Senior Manager, Identity & Access Management
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Role
The Senior Manager of Identity & Access Management (IAM) leads the design delivery and governance of the organizations identity and access strategy ensuring secure scalable and compliant access to systems across the fintech and crypto ecosystem.This role owns enterprise identity services with Okta as the core platform supporting workforce identity single sign-on (SSO) lifecycle management privileged access controls and regulatory compliance. You will manage a team of IAM engineers and IAM analysts partner with IT Cloud and Security leaders and drive modernization initiatives including Zero Trust enablement Just-in-Time access and automation of identity lifecycle processes.
What Youll Do
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute the IAM program roadmap aligned with business security and regulatory goals.
- Serve as the primary owner of the enterprise Okta platform ensuring optimal design uptime and adoption.
- Establish IAM standards policies and KPIs to measure maturity and risk reduction.
- Partner with Legal Risk Compliance and Product to align IAM with regulatory frameworks (SOX PCI DSS GLBA FFIEC ISO 27001 SOC 2 and crypto custody standards).
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary IAM team (engineers analysts and contractors).
- Develop talent through coaching certifications and technical training (Okta SAML OAuth PAM Zero Trust).
- Establish and enforce operational processes for access requests reviews and incident response.
- Foster a collaborative outcome-driven culture between IAM Security Engineering and DevOps.
Identity Architecture & Operations
- Oversee Okta workforce and customer identity deployments including SSO MFA and adaptive access.
- Manage integration of Okta with HRIS for automated joiner/mover/leaver workflows.
- Ensure strong identity governance: group management entitlement controls and access certifications.
- Implement role-based access control (RBAC) and attribute-based access control (ABAC) across key systems.
- Partner with application and DevOps teams to federate cloud (AWS GCP Azure) and SaaS applications with Okta.
- Oversee lifecycle management for service accounts API tokens and privileged credentials.
Automation Modernization & Zero Trust
- Drive automation of provisioning deprovisioning and access reviews using Okta Workflows APIs and SCIM.
- Lead initiatives to reduce standing privilege and enforce Just-in-Time access models.
- Integrate Okta with endpoint network and identity threat detection platforms.
- Support rollout of passwordless authentication and phishing-resistant MFA.
Governance Risk and Compliance
- Lead user access reviews (UAR) and segregation-of-duties (SoD) enforcement processes.
- Provide audit evidence for SOX SOC2 PCI and crypto custody attestations.
- Oversee access logging reporting and monitoring via SIEM integrations (Splunk Sentinel Chronicle).
- Maintain up-to-date documentation playbooks and architecture diagrams.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Act as the IAM subject matter expert for all enterprise access-related projects.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure Cloud and Security Engineering teams to integrate IAM into CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with business application owners to onboard new systems into Okta and maintain secure integrations.
- Communicate IAM risks and metrics to executives in clear business-relevant language.
What Youll Need
Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related field (Masters preferred).
- 812 years of experience in Information Security or IT with 4 years leading IAM programs or teams.
- Proven experience managing Okta (Workforce Identity Cloud) at scale.
- Hands-on understanding of identity federation (SAML OIDC OAuth 2.0) and lifecycle management.
- Experience in fintech banking payments or crypto/digital asset security environments preferred.
Technical Skills
- Deep expertise in Okta administration workflows and advanced integrations.
- Knowledge of SCIM API-based provisioning RBAC/ABAC models and directory synchronization.
- Familiarity with Azure AD CyberArk HashiCorp Vault SailPoint or StrongDM is a plus.
- Scripting/automation experience (Python PowerShell or Terraform).
- Understanding of Zero Trust frameworks and modern authentication methods (FIDO2 WebAuthn).
- Experience with security logging access certification tools and SIEM integrations.
Certifications (Preferred)
- Okta Certified Professional / Okta Certified Administrator
- (ISC)² CISSP or Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM)
- CISM or CISA for governance and audit alignment
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- Active Directory
- Identity & Access Management
- LDAP
- SAFe
- Assistive Technologies
- Authentication
- Pediatrics Experience
- NVDA
- Sailpoint
- SSH
- SSO
- Oracle
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