Head of Identity Access Management

Head of Identify Access Management (IAM) THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

• A well-established, financially strong enterprise organization headquartered in Charlotte.
• A highly visible cybersecurity leadership function focused on modernizing and maturing Identity & Access Management.
• An evolving technology environment that includes traditional infrastructure, modern applications and Azure cloud services.
• A collaborative organization where IAM partners closely with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Application Development, Risk, Audit, HR and executive leadership.
• A blended delivery model consisting of internal resources and strategic managed-service partners.

• Executive-level ownership of the enterprise IAM strategy, roadmap and operating model.
• Opportunity to build, mature and scale a critical cybersecurity practice.
• Direct visibility and influence with senior technology and business leadership.
• Ability to lead transformation across identity governance, privileged access, authentication, directory services and automation.
• A role that balances strategic leadership with technical and architectural influence.

• Charlotte, NC (Flexible)
• Hybrid work environment (Flexible)

• Own the strategy, development and continued maturation of the enterprise IAM program.
• Establish the policies, governance, standards and operating model required to manage identity securely at scale.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise IAM roadmap in partnership with cybersecurity, technology and business leadership.
• Lead Identity Governance and Administration initiatives, including lifecycle management, access certification, role-based access and entitlement management.
• Drive the adoption and continued development of Privileged Access Management.
• Oversee authentication, authorization, directory services and identity integrations across legacy and cloud environments.
• Advance automation for provisioning, deprovisioning and access management.
• Manage internal resources, vendor teams and managed-security partners while ensuring accountability to SLAs and program objectives.
• Establish KPIs, reporting and training programs to measure performance and maturity.
• Investigate complex identity-related incidents and lead corrective action.
• Serve as the senior IAM advisor to executives, project teams, developers and technology leaders.

• 10+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience with significant ownership of Identity & Access Management.
• Proven experience building, transforming or materially maturing an enterprise IAM program.
• Previous leadership experience within a large or complex enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of both IAM strategy and execution.
• Strong experience across IGA, PAM, authentication, authorization, directory services and identity lifecycle management.
• Experience leading IAM within an Azure or cloud-first environment.
• Ability to operate credibly with executives while maintaining the technical depth required to challenge architects, engineers and vendors.
• Experience managing sizable internal teams, external vendors and managed-service providers.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity governance, architecture, operations, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex identity topics into business impact.
• This role requires a proven IAM leader who has successfully done this work before—not an emerging leader stepping into enterprise ownership for the first time.

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