Senior Security Advisor, Identity

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and continuously evolve the enterprise identity and access management strategy, roadmap, and target architecture
• Develop and maintain a prioritized backlog of identity initiatives, balancing risk reduction, and user experience
• Present roadmap progress, risks, and recommendations to leadership and the CISOL
• Lead and participate in the design, configuration, and deployment of identity solutions using Okta and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• Drive the implementation and optimization of IGA capabilities including access certifications, role management, and joiner/mover/leaver processes
• Oversee PAM tooling and processes, including privileged account provisioning, session management, and just-in-time access controls
• Define and enforce identity standards, policies, and patterns for adoption across engineering and operations teams
• Serve as the primary point of contact for identity platform vendors, managing contracts, escalations, and roadmap alignment
• Build strong working relationships with clinical leads, IT operations, data governance, and HR to ensure identity controls support workforce needs
• Communicate complex identity concepts in accessible terms to non-technical stakeholders across the organization

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior identity or IAM advisory role, ideally within a regulated industry
• Deep hands-on expertise with Okta (Workforce Identity), including configuration, SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, and API access management
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, including conditional access, PIM, hybrid identity, and B2B federation
• Solid understanding of IGA principles and tooling: access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC), and provisioning workflows
• Practical experience with PAM solutions and privileged account governance
• Ability to operate at both a strategic and technical level, equally comfortable writing a roadmap paper or reviewing an integration design
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with experience influencing senior decision-makers