Staff Vice President (VP) Identity & Access Management (IAM)

Elevance Health • Atlanta, IN

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Staff Vice President of Technology in Information Security Identity and Access Management (IAM) that will be responsible for executing IAM strategy, program directives, policy development, and policy enforcement. This position will continue to develop mechanisms to best identify, evaluate, and mitigate enterprise-wide information risks in a manner that upholds compliance and regulatory requirements, and aligns with the risk posture of the organization. This position will lead the Access Operations Center (AOC), Authentication and Directory Services, Identity Services, RACF Security, and managerial staff, for Elevance Health and our subsidiaries. Team Scope 12 direct reports / 100+ total FTEs

Requirements

• Requires bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related discipline and 15+ years of experience leading project teams and providing direction for professional exempt employees.
• Experience must include at least 5 years in security management.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.
• Current or recent knowledge and experience of the latest IAM technologies and related best practices strongly preferred.
• Advanced degrees and certifications preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Current or recent knowledge and experience of the latest IAM technologies and related best practices strongly preferred.
• Expert knowledge of one or more specific technologies, and a broad understanding of the primary areas of a major corporate IT function.
• Good understanding of business operations.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate, coach, counsel and train staff.
• Effective communication skills, including facilitation, consultation, negotiation, persuasion and ability to prepare and deliver presentations to senior management.
• Ability to communicate with customers about technical issues in non-technical terms.
• Understands the business processes that the system supports.
• Ability to manage across geographically diverse associates, business lines, and vendor partners.
• Advanced Information Security certifications CISSP, PMP, CISM, or others is preferred.
• Health Insurance, Financial Services, or experience in either highly regulated industries is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and execute on a comprehensive enterprise IAM strategy.
• Serve as the leader responsible for operations, reliability, availability, maintenance and performance of directories, authentication protocols, and related technologies in a high-volume production environment.
• Ensure all IAM processes are designed, built, and executed in accordance with leading practices
• Ability to drive large strategic and transformative projects to successful completion
• Ensure Logical Access and related audit controls are executed and properly evidenced to HIPAA, SOX, and SOC audit standards.
• Oversee the roll-out and deployment of new features to facilitate fast growth.
• Demonstrate excellent knowledge of information, identity, access, cyber security, and technology risk concepts, with a strong ability to articulate those risks in business terms.
• Lead the design and development of scalable IAM platform solutions that align with cyber security strategy, accepted best practices, business requirements, policies, and Information Security standards.
• Experience with, and understanding of, modern authentication methods including LDAP, SAML, OAUTH2, OpenID Connect, and WebAuthN.
• Establish a continual service improvement plan and improve overall IAM service, focusing on operational, process and resource efficiency.
• Supports the documentation processes necessary to assure that new IT systems meet the organization's information security, audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and produce key performance metrics that provide visibility into the performance of IAM operations and the effectiveness of IAM controls.
• Change Management – act as gatekeeper of production in order to maximize production stability and drive down change related issues.
• Proven experience in incident/problem management.
• Drives results in the execution and delivery of initiatives and processes.

Benefits

• In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).
• We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees