IAM Product Management and Strategy

Northern Trust • Tempe, AZ

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About The Position

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions, serving sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service with more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners. The Head of Identity and Access Management (IAM) Product Management & Strategy is responsible for defining and executing the IAM vision, strategy, and roadmap. This leader will oversee the full IAM product ecosystem—including identity governance, privileged access, authentication, and authorization—ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and security best practices. This role combines product management discipline with deep IAM domain expertise to drive a scalable, secure, and user-centric IAM ecosystem. The leader will also establish IAM processes and ensure tooling is effectively integrated to support end-to-end identity lifecycle management.

Requirements

• 12+ years in Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity, or related fields
• 5+ years in leadership roles overseeing IAM programs or product teams
• Deep expertise in IAM Products
• Strong product management mindset applied to security platforms
• Strategic thinking with the ability to execute at scale
• Deep understanding of IAM processes and how tooling enables them
• Experience driving large-scale IAM transformations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience in large, complex enterprise environments (e.g., financial services)
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the IAM strategy, aligning with cybersecurity, risk, and business priorities
• Establish a multi-year roadmap across IAM domains: Identity Governance, Privileged Access, Authentication, and Authorization
• Drive transformation toward modern, scalable, and automated identity platforms
• Partner with executive stakeholders to position IAM as a business enabler, not just a control function
• Build and lead a high-performing IAM product management organization
• Define product vision, roadmaps, and success metrics for all IAM platforms
• Partner with project office to apply product management best practices (customer focus, backlog prioritization, agile delivery) to IAM capabilities
• Ensure consistent lifecycle management across IAM tools—from onboarding to optimization and retirement
• Oversee strategy, implementation, and optimization of key IAM technologies
• Driving platform rationalization and reducing tool sprawl
• Ensuring interoperability and integration across IAM tools and enterprise systems
• Aligning tooling capabilities with IAM processes and control objectives
• Optimizing user experience while maintaining strong security controls

Benefits

• Retirement benefits (401k and pension)
• Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability)
• Paid time off
• Parental and caregiver leave
• Life & accident insurance
• Other voluntary and well-being benefits
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component
• Flexible and collaborative work culture
• Movement within the organization is encouraged
• Senior leaders are accessible
• You can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve!
• Focus on work-life balance
• Career mobility
• Unique opportunities
• Reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities
• Inclusive workplace and flexibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees