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Role: Director, IAM Practice
Job Description:
The Practice Director of Identity and Access Management has responsibility for identify tools, technologies, teams, and identity services throughout North America. Prospective candidate will be a strong leader of people with an exceptional understanding and subject matter expertise in identity management strategies such as; Single Sign On, Multifactor Authentication, Privileged Account Management, password vaulting, role-based access and Just-in-time provisioning.
This is a highly visible leadership role and the right candidate must have a customer-focused, team-oriented, approach that balances security needs and user experience to provide best-in-class identity security solutions to the customers.
Responsibilities: Desired skill set includes
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management & Authentication across leading platforms
• Hands on experience with Onprem and cloud based identity management systems solutioning and architecting
• Ability to grasp concepts, directions and impacts of new approaches to traditional & attribute based methods
• Ability to identify the key gaps in customer IAM strategies and product portfolio and recommend solutions
• Highlight key differentiators among the leading vendors delivering security solutions
• Work with onsite, offshore and cross functional team of analyst developing broad IT and business focused solutions for identity and access management
• Be a lead go to person with IT Provider clients in relation to security technologies, end-user buying behavior, and vendor strategies
• Produce innovative, thought-leading, impactful, analytically-deep, fact-based research
• Possess strong understanding of Identity provisioning, access management, privileged identity management & entitlement management
• Have a broad understanding of overall security technologies and services and the key vendors in the security market
• Understand vendor strategies and the long-term business impact from a financial perspective, end-user buying behavior and key market trends are impacting the overall security market size and growth
• Work history in roles such as IAM director, Practice Director
• Excellent verbal and written skills, comfortable presenting ideas and issues to different levels within and outside of the organization, to include; executive leadership, customers, auditors, governance committees, etc.
• Relevant Experience typically a minimum of 10 years IAM knowledge
• Strong project planning and management skills, Strong team-working ethos
• Exceptional influencing and leadership skills
• Related professional experience including a minimum of 6-8 years' experience in a managerial position and a bachelor's degree
Good to have skills*
• Implementation experience on leading Identity & Access management solution• Big 4 / IAM specific services companies experience is preferred
Key responsibilities*
• Interface with customers in North American geography to proactively socialize IAM capabilities and seek for new opportunities
• Respond to RFPs and prepare solutions in collaboration with onsite and offshore teams
• Establish partnerships and strengthen the practice and revenues• Own financial and improvement goals , meet and exceed them
• Keep self abreast with latest developments in IAM domain and bring industry aligned solutions to customers
• Work with practice and broader company in establishing strong foundation for Identity and Access management services
• Act as an ambassador for IAM services and lead the development of the practice through innovative strategies
• Demonstrate highest level of ownership and ensure presales & solutioning for opportunities
• Enhance the ability to bootstrap and win customer mind share through objective inputs and solutions

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