IT Manager, Identity Lifecyle and Governance
About The Position
The IT Manager, Identity Lifecycle and Governance leads the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of Medtronic’s enterprise identity governance program within its Cybersecurity organization. The role oversees governance processes and controls for identity lifecycle management, access certifications, role-based access controls, segregation of duties, access policy compliance, and access-related risk remediation. It partners with IAM Engineering, Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, application owners, and business leaders to strengthen governance, improve process maturity, and ensure access decisions are authorized, documented, and auditable. The role may be based onsite at a Medtronic hub in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Tempe, Arizona; New Haven, Connecticut; Irvine, California; Boston, Massachusetts; or Jacksonville, Florida. Minneapolis is preferred. The position follows an onsite work model and requires minimal travel for stakeholder engagements, governance activities, and business priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in identity and access management, identity governance, information security, IT risk and controls, or a related discipline.
- Experience managing identity governance programs, including access certifications, identity lifecycle governance, role management, access policy management, and segregation of duties controls.
- Experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ, SailPoint Identity Security Cloud (IdentityNow), or both.
- Knowledge of IAM principles, including least privilege, role-based access control, access provisioning and deprovisioning, audit requirements, and compliance controls.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, governance programs, or operational teams in a complex enterprise environment.
- Experience leading and developing technical or governance teams.
- For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading SailPoint implementation, expansion, upgrade, optimization, or application onboarding initiatives.
- Experience supporting SOX, NIST, ISO 27001, or similar cybersecurity and control frameworks.
- Experience developing governance metrics, risk reporting, audit responses, and executive-level presentations.
- Experience collaborating with IAM engineering teams on integrations, provisioning workflows, identity data quality, connectors, and policy configuration.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, or SailPoint certifications.
Responsibilities
- Lead the enterprise identity governance program, including governance frameworks, policies, standards, control requirements, and operational processes.
- Oversee access certification programs, including manager reviews, application owner attestations, remediation activities, and governance reporting.
- Govern joiner, mover, and leaver identity lifecycle processes to ensure timely access provisioning, modification, and deprovisioning.
- Direct access governance activities related to least privilege, role-based access controls, segregation of duties, privileged access oversight, and policy exception management.
- Partner with IAM Engineering and platform owners to define governance requirements, prioritize enhancements, improve workflows, and expand identity governance capabilities.
- Ensure governance processes support audit readiness through effective control execution, reporting, documentation, and evidence retention.
- Collaborate with business leaders, application owners, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Information Security to resolve governance issues and drive accountability.
- Monitor governance metrics, operational performance, service-level agreement compliance, and remediation activities to improve program maturity and reduce risk.
- Lead and develop technical or governance teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
- Short-term incentive eligibility through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
- Health insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Health Savings Account and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Life insurance and long-term disability leave for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Dependent daycare spending account and tuition assistance or reimbursement for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Simple Steps global well-being program for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Incentive plans for regular employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match for regular employees.
- Short-term disability, paid time off, and paid holidays for regular employees.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Employee Assistance Program for regular employees.
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement, subject to IRS earning minimums.
- Capital Accumulation Plan for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
