AI & Workload IAM Manager

Caterpillar•Irving, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar is seeking an innovative engineering leader to shape the strategy, governance, and security of AI, workload, and non-human identities across the enterprise. The role focuses on securing AI identities, workload identities, service accounts, machine credentials, privileged access, secrets, and certificates across cloud, automation, and AI-enabled environments. The manager will work across Cybersecurity, Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture to reduce risk, strengthen trust, and enable innovation. The position leads enterprise identity security capabilities, including Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), and machine credential governance. It establishes standards and governance for authentication, authorization, secrets, certificates, machine-to-machine trust, AI agents, delegated authority, and autonomous workflows. The role also builds and leads a high-performing technical team and monitors emerging identity threats, technology trends, and industry best practices. This role is based in Dallas, Texas, or Peoria, Illinois, and requires five days onsite. Relocation assistance is available. Sponsorship is not available. Caterpillar offers a total rewards package with benefits beginning on day one, subject to eligibility and plan terms.

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.
Proven ability to influence technical strategy and partner effectively across engineering, architecture, and cybersecurity organizations.
Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing technical teams.

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 innovative solutions for non-human identity discovery and governance.
Experience implementing service account lifecycle management solutions.
Experience implementing secrets and certificate governance solutions.
Experience implementing automated credential rotation.
Experience implementing AI agent authorization and access governance.
Experience implementing identity posture and attack path reduction solutions.

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 benefits starting on day one, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
401(k) savings plans.
Potential annual incentive bonuses.
Paid vacation and holidays; paid time off plan also includes volunteer time.
Health Savings Account (HSA).
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
Health Lifestyle Programs.
Employee Assistance Program.
Voluntary benefits and employee discounts.
Career development.
Disability benefits.
Life insurance.
Parental leave.
Adoption benefits.
Tuition reimbursement.
Relocation assistance is available.