Digital Identity Non-Human Identity, Machine Identity & Agentic Identity Associate Director
About the role
The Digital Identity Non-Human Identity, Machine Identity & Agentic Identity Associate Director position is part of Protiviti's growing Digital Identity team. This leader will help clients address the fast-growing challenge of securing and governing identities used by applications, services, cloud workloads, APIs, automation platforms, DevOps pipelines, machines, bots, and AI agents.
Responsibilities
Helping organizations secure identities beyond traditional workforce users.
Advising executive stakeholders on emerging risks associated with machine identities, cloud-native identities, automation, and AI agents.
Translating complex identity architecture concepts into practical business outcomes and measurable risk reduction.
Solving challenges that span IAM, PAM, IGA, cloud security, application security, and DevSecOps domains.
Building trusted relationships with clients and alliance partners.
Developing market-leading service offerings and go-to-market strategies.
Leading technical and business discussions across diverse stakeholder groups.
Building and mentoring high-performing consulting teams.
Contributing to proposals, sales pursuits, and thought leadership initiatives.
Staying at the forefront of evolving identity trends, platforms, and security challenges.
Requirements
Identity Strategy and Advisory Experience
Experience designing enterprise operating models and governance frameworks for identity programs.
Ability to communicate technical and business risks to executive stakeholders and boards.
Experience developing identity security standards, policies, and control frameworks.
Hands-on experience securing and governing non-human identities including service accounts, application accounts, service principals, API keys, workload identities, container identities, automation accounts, bot identities, and AI-powered agents.
Experience with service account governance initiatives.
Experience with certificate lifecycle management programs.
Experience implementing workload identity federation.
Experience securing AI-enabled applications or autonomous systems.
Experience developing NHI security offerings, thought leadership, or market strategies.
Existing relationships with IAM, PAM, Cloud Security, DevOps, or AI Security leaders.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity).
9+ years working in IAM, PAM, cybersecurity consulting, cloud security, or related fields.
Experience within a consulting firm, systems integrator, software vendor, or large enterprise identity program is strongly preferred.
Professional certifications are strongly preferred, including CISSP, CCSP, Microsoft security certifications, CyberArk certifications, SailPoint certifications, Saviynt certifications, AWS certifications, and vendor-specific IAM or PAM credentials.
Skills
Identity Strategy and Advisory
Cloud and Platform Security
Emerging Agentic Identity and AI Security
Business Development and Market Leadership
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