Identity Governance and Administration Leader

Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) Lead

Location: Downtown Dallas (Hybrid – Local Only)
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: Base + Bonus + Full Benefits

This role will focus heavily on strategic leadership, architecture guidance, governance, and cross-functional coordination across Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance Administration (IGA), and Privileged Access Management (PAM)/Delinea programs. The ideal candidate will serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders, internal technology teams, and a large managed service provider (MSP) organization supporting enterprise security operations.

This position requires a strong understanding of enterprise-scale identity programs, operational governance, compliance frameworks, and the complexities of managing large MSP-supported delivery organizations. Experience with in financial services or other regulated industries is strongly preferred due to SOX, audit, and regulatory requirements.

The environment currently leverages Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD), Duo for privileged access management and MFA, and enterprise HR and ERP platforms integrated into identity lifecycle processes.

• Define and lead the enterprise roadmap, strategy, and governance model for Identity Governance & Administration services.
• Provide strategic direction for IAM, IGA, and PAM solutions, including lifecycle management, governance controls, access certifications, and privileged access strategies.
• Develop enterprise architecture standards, identity governance frameworks, and operational best practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, security trends, and modernization opportunities to strengthen enterprise identity capabilities.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders to align identity strategies with operational, security, and compliance objectives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business leadership, technology teams, and a large offshore managed service provider (MSP) organization.
• Provide oversight and governance across MSP-led engineering, architecture, delivery, and operational support functions.
• Coordinate demand management, prioritization, roadmap execution, and service delivery activities across multiple teams and work streams.
• Review and approve identity security designs, architecture standards, entitlement models, and access governance processes.
• Balance operational priorities, team capacity, and budget considerations across enterprise identity initiatives.
• Oversee enterprise identity lifecycle management processes integrated across HR systems, identity platforms, and critical enterprise applications.
• Partner with HR and business teams to manage downstream identity impacts related to organizational and system changes.
• Lead governance processes related to access provisioning, entitlement management, role administration, certifications, and reconciliation activities.
• Ensure identity solutions support secure authentication, authorization, RBAC, MFA, SSO, and privileged access controls.
• Support implementation and enhancement efforts across identity platforms utilizing SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, LDAP, REST APIs, and related technologies.
• Ensure identity governance processes align with enterprise security standards, SOX controls, audit requirements, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Maintain risk registers, remediation tracking, and governance documentation related to access controls and identity management processes.
• Partner with internal and external audit teams to provide documentation, evidence, and remediation support.
• Support incident management, change management, root cause analysis, and operational governance activities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to security posture, operational efficiency, and regulatory readiness.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, development, operations, cybersecurity, and support teams to deliver scalable and secure identity solutions.
• Create and maintain operational runbooks, architecture diagrams, data flow documentation, and support procedures.
• Monitor KPIs, adoption metrics, customer satisfaction, and operational effectiveness of identity services.
• Promote process…