Chatham Financial · 18 hours ago
Director, Identity and Access Management
Kennett Square, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expChatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. The Director of Identity and Access Management (IAM) plays a critical role in enabling Chatham’s technology strategy by ensuring secure and scalable identity, authentication, and authorization capabilities, while leading engineering teams and managing IAM projects.
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Responsibilities
Be responsible for leading Strategic Planning & Roadmaps including:
Partnering with Product Management to define and execute a long-term IAM product roadmap aligned with business objectives, client needs, and regulatory requirements
Partnering with Enterprise Architecture to design and evolve a long-term technical roadmap for identity, authentication, and authorization platforms
Balancing near-term delivery commitments with long-term platform scalability, resilience, and modernization goals
Provide Engineering Leadership & Delivery including:
Leading and growing teams of engineers responsible for all Identity and Access Management capabilities, including authentication, identity lifecycle management, and complex fine-grained authorization
Overseeing the design and delivery of role, attribute, and relationship-based access control models using modern authorization platforms
Establishing strong engineering practices focused on secure-by-design development, operational excellence, reliability, and performance
Managing IAM projects, budgets, and vendor relationships
Establishing and enforcing IAM policies, standards, and procedures
Be accountable for Security & Risk Management including:
Owning the security posture of IAM platforms, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, internal security standards, and regulatory expectations
Partnering closely with Information Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to support audits, threat modeling, and incident response related to identity and access
Championing zero-trust and least-privilege principles while enabling pragmatic, business-aligned outcomes
Enable Customer Experience & Commercial Growth by
Ensuring that all end-user onboarding to Chatham technology products is secure, intuitive, and frictionless
Collaborating with Marketing and Marketing Technology teams to maintain a single, unified enterprise view of end users and customers
Partner with UX team to enable consistent identity experiences across products while supporting future growth, new offerings, and evolving customer journeys
Lead People & Organizational Design by
Leading effective performance management and professional development for IAM engineering teams
Performing strategic workforce planning to ensure the right skills and capacity to deliver against both short- and long-term roadmaps
Fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
10+ years of experience in software or platform engineering, with significant depth in Identity and Access Management
Proven experience leading and developing high-performing engineering teams
Deep knowledge of modern IAM platforms and patterns, including authentication, identity federation, and fine-grained authorization models (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC)
Strong understanding of modern security principles such as zero trust, least privilege, and defense in depth
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
Company
Chatham Financial
Chatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Matthew Henry
Managing Partner & CEO
Bill Schultz
Chief Digital Officer
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