Director, Identity & Access Management Architecture

Alcon•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Director, Identity & Access Management Architecture supporting Alcon's Information Technology function, you will lead the enterprise IAM architecture strategy and advance secure, scalable identity solutions. These solutions support workforce, customer, application, cloud, AI, and third-party ecosystems while reducing cyber risk and supporting business growth. The role is based out of Alcon's office in Fort Worth, Texas. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, business, risk, privacy, legal, and audit leaders to address identity and access management challenges across Alcon's global enterprise. You will define architecture, standards, and roadmaps that support Zero Trust security, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation, and advise senior stakeholders on identity-related risk reduction, operational efficiency, compliance, and business enablement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience; the posting also lists alternatives of high school plus 18 years, an associate degree plus 14 years, an M.S. plus 7 years, or a Ph.D. plus 6 years.
Ability to fluently 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 supporting 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

Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, business, risk, privacy, legal, and audit leaders to address complex IAM challenges across Alcon's global enterprise.
Define and advance Alcon's IAM strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap to support Zero Trust security, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation initiatives.
Provide architectural leadership across workforce, customer, partner, privileged, cloud, and AI identities, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant solutions.
Influence enterprise technology decisions through modern identity capabilities, including 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.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, driving 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.