Director, Identity & Access Management Architecture

Alcon Research•Fort Worth, TX

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Alcon is seeking a Director, Identity & Access Management Architecture to lead enterprise IAM architecture strategy and advance secure, scalable identity solutions. The role supports Alcon’s Information Technology function and is based at the company’s office in Fort Worth, Texas. It covers identity ecosystems for workforce, customers, applications, cloud, AI, and third parties, with the goals of reducing cyber risk and supporting business growth. The Director works across Alcon’s global enterprise with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, business, risk, privacy, legal, and audit leaders. The role provides architectural leadership for identity capabilities and serves as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, helping advance security, compliance, operational efficiency, and business enablement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent directly related experience; accepted equivalencies include high school plus 18 years, associate degree plus 14 years, master’s degree plus 7 years, or PhD plus 6 years.
Fluent ability to read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
10 years of relevant experience.
6 years of demonstrated leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing and executing enterprise IAM strategies within large, complex, global organizations.
Experience leading IAM architecture initiatives for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and complex third-party access models.
Experience designing and supporting customer, consumer, machine, workload, decentralized, and AI-agent identity architectures.
Experience collaborating with global systems integrators, strategic suppliers, and technology vendors, including solution evaluation, selection, and implementation.
Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, TOGAF, SABSA, or other recognized IAM, cybersecurity, or enterprise architecture credentials.
Advanced knowledge of modern IAM technologies and platforms, including identity governance, privileged access management, cloud identity, authentication, and access management solutions.
Experience supporting Zero Trust security initiatives and identity-centric security programs.
Experience in highly regulated industries and partnering with audit, compliance, privacy, and risk management functions.

Responsibilities

Define and advance Alcon’s IAM strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap to support Zero Trust security, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation.
Provide architectural leadership for workforce, customer, partner, privileged, cloud, and AI identities, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant.
Influence enterprise technology decisions through identity capabilities such as authentication, authorization, identity governance, privileged access management, and cloud access management.
Support cloud transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and third-party integrations by developing scalable identity solutions and governance frameworks.
Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, business, risk, privacy, legal, and audit leaders to address identity and access management challenges across the global enterprise.
Advise senior stakeholders and drive identity-related risk reduction, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and business enablement.
Evaluate emerging identity threats, technologies, standards, and industry practices and determine their relevance to Alcon’s enterprise strategy.