AI & IAM Manager

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.

Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

This is an opportunity to help define the future of identity security in an environment investing in AI, automation, and modern cybersecurity capabilities. You'll have the chance to shape strategy, influence technology direction, and build next-generation security capabilities in one of the most rapidly evolving areas of cybersecurity. We are looking for an innovative engineering leader with a passion for solving complex identity security challenges.

Someone who understands that AI identities, workload identities, and non-human identities are becoming the dominant identity population in modern enterprises and represent a rapidly evolving security frontier. This role combines strong technical expertise with strategic leadership, helping organizations securely adopt emerging technologies while building scalable governance, reducing risk, and enabling business innovation.

As the Manager of AI, Workload & Non-Human Identity Security, you will lead the strategy, governance, and security of one of the fastest-growing identity domains in the enterprise. You will be responsible for securing AI identities, workload identities, service accounts, machine credentials, privileged access, secrets, and certificates while helping shape the future of identity security across cloud, automation, and AI-enabled environments.

Working across Cybersecurity, Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture teams, you will define and implement modern identity security capabilities that reduce risk, strengthen trust, and enable innovation.

• Lead the strategy and governance for AI identities, workload identities, and non-human identities (NHI).
• Drive enterprise programs for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), and machine credential governance.
• Establish standards for authentication, authorization, secrets management, certificate management, and machine-to-machine trust.
• Define governance models for AI agents, delegated authority, autonomous workflows, and emerging AI-enabled technologies.
• Partner with engineering and application teams to modernize identity controls and reduce reliance on long-lived credentials.
• Evaluate and implement innovative approaches for non-human identity discovery, governance, risk reduction, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor emerging identity threats, technology trends, and industry best practices related to AI security, machine identities, and identity-centric security.
• Build and lead a high-performing team while fostering innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Leadership experience in IAM, Security Engineering, Cloud Security, Platform Security, or Enterprise Cybersecurity.
• Strong expertise in non-human identities, workload identities, privileged access, machine credentials, and identity governance.
• Experience with PAM, PKI, secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, and identity security controls.
• Understanding of modern authentication and authorization technologies, including OAuth, OpenID Connect…