Senior Privelege Access Management (PAM) Lead - Cyberark
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead enterprise-wide PAM governance, risk reduction, and remediation initiatives by partnering with Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to improve privileged access controls. Review privileged access requests, policy exceptions, and Active Directory structures to identify risks, then drive efforts to reduce standing administrative privileges and migrate users to secondary accounts across Windows, Linux, and endpoints. Monitor Key Risk Indicators, investigate trends, and coordinate cross-functional teams to complete remediation on schedule while supporting Internal Audit engagements with evidence collection and control validation. Provide clear executive-level status reporting highlighting progress, risks, and remediation plans. This strategic leadership role focuses on CyberArk onboarding, credential exposure remediation, and SailPoint entitlement governance within a regulated environment.
Required Qualifications
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) experience, including focus on Privileged Access Management
- Proven success leading enterprise PAM initiatives within large, complex, and regulated environments
- Strong hands-on experience with CyberArk, including privileged account management, service account onboarding, vaulting, and remediation activities
- Deep knowledge of Active Directory, privileged groups, secondary administrator accounts, nested groups, and Windows access controls
- Working knowledge of Linux privileged access management, sudo administration, service accounts, and SSH controls
- Experience with SailPoint IdentityIQ and/or IdentityNow, including entitlement governance, ownership management, certifications, and application onboarding
- Experience collaborating with Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, Infrastructure, and Application teams
- Demonstrated ability to drive remediation efforts across multiple stakeholders without direct authority
- Strong communication and executive reporting skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated environments
- Background supporting audit, compliance, and risk management initiatives
- Familiarity with enterprise secrets management and privileged account governance best practices
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