Director, Identity Access Management

About the role

KPMG Advisory is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for individuals to advance their careers and expertise. Our professionals thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture with a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, world-class training, and leading market tools. We prioritize our people, fostering personal and professional growth, flexibility, and impactful work in a supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale Identity Access Management (IAM) transformation programs, providing strategic direction for Identity Governance Administration (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) initiatives across complex client environments.
• Oversee the design, architecture, and governance of IAM solutions leveraging SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (ISC), Saviynt, CyberArk, and related technologies to address identity lifecycle management, privileged access controls, compliance, and security requirements.
• Serve as the executive technical advisor and escalation point for complex identity governance, privileged access, application onboarding, and modernization challenges, driving successful outcomes and mitigating security and operational risks.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional teams of architects, consultants, and technical specialists while fostering delivery excellence, innovation, and growth across IAM programs and client engagements.
• Partner with executive stakeholders, security leaders, application owners, and business executives to develop IAM roadmaps, align identity security strategies with business objectives, and establish leading practices for governance and risk management.
• Support business development efforts through solution development, proposal creation, client presentations, thought leadership, and identification of opportunities to expand identity security, governance, and privileged access services within existing and prospective accounts.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Requirements

• Minimum ten years of recent experience delivering identity and access management solutions, including significant hands-on and leadership experience across IGA and PAM platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in computer science, information security, information systems, engineering, or a related field is required; advanced degree and relevant certifications such as SailPoint, Saviynt, CyberArk, CISSP, or related credentials are preferred.
• Proven experience leading large-scale IAM transformation programs, including enterprise implementations and modernization initiatives involving SailPoint ISC, Saviynt, CyberArk, or comparable identity and privileged access platforms.
• Deep expertise in identity lifecycle management, access requests, certifications, role engineering, segregation of duties, privileged access governance, password vaulting, session management, and regulatory frameworks including SOX, NIST, ISO 27001, and other security and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated success leading technical delivery teams, mentoring professionals, managing complex stakeholder environments, and driving strategic identity security initiatives across cloud and hybrid environments including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Excellent analytical, communication, presentation, executive stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions, influence decision-making, and deliver complex IAM transformation programs at scale.
• Travel up to 50% or as required.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

KPMG offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, including:

• A variety of medical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and life insurance, and 401(k) plans.
• A robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health.
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year, based on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service.
• Two annual breaks where employees are not required to use Personal Time Off: one at year-end and another around the July 4th holiday.

Pay

Salary ranges are displayed as required by local/state regulations and are determined based on factors such as applicant’s skills, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and market considerations. Follow this link for salary ranges by city outside of CA: KPMG Pay Transparency.