Director, Engineering - Identity & Access Management Solutions (IAM)

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Summary:

In this role, you will lead the strategy, architecture, and engineering of enterprise Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platforms that power secure authentication and authorization across customer-facing SaaS products. You will define and execute a multi-year technology roadmap to modernize authentication and fine-grained authorization, build reusable identity APIs and platform services, and enable secure access for users, workloads, and emerging AI agents. You will foster engineering excellence through cloud-native architecture, platform engineering, and AI-enabled development practices, with a focus on building identity platforms rather than operational identity administration or governance.

Responsibilities:

·       Define and execute the multi-year engineering strategy and roadmap for authentication and authorization platforms across enterprise SaaS solutions.

·       Lead the modernization of authorization capabilities by advancing unified frameworks that support relationship-based access control (ReBAC), attribute-based access control (ABAC), and Policy-as-Code architectures.

·       Develop scalable identity solutions that support human users, non-human workloads, short-lived credentials, and emerging agentic AI identities.

·       Oversee architecture, design, development, deployment, and continuous improvement of CIAM platforms to ensure high availability, scalability, security, and reliability.

·       Manage, mentor, and develop engineering leaders and teams while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous delivery.

·       Collaborate with cross-functional technology, product, security, and business teams to align IAM capabilities with organizational priorities and client needs.

·       Establish engineering standards, operational metrics, and performance indicators to drive platform stability, service quality, and continuous improvement.

·       Manage engineering budgets, operational planning, resource allocation, and roadmap prioritization to optimize delivery and cost efficiency.

·       Advance the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices that improve software development, testing, code quality, operational efficiency, and delivery velocity.

·       Evaluate emerging identity, cloud, and security technologies to continuously evolve platform capabilities and support future business growth.

Qualifications:

·       Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience preferred; Advanced degree preferred.

·       7 or more years of relevant experience required.

·       Extensive software engineering experience with progressive leadership responsibilities, including leading IAM, security engineering, or core infrastructure teams within SaaS or highly regulated healthcare or technology environments required.

·       Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy and build alignment across engineering, product, security, and executive leadership required.

·       Deep knowledge of authentication and identity standards, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAML required.

·       Experience designing and implementing fine-grained authorization models, including ReBAC, ABAC, Zanzibar-style architectures, and Policy-as-Code frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) or Cedar required.

·       Knowledge of workload identity, machine identity, secrets management, and identity solutions supporting autonomous AI agents required.

·       Strong cloud-native engineering experience with Azure and AWS, Kubernetes, API design, event-driven architectures, observability, and modern software delivery practices required.

·       Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations through strategic transformation, operational excellence, and AI-enabled software engineering practices.

·       Excellent written, verbal, and executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable business strategies.

Estimated Hiring Range:

This position is also incentive eligible.

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