Director, Workforce Identity & Access Mgt, IAM Control Enablement

Job Classification:Technology - Information Security**Your Team & Role**As the Director, Workforce IAM Control Enablement within IAM & Security Operations, you will own the strategy, operating model, and delivery outcomes for workforce identity controls across the enterprise. This role is accountable for scaling and modernizing Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Authentication capabilities to ensure access is risk-based, data-driven, auditable, and automation-forward.You will partner closely with Security, Technology, Application Owners, and Risk/Compliance stakeholders to drive a consistent horizontal control architecture for workforce access—improving time-to-enable, strengthening tiered controls, and raising control maturity across the enterprise.**Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day*** Partner with leadership to set direction and lead execution for workforce IAM control enablement across IGA (access requests, access reviews, entitlement registration), PAM (vaulting, session management, endpoint privilege management), and Authentication (identity verification).* Define and drive a multi-quarter control roadmap that improves control coverage, adoption, automation, and auditability for workforce access.* Establish and reinforce tiered identity and access control designs and standard patterns across platforms and business lines; ensure alignment to risk posture and policy requirements.* Lead solution design for controls and operating model through program management for modernization initiatives, including schema and entitlement model design, control instrumentation, and integration patterns.* Sponsor and guide use of core toolsets including SailPoint, Ping, Microsoft Fabric, CyberArk, and HashiCorp—ensuring consistent implementation pathways and scalable onboarding.* Drive data-driven governance: define metrics, dashboards, and evidence models to monitor compliance, control effectiveness, operational health, and onboarding throughput.* Enable event-driven, integration-first approaches (e.g., Kafka/event streaming) to improve automation, reduce manual handling, and strengthen traceability.* Oversee a portfolio of project and operational work; coach and develop onboarding and implementation leads while ensuring consistent delivery quality.* Develop and implement policies and procedures related to identity and access management* Monitor compliance trends with policies, regulations, and customer requirements related to identity and access management* Support Post Incident Review processes related to identity and access management and recommend corrective actions* Provide guidance and training to employees on identity and access management policies and procedures**The Skills & Expertise You Bring*** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.* 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity risk management, with a focus on identity and access management.* Strong knowledge of identity and access management principles and best practices.* Strong understanding of risk-based access control, governance models, and audit/evidence expectations in regulated environments.* Proven ability to lead solution design for controls across identity ecosystems and operations teams* Experience driving program execution across multiple stakeholders, including roadmap planning, dependency management, and delivery governance* Experience developing and implementing identity and access management policies and procedures.* Experience conducting risk assessments and developing risk management plans related to identity and access management.* Excellent communication and interpersonal skillsSignificant experience and/or deep expertise with several of the following:* NIST and ISO 27000 Standards* Identity and Access Management* Identity Governance and Administration: access request workflows, access reviews/certifications, entitlement/role registration and lifecycle governance* Privileged Access Management: vaulting, privileged session management, endpoint privilege management, onboarding patterns* Tooling: SailPoint, Ping, CyberArk, CyberArk, HashiCorp; analytics/telemetry patterns with Microsoft Fabric* Architecture: understanding of horizontal control architectures, tiered defense/controls, identity patterns and standards* Integration & Data: schema design, event streaming (e.g., Kafka), automation and control instrumentation**Preferred qualifications:*** Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)* Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)* Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)**You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can**Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.# **What we offer you:**# Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $147,100.00 to $220,700.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.* **Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.*** **Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.*** 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).* Company-funded pension plan.* **Wellness Programs**including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.* **Work/Life Resources** to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.* **Education Benefit** to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.* **Employee Stock Purchase Plan:** **Shares** can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. 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Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email accommodations.hw@prudential.com.If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment, please email careers.technicalsupport@prudential.com to request assistance.Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager with approximately $1.4 trillion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2023, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees help make lives better and create financial opportunity #J-18808-Ljbffr