Director, Identity Access Management; Remote

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The Director of Identity and Access Management (IAM) will provide technical leadership and operational oversight for Crowd Strike’s IAM program, with direct responsibility for Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Authentication, and Privileged Access Management (PAM) teams. This role supports Crowd Strike’s global workforce and internal systems, ensuring secure, scalable, and user-centric identity services across the enterprise.

Reporting into Crowd Strike’s internal cybersecurity organization, the Director will partner closely with Information Security, IT, Engineering, and business stakeholders worldwide to deliver IAM services that enable the business while maintaining a security-first posture.

The Director of IAM is responsible for the leadership, delivery, and continuous improvement of IAM capabilities across the enterprise, including IGA, AuthN/AuthZ, PAM platforms and cryptography.

• Lead and manage globally distributed teams responsible for IGA, Authentication (SSO, MFA, federation), and PAM, supporting enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, HRIS, SaaS, and public/private cloud environments.

• Define and execute comprehensive IAM governance framework for human and non-human identities, including service accounts, API keys, secrets, certificates, and autonomous AI agents
• Establish security policies and controls for agentic AI workloads, ensuring proper authentication, authorization, and audit trails for AI-driven decision-making systems
• Partner with Engineering, Security, and Product teams to embed IAM controls into product development lifecycle and platform architecture
• Own the operational health, scalability, and reliability of IAM platforms and services, ensuring timely and accurate access delivery.
• Establish, refine, and enforce IAM processes, tools, and operating models that balance security, compliance, and user experience.
• Partner with Information Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure IAM services align with zero-trust principles, internal policies, and industry standards.
• Act as a key point of engagement for business and IT stakeholders to understand access requirements and deliver secure, scalable identity solutions.
• Drive adoption of best practices across access lifecycle management, authentication standards, and privileged access controls.
• Lead efforts to automate and optimize IAM workflows, including self-service access requests, approvals, certifications, and lifecycle events.
• Define service level expectations and measure IAM performance, availability, and customer satisfaction.
• Review IAM-related project designs and delivery to ensure alignment with cost, quality, and schedule expectations.
• Guide the documentation, implementation, and continuous improvement of IAM-related policies, procedures, and standards.
• Recruit, develop, and retain IAM talent, fostering a culture of accountability, growth, and customer-focused service delivery.

• Strong experience in Identity and Access Management, including IGA, Authentication (SSO/MFA/Federation), and PAM in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SPIFFE/SPIRE, mTLS, and modern authentication protocols for both human and machine identities
• Solid understanding of risk management and information…