# Director, Product Management, Identity

**Company:** [1Password](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/1password)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $236k – $320k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** SAML, OIDC, OAuth, SCIM, IAM, Zero Trust, RBAC, Directory Services, Conditional Access, Verifiable Credentials
**Posted:** 2026-03-20

> Leads strategy and execution for identity infrastructure, platform, and access management at enterprise scale. Owns integrations, provisioning, authentication architectures, and governance for humans, agents, and machines. Requires 10+ years in product management, 3+ years leading PM teams, and deep identity/auth experience.

## Job Description

## What we're looking for

**Required:**
- 10+ years in Product Management or related field with increasing scope and leadership.
- 3+ years leading PM teams in enterprise B2B SaaS.
- Deep experience building or owning identity, authentication, or directory-integrated systems.
- Proven track record partnering with engineering on platform-level architecture decisions.
- Experience supporting enterprise deployments involving complex IdP configurations.
- Experience with SAML, OIDC, OAuth.

**Bonus points for:**
- Identity & Access Management (IAM), Zero Trust, or security platforms.
- Experience with SCIM provisioning, directory services and group sync, conditional access frameworks, verifiable credentials and/or other non-federated identity frameworks.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture decision-making processes.
- Experience operating in security-conscious or regulated markets.

**Leadership & Competencies:**
- Systems thinker who understands how identity architecture impacts activation, retention, and expansion.
- Comfortable discussing authentication protocols and platform trade-offs with engineers.
- Data-driven approach to onboarding and identity health metrics.
- Exceptional cross-functional influencer who can align Platform, Product, and GTM.
- Ability to translate complex identity infrastructure into intuitive admin experiences.
- Executive-level communication skills and strong product intuition.

## Success in this role looks like
- Reduced friction in enterprise IdP integrations.
- Measurable increase in successful SCIM and SSO deployments within 30–60 days.
- Improved reliability and observability of identity infrastructure.
- Faster enterprise rollouts driven by scalable platform architecture.
- Clear activation KPIs tied to identity integration milestones.
- Strong alignment between platform investments and enterprise growth.

## Responsibilities

### 1. Product Identity & Identity Strategy
- Define the long-term strategy for 1Password’s identity motion for humans, agents, and machines.
- Own capabilities across: SAML / OIDC authentication flows, provisioning & deprovisioning, just-in-time provisioning, policies and role-based access control, conditional access.
- Ensure 1Password supports complex enterprise identity architectures including: agentic workflows, human delegation, multi-tenant organizations, multi-agent mappings, and machine workloads.
- Improve resiliency, reliability, and observability of identity integrations.
- Define platform standards for authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management.

### 2. Platform Architecture for Enterprise Deployment
- Partner with Engineering & Design to evolve the underlying identity architecture that supports: scalable onboarding, high-volume provisioning (agent swarms), policy orchestration, and enterprise-grade reliability.
- Drive architectural decisions that balance: Flexibility for enterprise customization, simplicity in admin configuration, and security-first design principles.
- Influence multi-product platform integration across Password Manager and Extended Access Management capabilities.
- Ensure onboarding workflows are supported by durable backend systems—not just surface-level UX improvements.

### 3. Enterprise Policy & Governance Capabilities
- Own the product strategy for: Admin controls and governance frameworks, Role-based access controls (RBAC), Delegated administration, Audit logs and compliance reporting.
- Ensure enterprise customers can confidently operationalize security policies at scale.
- Support highly regulated industries with identity and access architecture that meets compliance expectations.

### 4. Cross-Functional Platform Leadership
- Work closely with: Platform Engineering (identity infrastructure, authentication services), Security Architecture, Customer Success & Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering (complex enterprise deployments), and Design (admin and security experiences).
- Influence multi-year roadmap planning for identity and authentication capabilities.
- Drive alignment across teams on architectural trade-offs and prioritization.
- Build a high-performing team of Product Managers responsible for our identity infrastructure, including integrations, scaling provisioning and policy enforcement, authentication/authorization architectures, and auditability.

## Compensation
**USA-based roles only:** Annual base salary $236,000–$320,000 USD, plus benefits (health, dental, 401k), PTO, equity, incentive programs.

**Canada-based roles only:** Annual base salary $215,000–$291,000 CAD, plus benefits (health, dental, RRSP), PTO, equity, incentive programs.

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