Identity Governance & Administration Leader

🕒 July 22

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $171k - $285k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Guidehouse

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2018

🏥 Healthcare

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

💰 Grant on 2023-02

Healthcare • Defense • Logistics

Guidehouse is a global consultancy offering advisory, digital, and managed services across commercial and public sectors. It is purpose-built to support industries such as national security, financial services, healthcare, energy, and infrastructure. Guidehouse collaborates with leaders to navigate complexity and drives transformational changes that impact the future. Their expertise spans data analytics, digital technologies, risk management, and more, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation.

📋 Description

• Build and lead the enterprise IAM function • Define and lead the enterprise IAM strategy, operating model, and roadmap • Build and scale the IAM organization, including team structure and hiring plans • Partner with Cybersecurity, IT, HR, Legal, Privacy, Risk, Internal Audit, and business teams • Oversee major IAM transformation initiatives, program execution, and budget accountability • Establish metrics and reporting for program maturity, business value, and risk reduction • Lead the design and maturity of IGA capabilities, including lifecycle management, access requests, certifications, role management, and separation of duties • Drive enterprise IGA capabilities using SailPoint, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, or similar solutions • Advance least-privilege and Zero Trust principles • Oversee identity lifecycle management for workforce, contractors, partners, and non-human identities • Lead the strategy and maturity of the Privileged Access Management program • Provide strategic leadership for PAM capabilities and tooling, including Delinea, CyberArk, or similar solutions • Establish standards for privileged access, secrets management, and just-in-time elevation • Lead enterprise authentication and access capabilities, including SSO, MFA, conditional access, federation, and modern authentication • Support secure identity patterns for employees, clients, partners, and external platforms • Drive identity standards for cloud and workload access across Guidehouse’s hybrid and multi-cloud environments • Partner with infrastructure, cloud, and engineering teams to embed identity and access controls • Establish guardrails and monitoring for entitlements and permissions • Align IAM capabilities to security, compliance, and audit requirements • Support control evidence, remediation, and sustainable governance processes • Lead, coach, and develop a team spanning IAM architecture, engineering, operations, and governance • Represent the IAM function with senior leadership and enterprise stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 12 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with at least 8+ years focused on Identity & Access Management, and 7+ years in a people-leadership capacity, or 16 years of equivalent professional experience in lieu of degree • Proven experience building or maturing an enterprise IAM function in a complex, global organization • Demonstrated success leading in a matrixed environment and partnering across technology, security, and business teams • Strong experience with modern IAM technologies and concepts, including IGA, PAM, SSO, MFA, federation, and lifecycle management • Hands-on experience leading or supporting platforms such as SailPoint, Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Delinea, CyberArk, and similar tools • Experience leading complex, multi-year IAM transformation programs with cross-functional teams and external partners • Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks relevant to IAM programs • Experience supporting identity requirements in regulated environments, including public sector or highly governed industries • Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills • U.S. Citizenship required • Must reside in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays • Discretionary variable incentive bonus may be available • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance • 401(k) Retirement Plan • Basic Life & Supplemental Life • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability • Student Loan PayDown • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities • Skills Development & Certifications • Employee Referral Program • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program • Mobility Stipend • Flexible benefits package