Senior Manager, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

What You’ll Do

Strategic Leadership

• Define the long-term IAM strategy, roadmap, and operating model across the enterprise and product ecosystem.
• Build scalable identity foundations that support global growth, cloud expansion, and evolving business needs.
• Establish best practices for identity lifecycle management, authentication, authorization, provisioning, and governance.

Build and Lead High-Performing Teams

• Manage and grow IAM engineering and operations teams responsible for identity services, infrastructure, and tooling.
• Mentor technical leads and engineers; foster a high-performance and high-accountability culture.
• Develop effective team structures and prioritize workstreams aligned to business and security priorities.

IAM Architecture & Engineering

• Lead the design and implementation of IAM capabilities including:
  • Single Sign-On (SSO), MFA, and federated identity
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
  • Privileged Access Management (PAM)
  • Identity lifecycle automation
  • Directory services and identity stores
  • Just-in-time access and least-privilege models
• Drive modernization of legacy systems and implementation of Zero Trust identity principles.
• Ensure scalability, high availability, and strong security controls across all identity platforms.

Governance, Compliance & Risk

• Own identity governance programs including access reviews, audit readiness, onboarding/offboarding controls, and policy enforcement.
• Partner with compliance, risk, and legal teams to meet regulatory requirements (SOC2, ISO, FedRAMP, SOX, GDPR, etc.).
• Ensure operational rigor, strong documentation, and sustainable controls that withstand audits and customer expectations.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Work closely with IT, Product Security, Cloud Infrastructure, and Engineering to embed identity best practices throughout the organization.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure customer-facing identity capabilities are secure, intuitive, and scalable.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and serve as a trusted advisor on identity issues.

What You Bring

• 8–12+ years of experience in security, identity engineering, or related technical fields
• Deep technical expertise in modern IAM technologies, directories, authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth), and identity standards.
• Hands-on architecture or engineering experience within cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience implementing Zero Trust identity models and privileged access management frameworks.
• Strong understanding of identity governance, compliance requirements, and audit processes.
• Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering complex, cross-functional programs.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.