Head of Identity Access Management

The team you will be joining is a well-established, financially strong enterprise organization headquartered in Charlotte. This highly visible cybersecurity leadership function focuses on modernizing and maturing Identity & Access Management within an evolving technology environment that includes traditional infrastructure, modern applications, and Azure cloud services. The organization fosters collaboration, partnering closely with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Application Development, Risk, Audit, HR, and executive leadership. It operates with a blended delivery model consisting of internal resources and strategic managed-service partners.

What they offer you

• Executive-level ownership of the enterprise IAM strategy, roadmap, and operating model.
• Opportunity to build, mature, and scale a critical cybersecurity practice.
• Direct visibility and influence with senior technology and business leadership.
• Ability to lead transformation across identity governance, privileged access, authentication, directory services, and automation.
• A role that balances strategic leadership with technical and architectural influence.

Location: Charlotte, NC (Flexible hybrid work environment).

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, development, and continued maturation of the enterprise IAM program.
• Establish the policies, governance, standards, and operating model required to manage identity securely at scale.
• Develop and maintain the enterprise IAM roadmap in partnership with cybersecurity, technology, and business leadership.
• Lead Identity Governance and Administration initiatives, including lifecycle management, access certification, role-based access, and entitlement management.
• Drive the adoption and continued development of Privileged Access Management.
• Oversee authentication, authorization, directory services, and identity integrations across legacy and cloud environments.
• Advance automation for provisioning, deprovisioning, and access management.
• Manage internal resources, vendor teams, and managed-security partners while ensuring accountability to SLAs and program objectives.
• Establish KPIs, reporting, and training programs to measure performance and maturity.
• Investigate complex identity-related incidents and lead corrective action.
• Serve as the senior IAM advisor to executives, project teams, developers, and technology leaders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience with significant ownership of Identity & Access Management.
• Proven experience building, transforming, or materially maturing an enterprise IAM program.
• Previous leadership experience within a large or complex enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of both IAM strategy and execution.
• Strong experience across IGA, PAM, authentication, authorization, directory services, and identity lifecycle management.
• Experience leading IAM within an Azure or cloud-first environment.
• Ability to operate credibly with executives while maintaining the technical depth required to challenge architects, engineers, and vendors.
• Experience managing sizable internal teams, external vendors, and managed-service providers.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity governance, architecture, operations, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex identity topics into business impact.

This role requires a proven IAM leader who has successfully done this work before—not an emerging leader stepping into enterprise ownership for the first time.