Senior Director - Cybersecurity Identity & Access Management

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We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve \u2013 we care.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\u0022text-align:inherit\u0022\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\u0022text-align:left\u0022\u003EWhat you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow\u2019s health today, we want to hear from you.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\u0022text-align:inherit\u0022\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\u0022text-align:inherit\u0022\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Opportunity\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EAs the Senior Director of Identity \u0026 Access Management (IAM), you will serve as a core cybersecurity executive, shaping and defining the enterprise identity vision and strategic architecture. In this role, you will recruit, empower, and lead a high-performing organization of security engineers and practice leaders responsible for delivering resilient, enterprise-wide identity services, capabilities, and governance models.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReporting directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), this critical position requires extensive domain mastery in identity control frameworks and modern access management architectures. You will champion the IAM vision and multi-year roadmap, drive operational excellence and robust risk reporting, and embed zero-trust identity controls across all business domains. As a key strategic partner, you will collaborate with cross-functional leadership, accelerate product onboarding to enterprise-approved identity platforms, and proactively communicate risk posture and program progress to executive stakeholders.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKey Responsibilities\u00A0\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEstablish, drive, and own the overarching Identity \u0026 Access Management vision, multi-year strategy, roadmap, and operational model, while hiring and managing the IAM organization\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImplement and oversee core IAM capabilities, including single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), credential vaulting, identity governance, privileged access management, secrets management, lifecycle management, access certifications, threat detection, third-party governance, and customer IAM (CIAM)\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDesign tailored identity solutions for complex or non-standard deployment scenarios where core IAM services cannot be directly applied\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOversee identity management governance to ensure performance metrics are defined and met, and partner with business teams to remediate non-compliance issues\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDevelop strong relationships within the industry to ensure the latest technology and best practices is implemented\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDevelop and lead the cyber security metrics and executive reporting processes, including KPIs and metrics\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPartners closely with technology and application teams to support onboarding applications to enterprise-approved identity products and services as part of enterprise cloud migration efforts\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPartner closely with risk management and compliance stakeholders to maintain full regulatory alignment\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEstablish non-human identity (NHI) governance and secrets management controls, including machine identity lifecycle management, service account rotation, and API credential security across multi-cloud environments\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPartner with Threat Detection and Response leader to implement identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities to continuously monitor, detect, and remediate anomalous access behaviors, credential misuse, and identity-based vulnerabilities in real time\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDrive cross-functional access governance across business, HR, and technology teams to enforce least privilege, role-based access controls (RBAC), and automated joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle workflows\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EArchitect resilient cloud and federated identity models across multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures (Azure/Entra ID, GCP, Okta), standardizing single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and zero-trust conditional access policies\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELead M\u0026A identity integration and divestiture strategies, overseeing identity carve-outs, directory consolidations, and federation separation across complex enterprise environments\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EArchitect and deliver enterprise-grade identity products and services engineered for maximum scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeverage automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) to drive operational efficiency, automate lifecycle governance and user provisioning, and enhance proactive identity threat detection\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMinimum Requirements\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDegree or equivalent\u00A0experience. Typically requires\u00A015\u002B years of professional\u00A0experience and 10\u002B years of\u00A0diversified leadership, planning,\u00A0communication, organization,\u00A0and people motivation skills (or\u00A0equivalent experience).\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESkills and Qualifications:\u00A0\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E15\u002B years of cybersecurity experience with significant depth in identity and access management, engineering and architecture, risk management, compliance, technology, cyber security, including 10\u002B years leading teams and/or enterprise programs.\u00A0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHands-on and leadership experience managing and building an identity and access management program\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProven ability to drive remediation outcomes at\u00A0scale establishing\u00A0SLAs, clarifying ownership, prioritizing backlogs, and closing systemic gaps surfaced by incidents, hunts, and assessments.\u00A0\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExecutive-ready communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to present risk, progress, and investment needs to senior leadership and influence d