Executive Director, Head of Identity & Access Management Engineering
DTCC · Jersey City
Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.
Pay and Benefits:
Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
Pension / Retirement benefits.
Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
The Impact You will have in this role:
The Executive Director, Head of IAM Engineering, is a senior technology leader responsible for the global engineering organization that designs, delivers, and operates enterprise identity services. This leader defines the engineering roadmap and standards across authentication, authorization, privileged access, identity governance, directory services, cloud identity, and human and non-human identity. The role requires a builder who can modernize complex services, strengthen resiliency and production stability, develop exceptional talent, and deliver consistently across a broad portfolio of priorities.
Identity and Access Management (IAM) defines and delivers enterprise capabilities for identity verification, authentication, authorization, privileged access, and identity governance across workforce and non-human identities. These critical, always-on services must be secure, resilient, and dependable to protect the firm, our clients, and the markets we serve.
Your Primary Responsibilities
Define and execute the enterprise IAM engineering roadmap across on-premises and cloud environments.
Partner with senior IT and business technology leaders to drive adoption and integration of IAM shared services across enterprise platforms, applications, and modernization programs.
Lead global engineering teams across authentication, authorization, privileged access, identity governance, directory services, and technical operations.
Own the full engineering lifecycle for IAM platforms, with measurable service objectives for availability, performance, recovery, security, and control effectiveness.
Establish proactive observability, including health checks, synthetic transactions, and anomaly detection, so issues are identified and addressed before they affect production.
Champion sustainable, automation-first engineering and disciplined delivery practices, including staged rollout, pre-production testing, rollback, and early-life monitoring.
Advance modern authentication, cloud identity, and just-in-time access capabilities.
Advance non-human and agentic identity capabilities, including lifecycle ownership, least privilege, and policy-based authorization.
Apply AI and agentic automation to reduce repetitive work, improve engineering quality and speed, and enable teams to focus on higher-value design, innovation, and problem-solving.
Set engineering standards, simplify the technology portfolio, and translate regulatory requirements into practical technical outcomes.
Maintain effective engineering and operational controls, provide defensible evidence for audits and regulatory examinations, and proactively address emerging identity risks.
**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **
Qualifications
15+ years of related experience, including progressive management responsibility and 5+ years leading global teams.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
Talents Needed for Success
Deep expertise across IAM, including authentication, privileged access, identity governance, directory services, and lifecycle management for human and non-human identities.
Proven success delivering large-scale, resilient security platforms across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.
Strong record of improving production stability through measurable service management, proactive observability, automation, and sustainable engineering practices.
Ability to translate complex business, technical, and regulatory requirements into clear roadmaps and engineering standards.
Experience leading distributed engineering organizations, developing leaders, and influencing senior executives and technical peers.
Forward-looking perspective on applying AI and automation to improve engineering effectiveness and elevate the work of the team.
Executive communication skills and experience operating in a regulated environment.
The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.
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