Head of Identity and Access Management

Head of Identity and Access Management

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

   

Position: Head of Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Department: Cybersecurity and Digital Risk Management

Reports to: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
 

Role Summary

The Head of Identity and Access Management is a strategic executive leader responsible for shaping and directing Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s global IAM vision. This role oversees Workforce IAM, Customer/Partner IAM, Privileged Access Management, and Identity Governance, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure identity solutions that support HPE’s business objectives. The individual will champion a threat-based approach to IAM, proactively assessing and mitigating risks while integrating with the Zero Trust security model. In tandem, they will prioritize operational excellence and superior user experience, enabling secure, efficient, and user-friendly access across the enterprise. Additionally, the leader will pioneer Agentic AI identity strategies, positioning HPE at the forefront of digital trust and innovation.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a comprehensive IAM strategy aligned with HPE’s business goals and the evolving threat landscape, leveraging a threat-based methodology to identify, prioritize, and address emerging risks.
• Define and track maturity goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) that demonstrate measurable progress toward targets, supported by sound financial planning and effective resource allocation
• Workforce IAM: Oversee all aspects of identity lifecycle management for employees, contractors, and affiliates, ensuring secure authentication, authorization, and role-based access controls, while balancing security rigor with operational efficiency and user satisfaction.
• Customer/Partner IAM: Architect and manage scalable solutions for external identities, enabling seamless, secure access for customers and partners. Ensure these solutions reflect a threat-based approach and deliver exceptional user experience and regulatory compliance.
• Privileged Access Management: Implement and govern robust controls for privileged accounts, minimizing risk through continuous monitoring, auditing, and just-in-time access models. Employ threat intelligence to guide privileged access policies, without compromising workflow effectiveness.
• Secrets Management: Develop and execute the enterprise secrets-management strategy, including the governance, tooling, and lifecycle controls required to securely generate, store, rotate, and audit API keys, service credentials, certificates, and other machine identities.
• Identity Governance: Lead the development and implementation of identity governance frameworks, policies, and processes. Ensure proper alignment of access rights with business roles, regular access reviews, and compliance with regulatory and internal standards. Oversee automated provisioning/de-provisioning, segregation of duties, and recertification to safeguard sensitive data and support audit readiness, while maintaining operational excellence.
• Zero Trust Integration: Lead the integration of IAM into HPE’s Zero Trust framework, with identity serving as a core pillar for all security initiatives. Ensure threat-centric IAM measures complement business agility and user empowerment.
• Agentic AI Identities Roadmap: Design and champion the roadmap for Agentic AI identities, including governance of autonomous digital agents, ethical considerations, lifecycle management, and secure enablement across HPE’s technology ecosystem.
• Risk and Compliance: Ensure IAM programs meet all internal and external standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices through continuous threat assessment and adaptive controls.
• Team Development: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing global IAM team, ensuring the right structure, resources, and capabilities are in place for success. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement, with an emphasis on threat-based thinking and operational excellence.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with executive leadership, IT, cybersecurity, product, and business teams to embed IAM into enterprise architecture, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver solutions that balance strong security with an optimal user experience.
• Technology Evaluation: Assess and recommend emerging IAM technologies, methodologies, and frameworks that incorporate threat intelligence, operational excellence, and usability to maintain HPE’s competitive edge.
   

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in Information Security, with direct Identity and Access Management experience, and 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven track record of developing and executing global IAM strategies in large, complex organizations.
• Expertise in Workforce IAM, Customer/Partner IAM, Privileged Access Management, Secrets Management and Identity Governance.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust security principles and frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing AI-driven identity solutions.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CIAM, or equivalent).
   

Desired Skills and Competencies

• Visionary leadership with the ability to translate complex concepts—including threat-based IAM—into actionable strategies.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Deep technical proficiency in IAM platforms, authentication technologies, cloud security, regulatory standards, identity governance tools, and threat intelligence systems.
• Strategic thinker with a strong business acumen and results-oriented mindset, able to balance proactive risk management with operational excellence and user-centric design.
• Proven ability to foster innovation and lead high-performing teams in a dynamic environment.
• Analytical approach to risk management and problem-solving.
• Commitment to ethical practices and responsible AI governance.

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Bias, Business, Coaching, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cybersecurity, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design Thinking, Development Methodologies, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Implementation Methodologies, Infrastructure Design, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 4 more}

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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