Director, Identity & Access Management

Renton · USD 216,200-324,300 / year · 5+ years experience · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

Wizards of the Coast is seeking a Director of Identity & Access Management to run the identity program end to end, covering authentication, authorization, governance, and privileged access.
This leader commands the enterprise identity budget, roadmap, and headcount while leading managers and principal engineers across identity platform engineering, IGA, PAM, and a new Identity Security Operations function.

Set the multi-year IAM strategy and funding plan, consolidating workforce identity onto one provider, retiring legacy tooling, and delivering IAM as a single global service.
Automate access from hire through exit on authoritative HR data and keep the role and entitlement model scalable through acquisitions.
Push access decisions to business leaders through self-service and secure workload and AI-agent identity with short-lived credentials and real-time revocation.
Replace standing privilege with just-in-time elevation and session recording.
Define identity-verification and recovery standards that survive the gaps phishing-resistant MFA leaves behind, making identity the enterprise access control plane.
Stand up an Identity Security Operations function that detects and contains identity attacks automatically.

12+ years in IAM or security engineering, including 5+ years leading teams and managers.
Experience leading enterprise IAM programs at scale, including identity-provider consolidation, IGA, PAM, and Active Directory modernization.
Hands-on expertise with Okta or Entra ID, Saviynt or SailPoint, CyberArk, and cloud identity services such as AWS IAM Identity Center.
Delivery of zero-trust capabilities, including phishing-resistant or passwordless MFA, conditional access, least privilege, identity-based network access, and just-in-time privileged access.
Experience building or operating identity detection and response, including automated containment and measurable response times.
A record of transforming reactive IAM operations into automation-led platform engineering, supported by measurable results.
Experience managing IAM budgets and vendors, including licensing optimization and contract negotiations that delivered savings.
Experience delivering global identity services and developing identity policy with HR, application, security, and infrastructure partners, including attribute-based access control.

Relevant certifications, such as CISSP, Okta, SailPoint, Saviynt, or CyberArk.
Experience with AI-driven identity governance, role mining, access recommendations, or continuous certification.
Experience in a multi-studio, multi-business-unit entertainment or gaming environment.