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Job Title : Managed Detection and Response Practice LeadLocation : Mumbai (Travel Required)Role OverviewAs our MDR Practice Lead, you’ll own the end-to-end MDR service line, defining strategy and playbooks, building a world-class SOC team, and ensuring top-tier delivery across marquee accounts. You’ll also cultivate and manage partnerships with leading threat-intelligence providers to supercharge our detection and response capabilities.Key ResponsibilitiesBusiness Ownership:- Own the P&L, drive the growth and maturity of the MDR practice, including revenue contribution, profitability, and operational efficiency.- Collaborate with sales and leadership to align service offerings with market demand.Practice Strategy & Roadmap- Craft and evolve the MDR service model, aligning to market demands and business goals- Set SLAs, KPIs and success metrics; drive quarterly business reviews with stakeholdersThreat Intelligence Partnerships- Identify, evaluate and onboard high-quality threat-intelligence feeds (commercial and open source)- Manage vendor relationships and negotiate data-feed agreements (TTPs, indicators, context)- Integrate threat feeds into SIEM and SOAR workflows for real-time enrichment- Collaborate on joint threat research, co-branded webinars and industry briefingsDelivery Excellence- Lead solution design, onboarding and 24×7 operations for enterprise clients across key verticals including fintech, retail, and government sectors- Develop and maintain incident-response runbooks, threat-hunting playbooks, and investigative templatesTeam Leadership & Growth- Recruit, mentor and upskill analysts, hunters and engineers- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning and blameless post-mortems- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and change management skills to navigate complex organizational dynamics and inspire teamsTechnology & Automation- Oversee SIEM (including cloud and hybrid environments such as AWS Guard Duty, Azure Sentinel) tuning, threat-intelligence integration and alert-en- Partner with engineering to automate repetitive tasks, reduce manual toil, and scale the operation efficiently- Champion the adoption of generative AI tools and automation to optimize threat detection, incident response, and SOC workflowsPre-Sales & Go-To-Market- Collaborate with sales and presales to develop compelling MDR proposals and demos- Represent the practice in customer workshops, RFP responses and industry forumsInnovation & Continuous Improvement- Champion a mindset of innovation and adaptability by encouraging adoption of emerging detection technologies and refining methodologies to stay ahead of evolving threatsMust-Have Qualifications- 12+ years in SOC leadership, MDR delivery or security operations- Deep expertise with leading SIEM platforms and SOAR tooling, including cloud and hybrid SIEM management- Deep expertise with a leading SIEM platform and SOAR tooling- Proven track record scaling a 24×7 MDR service or SOC practice- Strong stakeholder management; able to present at executive level- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM or equivalentNice-to-Haves- Experience forging and managing threat-intelligence partnerships- Masters in Cybersecurity or Information Security- Exposure to cloud-native detection (AWS/Azure/GCP)