Aadhar Hasija
Technical Program Manager @ Google | Driving Security & Compliance Excellence at Scale | MBA, IIM Kozhikode
Bengaluru
6+ years of work experience
Jan 20269 mosPresent
Bengaluru
· Directed regulatory governance for Google Pay India, evaluating controls against central bank and UPI ecosystem requirements, identifying compliance gaps, and driving organization-wide remediation programs to maintain regulatory readiness for a platform serving 275M+ users.
· Owned security assurance programs spanning SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS, leading control maturity assessments, audit engagements, and cross-functional execution to improve compliance effectiveness and reduce operational risk.
· Managed high-stakes regulatory relationships, serving as the primary interface for external auditors as well as Central Bank of India delegates during critical security assessments.
· Negotiated and aligned security standards with various external B2B partners (banks and NBFCs), mitigating supply chain vulnerabilities and ensuring data protection compliance across integrated platforms.
· Conducted regulatory gap assessments for Google Pay's European operations against the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and NIS2 Directive, identifying control deficiencies, evaluating operational resilience and cybersecurity requirements, and driving remediation strategies to enhance regulatory readiness.
Dec 20232 yrs 2 mosJan 2026
Bengaluru
· Led a team of 6 Technology Risk Managers to assess 223 enterprise applications, identifying and driving remediation of critical security vulnerabilities.
· Partnered with product, engineering and legal teams to remediate security gaps, reducing technology risk exposure by 45% within one year.
· Developed and implemented an application security risk management framework aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, and GDPR requirements.
· Established and maintained the application risk register across 25 technology domains, providing key inputs to enterprise risk reporting and Cyber Leadership Committee decisions.
· Managed security audits and compliance reporting, including monthly leadership updates, quarterly SteerCo reviews, and an end-to-end audit of a Tesco subsidiary presented to the Privacy Executive Committee.
· Delivered security and data privacy training to 50+ engineering leaders and developers, improving awareness of security standards and risk management practices.
Sep 20212 yrs 4 mosDec 2023
Bengaluru
· Managed GDPR remediation program– managed a team of 8 members to remediate around 106 critical and high priority applications(across the organization) to make them GDPR compliant
· Managed the entire delivery of the program from planning, tracking and delivery and RAID management for the program usingproject management tools like JIRA, Confluence etc.
· Gathered the requirements from the legal and business stakeholders and formulated a custom cybersecurity framework (using NIST,MITR Attack and ISO 270001 standards) which was used by the product and engineering teams to remediate the applications
· Prepared and delivered executive level presentations and reports, effectively communicating project status, risks and recommendations to the steerco, senior management and other stakeholders
May 20215 mosSep 2021
Bengaluru
· Led the onboarding of ~25000 non-personal accounts (service, application, and shared accounts) into CyberArk, significantly reducing the risk of credential theft and unauthorized access across the enterprise
· Collaborated with cross-functional teams (IT, security, DevOps, and operations) to identify and map 25000+ non-personal accountsacross business units, ensuring proper classification and access controls prior to integration with CyberArk
May 20202 mosJun 2020
Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Developed the GTM strategy for the first ever MMP for the startup and this helped in generating a constant source of revenue for the company
• Single-handedly developed a pricing model for merchants-onboarding contributing to a major revenue stream (20% of the total revenue) for the company
• Ran multiple A/B testing scenarios in UAE, Italy and India to find the correct positioning of the product as well as experimenting on the product-market fit
• Convinced the founder to onboard “paints” feature on the canvas and then worked with the design, development and marketing teams to implement the idea and setup a prototype which enabled the company to sign contracts with the biggest paint brands in India
Jan 201911 mosNov 2019
Jaipur Area, India
• Founded and successfully grew an IT company specializing in the domain of Digital Marketing and Software Services
o Managed day-to-day operations by leading a team of 12 employees
• Delivered digital transformation for a global e-commerce export company by adding drop shipping model to their business
o Launched their e-commerce website leading to overall revenue increase of 23%
• Conducted market research and launched the digital marketing campaigns accordingly in the US to reposition the product of an e-commerce company
• Built a CRM product and sold it to 2 BPO customers in Udaipur, Rajasthan
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Education
Master of Business Administration, PGP-Business Leadership
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
20191 yr2020
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science
Vellore Institute of Technology
20124 yrs2016
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