CrowdStrike is seeking a Director of Identity and Access Management (IAM) to provide technical leadership and operational oversight for our global IAM program. This role has direct responsibility for our Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Authentication, and Privileged Access Management (PAM) teams, ensuring secure, scalable, and user-centric identity services across the enterprise.
What You'll Do
- 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 a 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 the 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.
What We're Looking For
- 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 security strategy, controls, and best practices.
- Experience managing cloud identities and implementing secure authentication with phishing resistant MFA, passwordless and risk based conditional access.
- Working knowledge of security frameworks and standards such as NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
- Hands-on experience with emerging AI security challenges, including securing LLM integrations, AI agent authorization frameworks, and ML pipeline access controls.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 8–10+ years of experience in a technical or security services role.
- 5+ years of people management experience, preferably with globally distributed teams.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise IAM platforms and identity lifecycle processes for organizations with 10,000+ users/identities.
- Strong stakeholder management and influence skills at the senior leadership level.
- Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
- Customer-service oriented mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Genuine passion for cybersecurity and alignment with CrowdStrike’s mission to stop breaches.
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Team & Environment
You will lead globally distributed IAM teams and report into CrowdStrike’s internal cybersecurity organization.
Benefits & Compensation
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
- Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
- Compensation: $170,000 - $260,000 per year + equity grants
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position.
CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.
