Senior Director Analyst - Identity Access Management - IGA & PAM
Listed on 2026-11-05
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, IT Consultant, Information Security & Data Protection
You are passionate about identity and access management and appreciate how it is foundational to cybersecurity and a key enabler of digital interaction. You are a visionary thought leader and creative problem solver who enjoys learning and wants to leverage their technical expertise in designing and executing IAM projects to drive the evolution of industry best practices as part of Gartner’s global Business and Technology Insights (BTI) team.
You enjoy collaborating with other smart people.
You are passionate about identity and access management and appreciate how it is foundational to cybersecurity and a key enabler of digital interaction. You are a visionary thought leader and creative problem solver who enjoys learning and wants to leverage their technical expertise in designing and executing IAM projects to drive the evolution of industry best practices as part of Gartner’s global Business and Technology Insights (BTI) team.
You enjoy collaborating with other smart people.
- Identity analytics and automation of identity and access management (IAM) processes
- Agentic AI IAM tools and best practices
- Modernizing overall IAM architecture
- Microsoft AD operations, migrations and resiliency
- Architecting IAM data management
- Authorization controls for data and analytics access
- User, workload and machine identity authentication mechanisms and products
- Multi-agent ecosystems
- Identity discovery, observability and visibilities tools and best practices
- Credential lifecycle management
- Secrets management technologies and product capabilities
- Identity threat detection and response architecture, tools, and capabilities
- Customer IAM processes and capabilities
- Authorization policy frameworks, orchestration, and enforcement
- De-centralized identity mechanisms, verifiable credentials and use cases
- Federated identity and other technologies for Single Sign-On
- Access management protocols, standards, and methodologies
- Identity governance and lifecycle processes
- Privileged access management techniques and tools
As a Gartner analyst, you will engage with clients every day: on the phone, in a video conference, or from the stage at a Gartner event. In every client interaction, analysts help clients solve difficult puzzles that lead to better performance. To support these conversations you will research technology, practices, and trends to produce research for Gartner clients to view online or download and apply.
- Conduct research and analysis in specific areas of expertise targeting client’s key questions to create thought leading insights.
- Deliver high-quality actionable advice and strong positions through a variety of media.
- Write high-quality, clear, practical, advisory research and reference architecture documents.
- Remain ahead of the curve on developments and issues within these specified areas as well as applicable adjacent areas.
- Respond to client questions, create materials for, and deliver to clients via teleconference, video conference or webinar and event presentations
- Grow Gartner’s industry leadership reputation by responding to press inquiries
- Conduct occasional travel, regionally and globally
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (i.e., Computer Science or Engineering), or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant field or industry experience, with 12 or more years in technical roles specific to Identity and Access Management
- The ability to demonstrate technical expert presence and immediately establish credibility with cybersecurity and identity leaders and their teams
- The ability to…
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