Senior Director Analyst - IAM - IGA PAM & Agentic AI
$172,000–$202,500 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Engage daily with clients via phone, videoconference, or stage presentations to solve complex identity and access management challenges. Conduct research on technology, practices, and trends to produce actionable insights, reference architecture documents, and advisory materials for executives. Deliver high-quality advice on identity governance, privileged access management, identity analytics, and agentic AI tools through teleconferences, webinars, and event presentations. Respond to press inquiries and occasionally travel regionally and globally to support Gartner's industry leadership reputation. This individual contributor role requires deep expertise in IAM protocols, authentication mechanisms, secrets management, and authorization frameworks to establish credibility with cybersecurity leaders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (i.e., Computer Science or Engineering), or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant field or industry experience
- 12 or more years in technical roles specific to Identity and Access Management
- The ability to demonstrate technical expert presence and immediately establish credibility with cybersecurity and identity leaders and their teams
- The ability to produce high-quality deliverables and consistently meet project milestones
- Strong communication skills, to include: written and verbal proficiency in English, public speaking acumen, and 1:1 client engagement
- Adept in analyzing and synthesizing data, identifying trends and patterns, and applying frameworks to create new insights
- Skilled at distilling complex concepts into concise advice, and successful at developing and defending research positions
- A self-starter who is a continuous learner and can work both independently and collaboratively within a matrixed, multicultural global team
Desired Qualifications
- Expertise in the following areas: Access management protocols, standards, and methodologies
- Expertise in the following areas: User, workload and machine identity authentication mechanisms and products
- Expertise in the following areas: Federated identity and other technologies for Single Sign-On
- Expertise in the following areas: Secrets management technologies and product capabilities
- Expertise in the following areas: Identity threat detection and response architecture, tools, and capabilities
- Expertise in the following areas: Customer IAM processes and capabilities
- Expertise in the following areas: Authorization policy frameworks, orchestration, and enforcement
- Expertise in the following areas: Authorization controls for data and analytics access
- Expertise in the following areas: De-centralized identity mechanisms, verifiable credentials and use cases
- Expertise in the following areas: Identity discovery, observability and visibilities tools and best practices
- Expertise in the following areas: Agentic AI identity and access management tools and best practices
- Passion for identity and access management and appreciation for how it is foundational to cybersecurity and a key enabler of digital interaction
- Visionary thought leader mindset who enjoys learning and wants to leverage technical expertise in designing and executing IAM projects to drive the evolution of industry best practices
- Enjoyment of collaborating with other smart people
- In-depth knowledge of identity and access management technologies, technical capabilities of products/services, and deployment best practices
- Ability to provide guidance to clients on architecture, technical capabilities, and deployment
- Obsession with the topic of identity and access management
- Ability to see patterns and articulate technical strategies that create new best practices
- Many years of experience and enjoyment of helping people find creative solutions to challenges
- Passion for AI and desire to be part of a team guiding leaders who shape the world
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