and accountability.

Senior Director, Enterprise AI & IT, India Site Lead Location: Pune, India (working onsite)

Position Summary HackerOne is transforming how we work to become an AI-native enterprise, and the Senior Director, Enterprise AI & IT will lead that transformation. Reporting to the CTO, you will own our Enterprise AI and Enterprise IT functions, shaping how AI changes the systems, workflows, capabilities, and operating models that power HackerOne and ensuring our technology foundation enables the company to move faster and operate more effectively. This role carries an equally important second mandate: serving as HackerOne’s senior leader on the ground in India and Site Leader for Pune, a strategic technical center for the company. You will be the face and voice of HackerOne in Pune, bringing teams and leaders together across functions, shaping the long-term ambition for the site, and building an environment where Pune takes on increasingly strategic and consequential work. We opened our new office in Pune, India to welcome team members who value in-person connection, collaboration, and shared purpose. All roles in Pune are hybrid by design – remote options are not available. For the types of challenges we’ll tackle and the work we’ll do together, we believe in-person connection will be essential to building strong relationships, solving problems effectively, and fostering a vibrant community. As a fully integrated part of HackerOne’s global team, the Pune office will play a meaningful role in advancing our culture and mission. At HackerOne, we Win Together – and our Pune team will help lead the way by shaping a dynamic, in-person culture rooted in purpose and partnership. Primary Responsibilities Success in the Senior Director, Enterprise AI role will be accomplished by delivering on the responsibilities below in alignment with the Values and Principles that define how we work at HackerOne.

- Set and execute an AI Native strategy for the Enterprise, moving HackerOne beyond incremental AI adoption toward AI-native ways of working. Identify where agents, automation, new capabilities, and redesigned operating models can materially improve how teams work and turn that opportunity into measurable company-wide transformation.
- Own the Outcome for Enterprise AI and Enterprise IT, including the systems, platforms, AI enablement, and IT support capabilities employees depend on. Establish clear priorities, operating mechanisms, accountability, and measures of success while ensuring these functions deliver reliable services today and build toward HackerOne’s future.
- Build an AI-native Enterprise IT model, including an increasingly automated help desk in which AI agents resolve a growing share of employee needs, human support focuses on what requires judgment and intervention, and deep technical issues reach the appropriate owning teams. Use the resulting data and patterns to continually improve both AI and enterprise systems.
- Multiply Your Impact by building, developing, and connecting strong teams and leaders. Create clarity and high standards within Enterprise AI & IT while building a Pune leadership community that shares context, solves problems across organizational boundaries, and collectively owns the success of the site.
- Serve as HackerOne’s senior leader on the ground in India and build one HackerOne in Pune. Establish the connections, operating rhythms, and shared identity that bring teams across functions together as a cohesive, high-performing community; step into cross-functional friction when unclear ownership, competing priorities, or coordination breakdowns impede execution.
- Set the ambition for Pune over the next 2–3 years and practice Change Agility as the company and technology landscape evolve. Shape the capabilities, talent, and leadership HackerOne builds in India, translate company strategy into clear local priorities, and enable the site to take on increasingly strategic and consequential work.
- Apply Data-Driven Decision Making to Enterprise AI transformation, IT operations, and site leadership. Establish measures that show whether AI is materially improving how HackerOne operates, whether Enterprise IT is delivering effectively, and whether Pune is developing the capabilities and impact expected of a strategic technical center.
- Apply First Principles Problem Solving to enterprise-wide opportunities and constraints. Challenge legacy assumptions about how work should be done, reduce unnecessary complexity, and work across organizational boundaries to design simpler, scalable operating models; externally, represent HackerOne in India’s technology and talent ecosystem to strengthen the relationships and employer presence needed to support Pune’s long-term growth.

## Minimum Qualifications

- Significant senior leadership experience owning enterprise technology, AI transformation, enterprise systems, IT, or similarly broad technical functions, with accountability for strategy and execution across multiple capabilities and stakeholders.
- Experience representing a technology company externally and building relationships across India’s engineering, AI, technology, and talent ecosystem.
- Demonstrated experience leading meaningful AI transformation—not simply deploying AI tools—including redesigning workflows or operating models and translating emerging AI capabilities into measurable organizational outcomes.
- Experience operating in a highly technical environment with sufficient depth across enterprise systems, software/automation, AI capabilities, and IT operations to set technical direction, make informed tradeoffs, and build credibility with engineering and business leaders.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience building or leading a strategic technology site or major cross-functional technical organization in India, or comparable experience establishing a strong local leadership community within a global company.
- Experience scaling AI agents, automation, internal developer tooling, or AI-enabled enterprise platforms across a complex organization.
- Experience leading both enterprise IT/systems and transformation-oriented technology functions, including modernizing employee support through self-service and automation.

Job Benefits:

- Health (medical, vision, dental), life, and disability insurance*
- Equity stock options
- Retirement plans
- Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Leaves of absence (including caregiver leave and leave under CO's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
- Employee Assistance Program

*Eligibility may differ by country We're committed to building a global team! For certain roles outside the United States, India, the U.K., and the Netherlands, we partner with [Remote.com](https://remote.com/preemployment-faq) as our Employer of Record (EOR).

Visa/work permit sponsorship is not available.

Employment at HackerOne is contingent on a background check.

HackerOne is an Equal Opportunity Employer in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, pregnancy, disability or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by international, federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all HackerOne employment practices, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. HackerOne makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

For US based roles only: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position.

## About HackerOne

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HackerOne provides a unified platform that combines AI and human insight to help organizations identify, manage, and remediate security vulnerabilities through bug bounty, pentesting, and vulnerability disclosure programs.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (with hubs in eight global locations)
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Michiel Prins, Jobert Abma, Alex Rice, Merlijn Boogaard

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Cybersecurity (Vulnerability Management, Bug Bounty, Penetration Testing)
- Target customers: B2B serving Global 2000 companies, technology firms, government agencies, and open-source projects across all industries
- Mission or purpose statement: To empower the world to build a safer internet by making world-class security accessible to everyone [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/company)

## Products & Services
- **HackerOne Platform**: A unified SaaS platform that integrates bug bounty programs, vulnerability disclosure programs (VDPs), and penetration testing services. It leverages a global community of ethical hackers alongside AI-driven vulnerability detection.
- **Bug Bounty Programs**: Organizations pay rewards ("bounties") to ethical hackers for discovering and reporting security vulnerabilities. HackerOne manages the triage, validation, and remediation workflow.
- **Pentest as a Service (PTaaS)**: On-demand, managed penetration testing delivered by HackerOne's internal security experts, providing continuous testing beyond traditional point-in-time assessments.
- **Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)**: A managed service for setting up a secure channel for external researchers to report security issues, reducing risk from unknown vulnerabilities.
- **HackerOne AI**: Proprietary AI tools and models that analyze vulnerability reports, reduce false positives (25% of findings are actionable), and accelerate remediation workflows [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/company).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Approximately $2.9 billion (as of July 2025, based on secondary market reports; not officially confirmed)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding - Over $160 million raised from notable venture capital firms.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Valor Equity Partners, EQT Partners, Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Dragoneer Investment Group, and others. Strategic partnerships include the "Internet Bug Bounty" (IBB) for core internet infrastructure [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/company).
- **Growth Signals**: Over 90% of customers trust HackerOne; 1,300+ companies use the platform; 600,000+ bugs have been discovered; the company reported a 210% increase in vulnerability reports in 2025, and has published millions in AI vulnerability reports [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/company).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global Hacker Community**: The world's largest community of elite ethical hackers providing unmatched scale and diversity of testing perspectives.
- **Unified Platform + AI**: The only platform that unifies bug bounty, VDP, and PTaaS with proprietary AI, creating a "high signal, low noise" environment (25% of findings are actionable).
- **Deep Integration with Customers**: Offers $4M+ ROI per critical vulnerability before a breach occurs, making it a high-value, sticky platform for enterprise security teams.
- **Founding Member of IBB**: Unique credibility and access to securing core internet infrastructure and open source projects [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/company).

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Powered Security**: Continuing to invest in AI that enhances vulnerability detection, triage, and remediation, while also using AI to generate new attack simulations.
- **Expanding Enterprise Adoption**: Growing its customer base among Global 2000 companies with PTaaS and managed services.
- **Community Growth and Engagement**: Deepening relationships with ethical hackers through events, training, and increased bounty opportunities.
- **Open Source & Infrastructure Security**: Maintaining its leadership role in securing critical internet infrastructure through the IBB and other community initiatives.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Culture**: Employees ("Hackeronies") are united by a mission to build a safer internet. The company explicitly seeks candidates who are passionate about this mission [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/careers).
- **Flexible Work Philosophy**: HackerOne embraces a "Flexible Work" model with hubs in eight global locations, emphasizing collaboration and community while providing flexibility to perform at one's best [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/careers).
- **Core Values**: The company operates on three core values: Lead with integrity, Default to disclosure (transparency builds trust), and Execute with excellence [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/careers).
- **Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**: HackerOne is committed to creating an inclusive culture where diverse teams increase creativity, belonging, and performance. They have Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to foster community.
- **Comprehensive Benefits**: Includes generous paid time off, parental leave (maternity, paternity, family caregiver), medical coverage, retirement plans, and compensation packages linked to long-term company success [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/careers).
- **Compensation Philosophy**: Pay is based on internal equity and local market data to remain competitive, with a system focused on job duties, experience, location, and tenure [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/careers).
- **Onboarding (HATCH) Program**: New hires join a cohort-based onboarding program that covers culture, product, and tools like "Working Genius" to help employees thrive [hackerone.com](https://www.hackerone.com/blog/recruitment-process-what-expect-when-you-apply-hackerone).

## Sources
1. [HackerOne About Us Page](https://www.hackerone.com/company)
2. [HackerOne Careers Page](https://www.hackerone.com/careers)
3. [HackerOne Recruitment Process Blog](https://www.hackerone.com/blog/recruitment-process-what-expect-when-you-apply-hackerone)
4. [HackerOne LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerone)
5. [HackerOne Job Board](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hackerone)

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