AI & Workload IAM Manager
About The Position
Caterpillar is seeking an engineering leader to define and lead strategy, governance, and security for AI, workload, and other non-human identities across the enterprise. The role focuses on securing AI identities, workload identities, service accounts, machine credentials, privileged access, secrets, and certificates, while enabling safe adoption of cloud, automation, and AI-enabled technologies. The manager will work across Cybersecurity, Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture to implement scalable identity security capabilities, reduce risk, strengthen trust, and enable innovation. The role also involves building and leading a high-performing team and shaping technology direction in a rapidly evolving cybersecurity area. The position is based in Dallas, Texas, or Peoria, Illinois, and requires five days onsite. Relocation assistance is available. Sponsorship is not available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Leadership experience in IAM, Security Engineering, Cloud Security, Platform Security, or Enterprise Cybersecurity.
- Strong expertise in non-human identities, workload identities, privileged access, machine credentials, and identity governance.
- Experience with PAM, PKI, secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, and identity security controls.
- Understanding of modern authentication and authorization technologies, including OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), API security, and policy-based access controls.
- Experience developing security standards, governance frameworks, and risk management programs in large enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of identity-based threats, credential abuse, privilege escalation, and identity attack paths.
- Ability to influence technical strategy and partner effectively across engineering, architecture, and cybersecurity organizations.
- Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing technical teams.
- Ability to work onsite five days per week in Dallas, Texas, or Peoria, Illinois.
Nice To Haves
- CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or equivalent industry certifications.
- Experience with CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, HashiCorp Vault, or similar platforms.
- Experience with Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), or identity risk management capabilities.
- Experience securing AI agents, agentic workflows, copilots, or AI-enabled business solutions.
- Familiarity with emerging Non-Human Identity (NHI), AI Identity Security, and Machine Identity Security platforms.
- Experience implementing non-human identity discovery and governance solutions.
- Experience implementing service account lifecycle management.
- Experience implementing secrets and certificate governance.
- Experience implementing automated credential rotation.
- Experience implementing AI agent authorization and access governance.
- Experience implementing identity posture and attack path reduction.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategy and governance for AI identities, workload identities, and non-human identities.
- Drive enterprise programs for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), and machine credential governance.
- Establish standards for authentication, authorization, secrets management, certificate management, and machine-to-machine trust.
- Define governance models for AI agents, delegated authority, autonomous workflows, and emerging AI-enabled technologies.
- Partner with engineering and application teams to modernize identity controls and reduce reliance on long-lived credentials.
- Evaluate and implement approaches for non-human identity discovery, governance, risk reduction, and lifecycle management.
- Monitor emerging identity threats, technology trends, and industry best practices related to AI security, machine identities, and identity-centric security.
- Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage starting on day one, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
- Paid vacation and holidays; paid time off also includes volunteer time.
- 401(k) savings plans.
- Health Savings Account (HSA).
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
- Health Lifestyle Programs.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Voluntary benefits and employee discounts.
- Career development.
- Potential annual incentive bonus.
- Disability benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Parental leave.
- Adoption benefits.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Relocation assistance is available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
