Senior Director, Identity Access Management & Data Security (R-18810)

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The Senior Director of Identity Access Management (IAM) & Identity Security is responsible for establishing and driving the enterprise-wide strategy for identity security and data protection.

The Senior Director of IAM & Identity Security oversees a multi-disciplinary organization spanning strategy, architecture, engineering, and operations to deliver measurable improvements in risk posture and control maturity.

The Senior Director of IAM & Identity Security emphasizes strategic leadership, cross-functional alignment, transformational problem solving, and executive influence.

A strong technical foundation is required to provide direction and evaluate approaches; however, the primary focus is on organizational leadership, strategic clarity, and enterprise adoption of secure-by-design practices across identity and data domains.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain the enterprise strategy for Data & Identity Security, aligned to business priorities and Cyber Architecture objectives.
• Translate long-term strategic direction into actionable multi-year roadmaps across identity lifecycle, privileged access, machine/AI identity, data governance, classification, DLP, and secrets management.
• Provide executive-level guidance and influence, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, cloud, network, architecture, and enterprise technology.
• Drive cross-team adoption of identity and data protection patterns, standards, and controls at scale.
• Oversee the execution of the program portfolio with a focus on measurable risk reduction, automation, and operational excellence.
• Build and lead a high-performing organization.
• Identify and remove organizational blockers, enabling teams to execute and with clarity of ownership.
• Define and maintain KPIs that measure program effectiveness, control coverage, and service maturity.
• Partner with Legal, Audit, Compliance, and Enterprise Risk to ensure alignment to global regulatory and industry frameworks.
• Maintain a practical understanding of modern identity architectures, data protection approaches, cloud-native engineering, and Zero Trust principles to provide directional oversight.

Skills and/or Certifications::
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale transformation across complex technical environments.
• Strong strategic problem-solving capabilities and an ability to drive enterprise-wide outcomes.
• Ability to influence senior leadership and communicate complex topics clearly.
• Strong understanding of identity and data security concepts sufficient to guide technical teams
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks.
• Experience partnering across cloud engineering, product teams, and infrastructure operations.

Leadership Competencies:
• Strategic Vision & Execution: Ability to create and translate long-term identity and data protection strategy into results.
• Influence & Collaboration: Builds cross-functional partnerships; drives alignment across diverse stakeholders.
• Technical Leadership: Provides informed oversight across identity, data, cloud domains.
• Change Leadership: Drives enterprise transformation across teams, platforms, and operating models.
• Talent Development: Builds, mentors, and scale high-performing teams.
• Risk-Based Decision Making: Balances business priorities, risk exposure, and technical constraints.
• Executive Communication: Communicates complex concepts to engineering, product, and executive stakeholders.

Education::
• Bachelor's Degree - Required
• Advanced Degree / Certifications - Preferred

Years of Relevant Experience::
• 10+ years in leadership roles, preferably in product or application security

Benefits We Offer
· Generous paid time off in your first year, increasing with tenure.
· Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave after one year of employment.
· Paid sick time to care for yourself or family members.
· Education assistance and extensive training resources.
· Do Good Program: Paid volunteer days & donation matching.
· Competitive 401k with company matching.
· Health & wellness benefits, including discounted Wellhub membership rates.
· Medical, dental & vision insurance for you, spouse/partner & dependents.

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