Identity Lifecycle Management Service Lead

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Ready to put your mark on the world of cybersecurity? We’re looking for an Identity Lifecycle Management Service Lead to bring fresh perspectives and bold solutions to our team. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in shaping how our organization provides secure, appropriate, and timely access to enterprise resources and as well as be a catalyst to drive our Identity and Access Management strategy.   

What You'll be doing: 

The Identity Lifecycle Management Service Lead will be part of the Lilly Cybersecurity team, responsible for delivering and securing technology that supports the Lilly mission, specifically focused on identity and access lifecycle management. This role is responsible for defining and executing the strategy for the company's identity provisioning and access management capabilities globally. This includes developing technology roadmaps, prioritizing enhancements, driving continuous service improvements, engaging stakeholders, and optimizing the identity lifecycle management technology stack.    

How You'll Succeed: 

Technology Strategy & Roadmap:  

• Develop and maintain an integrated, global identity lifecycle management roadmap aligned with business objectives, risk posture, and emerging technologies. 

• Evaluate and select advanced technologies and vendors to meet evolving business and security requirements. 

• Define the long-term strategic vision for identity lifecycle services. 

• Build identity lifecycle management services that are resilient and resistant to evolving threats, leveraging industry best practices and threat intelligence.  

• Demonstrate experience in identity-related security incident response and incorporating learnings into identity lifecycle management roadmaps. 

Service Delivery & Optimization:  

• Manage the prioritization, delivery, and continuous improvement of service enhancements based on risk, compliance, and operational criteria. 

• Ensure reliability, availability, and operational efficiency of services through defined metrics, SLAs, and architecture optimization. 

• Foster an environment focused on innovation, operational excellence, and continuous learning for services. 

Stakeholder Engagement and Compliance:

• Engage with security leadership, architecture, cyber defense, IT, and business stakeholders to understand priorities and ensure alignment. 

• Evangelize the Identity lifecycle management strategy across the enterprise and collaborate with cyber defense operations on threat detection strategies. 

• Ensure services enable compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR) and industry standards. 

Compliance & Risk Management:

• Ensure identity lifecycle management services enable compliance with regulatory and industry requirements.    

• Define appropriate identity lifecycle management services controls to mitigate risks identified through security architecture reviews and risk assessments.  

• Provide oversight and guidance during security audits related to identity lifecycle management services domains.  

Leadership and Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team to achieve outstanding results in all areas of the IAM domain. 

• Set performance goals, empower team members, and promote teamwork to maximize productivity and deliver successful technology outcomes. 

• Develop and manage the annual budget for Identity lifecycle management services, including operational and capital expenditures. 

• Evaluate, select, and manage IAM vendors through RFPs, product evaluations, and commercial negotiations. 

Your Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field. 

• 10+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management with deep expertise in areas like identity provisioning, access management, identity governance and administration including SailPoint and EntraID Connect.  

• 5+ years of experience in technology strategy and roadmap planning in an enterprise environment.  

• 5+ years demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and developing team members. 

Additional Preferences: 

• Strong business acumen with ability to map technical capabilities to business needs and priorities.   

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.  

• Knowledge of IT operations, system administration and identity and access management processes. 

• Experience with compliance frameworks like PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-171 etc.  

• Relevant certifications like CISSP, CISM, GCIA, GCIH preferred.  

• Experience managing both operational and capital expenditure budgets.    

Additional Information:

• Remote with travel to Indianapolis -10-25%

• Local candidates will be required to work a hybrid model at the Lilly Corporate Center in Indianapolis, Indiana

• Lilly currently anticipates that the base salary for this position could range from between $154,500 to $261,800 and will depend, in part, on the successful candidate’s qualifications for the role, including education and experience. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).  Of course, the compensation described above is subject to change and could be higher or lower than the range described above.  Further, Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees

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