P-1494
Databricks is the Lakehouse company. More than 7000 organizations worldwide including Comcast Condé Nast H&M and over 50% of the Fortune 500 rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark Delta Lake and MLflow Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the worlds toughest problems. To learn more follow Databricks on Twitter LinkedIn andFacebook.
For more information visit .
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Manager of Identity & Access Management (IAM) to lead the teams responsible for building and operating our enterprise-wide identity authentication authorization and access governance systems. This leader will own the strategy architecture and execution of IAM capabilities that support our employees customers and platform services at global scale.
As the company grows IAM is becoming a foundational pillar of our security posture and customer trust. You will ensure that our identity systems are secure scalable easy to use and aligned with Zero Trust principles. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role partnering with engineering security IT compliance and product teams to deliver identity services that are reliable and secure by default.
What Youll Do
Strategic Leadership
- Define the long-term IAM strategy roadmap and operating model across the enterprise and product ecosystem.
- Build scalable identity foundations that support global growth cloud expansion and evolving business needs.
- Establish best practices for identity lifecycle management authentication authorization provisioning and governance.
Build and Lead High-Performing Teams
- Manage and grow IAM engineering and operations teams responsible for identity services infrastructure and tooling.
- Mentor technical leads and engineers; foster a high-performance and high-accountability culture.
- Develop effective team structures and prioritize workstreams aligned to business and security priorities.
IAM Architecture & Engineering
- Lead the design and implementation of IAM capabilities including:
- Single Sign-On (SSO) MFA and federated identity
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Identity lifecycle automation
- Directory services and identity stores
- Just-in-time access and least-privilege models
- Drive modernization of legacy systems and implementation of Zero Trust identity principles.
- Ensure scalability high availability and strong security controls across all identity platforms.
Governance Compliance & Risk
- Own identity governance programs including access reviews audit readiness onboarding/offboarding controls and policy enforcement.
- Partner with compliance risk and legal teams to meet regulatory requirements (SOC2 ISO FedRAMP SOX GDPR etc.).
- Ensure operational rigor strong documentation and sustainable controls that withstand audits and customer expectations.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work closely with IT Product Security Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering to embed identity best practices throughout the organization.
- Collaborate with product teams to ensure customer-facing identity capabilities are secure intuitive and scalable.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and serve as a trusted advisor on identity issues.
What You Bring
- 812 years of experience in security identity engineering or related technical fields
- Deep technical expertise in modern IAM technologies directories authentication protocols (SAML OIDC OAuth) and identity standards.
- Hands-on architecture or engineering experience within cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Experience implementing Zero Trust identity models and privileged access management frameworks.
- Strong understanding of identity governance compliance requirements and audit processes.
Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering complex cross-functional programs. - Excellent communication influencing and stakeholder management skills.
Why Join Us
- Lead and shape the future of the companys identity strategy during a period of rapid growth.
- Work on highly impactful company-defining initiatives that protect our people platform and customers.
- Solve complex IAM challenges across cloud SaaS and hybrid environments.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
P-1494Databricks is the Lakehouse company. More than 7000 organizations worldwide including Comcast Condé Nast H&M and over 50% of the Fortune 500 rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco with offices around the gl...
P-1494
Databricks is the Lakehouse company. More than 7000 organizations worldwide including Comcast Condé Nast H&M and over 50% of the Fortune 500 rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark Delta Lake and MLflow Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the worlds toughest problems. To learn more follow Databricks on Twitter LinkedIn andFacebook.
For more information visit .
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Manager of Identity & Access Management (IAM) to lead the teams responsible for building and operating our enterprise-wide identity authentication authorization and access governance systems. This leader will own the strategy architecture and execution of IAM capabilities that support our employees customers and platform services at global scale.
As the company grows IAM is becoming a foundational pillar of our security posture and customer trust. You will ensure that our identity systems are secure scalable easy to use and aligned with Zero Trust principles. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role partnering with engineering security IT compliance and product teams to deliver identity services that are reliable and secure by default.
What Youll Do
Strategic Leadership
- Define the long-term IAM strategy roadmap and operating model across the enterprise and product ecosystem.
- Build scalable identity foundations that support global growth cloud expansion and evolving business needs.
- Establish best practices for identity lifecycle management authentication authorization provisioning and governance.
Build and Lead High-Performing Teams
- Manage and grow IAM engineering and operations teams responsible for identity services infrastructure and tooling.
- Mentor technical leads and engineers; foster a high-performance and high-accountability culture.
- Develop effective team structures and prioritize workstreams aligned to business and security priorities.
IAM Architecture & Engineering
- Lead the design and implementation of IAM capabilities including:
- Single Sign-On (SSO) MFA and federated identity
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Identity lifecycle automation
- Directory services and identity stores
- Just-in-time access and least-privilege models
- Drive modernization of legacy systems and implementation of Zero Trust identity principles.
- Ensure scalability high availability and strong security controls across all identity platforms.
Governance Compliance & Risk
- Own identity governance programs including access reviews audit readiness onboarding/offboarding controls and policy enforcement.
- Partner with compliance risk and legal teams to meet regulatory requirements (SOC2 ISO FedRAMP SOX GDPR etc.).
- Ensure operational rigor strong documentation and sustainable controls that withstand audits and customer expectations.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work closely with IT Product Security Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering to embed identity best practices throughout the organization.
- Collaborate with product teams to ensure customer-facing identity capabilities are secure intuitive and scalable.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and serve as a trusted advisor on identity issues.
What You Bring
- 812 years of experience in security identity engineering or related technical fields
- Deep technical expertise in modern IAM technologies directories authentication protocols (SAML OIDC OAuth) and identity standards.
- Hands-on architecture or engineering experience within cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Experience implementing Zero Trust identity models and privileged access management frameworks.
- Strong understanding of identity governance compliance requirements and audit processes.
Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering complex cross-functional programs. - Excellent communication influencing and stakeholder management skills.
Why Join Us
- Lead and shape the future of the companys identity strategy during a period of rapid growth.
- Work on highly impactful company-defining initiatives that protect our people platform and customers.
- Solve complex IAM challenges across cloud SaaS and hybrid environments.
Required Experience:
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