Senior Director, Identity Standards

Ping Identity•San Francisco, CA

4d•$225,000 - $332,000

About The Position

Ping Identity is seeking a strategic, externally-facing leader to operate at the intersection of standards development, product strategy, ecosystem partnerships, and business development. This role is for an individual who can articulate a strong vision for the future of identity in the AI era and represent this vision publicly to stages, customers, and strategic partners. The ideal candidate will possess both technical credibility and commercial acumen, being comfortable in standards bodies, with customers, and in front of industry audiences. This position is distinct from a pure Standards Architect role, requiring equal fluency in technical standards work, strategic/commercial partnership-building, and the presence to be a public-facing voice for the company's perspective on identity in the AI era.

Requirements

Technical credibility
Commercial instinct
Comfortable in standards bodies
Comfortable in front of customers
Comfortable in front of an industry audience
Fluency in technical standards work
Fluency in strategic/commercial partnership-building
Presence and credibility to be a public-facing voice

Responsibilities

Actively contribute to relevant identity and AI standards efforts, and support other internal contributors participating in those bodies.
Ensure the company's standards engagement reflects a coherent, forward-looking strategy rather than isolated participation.
Develop and cultivate relationships with key ecosystem players to build joint reference architectures.
Guide and support the TAP team as they establish design partnerships and technical integrations with external organizations.
Monitor and track activity across the identity and AI ecosystem.
Translate ecosystem signals into directional recommendations for the product team.
Represent the company externally as a leading voice on identity for AI.
Speak at industry events, conferences, and forums to build the company's reputation and influence in this space.
Drive internal alignment around reference architectures and standard design patterns.
Act as a bridge between standards work, product direction, and go-to-market strategy.