Executive Director Authentication and Access Management
Executive Director Authentication and Access Management
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Job Description
Your Team Responsibilities
The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team builds and maintains a scalable platform that powers high-throughput low-latency authentication and authorization services critical to our enterprise ecosystem. As an IAM Solutions Architect you will collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver secure efficient and future-proof IAM solutions aligned with business needs. You will play a pivotal role in modernizing the IAM infrastructure enhancing user experience through automation and ensuring compliance through robust access controls.
Your Key Ressponsibilities
IAM Strategy & Solution Design
Develop and execute strategies for managing digital identities and access permissions across the organization.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scalable IAM solution designs that meet evolving business and compliance requirements.
Keep pace with industry trends and emerging technologies to proactively enhance security and system architecture.
Access Management & Enforcement
Build secure high-throughput authentication mechanisms using modern protocols (e.g. OAuth2 OIDC SAML).
Define and enforce fine-grained access policies to ensure users have appropriate access to systems and data.
Help evolve and modernize a complex access management schema that supports multiple lines of business and applications.
Design and implement a modular access enforcement engine that supports future growth scalability and auditability.
User Lifecycle & Operational Excellence
Manage the full lifecycle of user identities: creation provisioning modification deactivation and termination.
Investigate and resolve incidents related to identity and access ensuring minimal business disruption.
Deliver custom self-service IAM tools to reduce manual support requests by 60% or more.
Successfully decommission at least one legacy access control subsystem as part of platform modernization.
Team Collaboration & Leadership
Foster a high-performing collaborative engineering team with measurable improvements in delivery velocity operational efficiency and engagement.
Your skills and experience that will help you excel
15 years of engineering experience with 5 years focused on IAM systems or entitlement frameworks
Proven ability to design and implement backend services from scratch not just integrate or configure vendor platforms
Strong coding skills in Go Java or with recent production-level contributions
Deep understanding of authorization models (RBAC ABAC PBAC) and related protocols (OAuth2 OIDC SAML)
Experience with MongoDB CI/CD pipelines and REST-based microservices
Solid experience with DevOps practices including infrastructure automation monitoring and deployment (e.g. using Docker Terraform GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps)
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g. SOX NIST GDPR) and how they impact IAM design
Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams in Agile environments
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Auth0 Azure AD or similar identity providers
Strong familiarity with Open Policy Agent (OPA) or other policy-as-code tools
Exposure to AI/ML for access behavior analytics or anomaly detection
Experience implementing Zero Trust architectures service mesh or secure infrastructure IAM
Comfort working across platform engineering infrastructure and product teams
About MSCI
What we offer you
Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.
Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.
A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.
A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.
Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.
We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.
At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our purpose to power better investment decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research data and technology we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.
MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave) veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please email and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
