Director of IAM-Cloud Identity Services

First American Financial • Santa Ana, CA

246d • $166,750 - $222,325

About The Position

Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for nine consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com. Reporting to the VP, Identity and Access Management, this role provides Director level leadership and business judgment in the management of Identity & Access Management (IAM) Cloud services. Main responsibilities will include the oversight of our Cloud Engineering programs to provide direction, coordination, implementation, execution and control of First American Identity & Access Management (IAM) services. This oversight will ensure consistency with business direction, compliance with applicable standards, policies and procedures and management to established budgets.

Requirements

• Demonstrated work experience in Cloud Engineering services including Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
• Leadership experience using Cloud centric technologies with working experience using EntraID, AWS and Google Cloud technologies.
• Successful track record designing, developing and executing critical complex projects in more than one area of functional expertise.
• Excellent communication skills, as well as outstanding presentation and persuasion capabilities.
• Working industry knowledge of Information Technology to lead in functional area.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team, set priorities, formulate strategies, assess performance, and execute plans.
• Demonstrated competency in executing large projects.
• Able to effectively navigate and achieve results in a federated, multi-location, multi-divisional organizational structure.
• Strong and inspirational leadership skills and ability to effectively manage high performing staff.
• Strong ethics in the context of business and information security.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years progressive leadership experience in a demanding environment.
• 5+ years of technical experience as a senior contributor.

Responsibilities

• Manages a department or multiple groups comprised of technical team members and managers from varied disciplines.
• Lead our global IAM team across multiple locations in the US, Dominican Republic and India.
• Deliver strategic programs to deliver high quality, contemporary and cost-effective IAM services.
• Develop trust-based relationships with internal customers to fully understand and deliver solutions to meet their business needs.
• Continuously seek creative and innovative means to balance information security with business enablement and efficiency.
• Lead staff to ensure operational processes are well developed, implemented and managed.
• Ensure compliance with information security standards, policies and procedures.
• Work with IT and business unit leaders to deploy high quality, contemporary and cost-effective information security services and solutions.
• Ensure risk decisions are broadly vetted and communicated.
• Develop business-relevant value, performance and cost efficiency metrics.
• Authorizes projects, approves project designs and cost estimates.
• Sets objectives and priorities and ensures the effective allocation and use of department resources.
• Develops and administers department budget with input from work group managers.
• Develops long-range plan for the department and is a key participant in strategic planning for the IT Operations function.
• Translates strategic goals and priorities into technical strategies and objectives for his/her department.
• Introduces best practices and ensures the timeliness and quality of his/her department's delivery of products and services.
• Coordinates activities and efforts among different internal organizational groups, customers and vendors.
• Prepares and maintains job descriptions for positions that report to him/her.
• Writes and conducts performance reviews, provides ongoing performance feedback.
• Establishes salary budget and approves salary increases.
• Makes hiring decisions.
• Frequently interfaces with executives inside and outside the company to make operational and project-related decisions.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k
• PTO/paid sick leave
• Employee stock purchase plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree