Director, Identity & Access Management – IAM

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $200k / year

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Riot Games

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2006

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

💰 $6M Venture Round on 2018-12

Gaming • Entertainment • Media

Riot Games is a leading developer and publisher of video games, known for creating popular titles such as League of Legends. The company focuses on providing immersive gaming experiences and has expanded into esports, offering competitive platforms for players globally. Riot Games is also involved in social impact initiatives and is committed to diversity and inclusion within the gaming community. With offices worldwide, Riot Games aims to craft unforgettable experiences for its players.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute Riot’s enterprise IAM strategy and roadmap across workforce, privileged, third-party, and non-human identities • Own the architecture and security of Microsoft Entra ID, including SSO, Conditional Access, MFA, passwordless authentication, PIM, RBAC, and identity lifecycle controls • Mature the Privileged Access Management program and eliminate unnecessary standing administrative privileges • Establish Identity Governance and Administration capabilities for joiner/mover/leaver processes, access reviews, entitlement management, and segregation of duties • Implement least privilege and role-based access models across enterprise, cloud, SaaS, and data center environments • Develop governance for service accounts, API identities, machine identities, certificates, secrets, and other non-human identities • Establish secure and repeatable processes for vendors, contractors, partners, and other third-party access • Increase IAM automation and reduce manual provisioning, approval delays, and unnecessary user friction • Define IAM standards, architecture patterns, controls, and security requirements for new technology implementations • Partner with Cybersecurity Operations to detect and respond to identity-based attacks, credential compromise, privilege escalation, and anomalous authentication activity • Define measurable IAM KPIs and KRIs and regularly communicate program maturity, risks, and progress to leadership • Ensure IAM controls support Riot’s SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, regulatory, audit, and broader security requirements • Lead IAM engineers and partners while developing the talent and capabilities needed as Riot’s environment grows • Report into Cybersecurity and partner with IT, Infrastructure, Cloud, Data Center Operations, People Operations, GRC, and business leaders

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of cybersecurity, IAM, infrastructure security, or related experience, including significant leadership responsibility • Demonstrated experience building or materially transforming an enterprise IAM program • Strong understanding of Zero Trust, least privilege, identity governance, PAM, authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle management • Experience securing hybrid environments spanning on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, SaaS applications, and modern data center environments • Ability to translate identity risks and complex technical issues into clear business decisions • Strong experience partnering across Cybersecurity, IT, HR/People Operations, GRC, Infrastructure, and business teams • Demonstrated ability to balance security, operational efficiency, and user experience • Preferred experience supporting data centers, critical infrastructure, AI/HPC, or OT environments • Preferred experience implementing identity automation at enterprise scale • Preferred familiarity with SOX, SOC 2, ISO, NIST CSF, Zero Trust architecture, and related control frameworks • Preferred experience designing identity controls for cloud workloads and non-human identities • Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Microsoft Identity, highly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Sign-on equity grant • Eligible to participate in Riot’s equity incentive programs • 401(k) Retirement Plan with a generous company match • Multiple medical plan options, including 100% company-paid plans • Free gym memberships • Pet insurance • Childcare discounts