Manager, Identity Governance Operations (AI)

Location: Hybrid, with three days per week at a Guardian location in New York, NY, Bethlehem, PA, or Holmdel, NJ. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Salary: $118,980.00–$195,465.00 base pay, with possible eligibility for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global provides insurance and related financial services, with a focus on well-being, ethical standards, career development, and inclusive support.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop the Identity Governance and Administration team, including performance management, workload prioritization, career development, cross-training, and accountability.
• Manage employees and vendor resources against KPIs, KRIs, controls, and operational expectations.
• Oversee Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes, access reviews, Segregation of Duties, RBAC, entitlement governance, provisioning and deprovisioning controls, and monitoring of unauthorized access changes.
• Provide oversight of enterprise IGA/IAM controls, audit evidence, regulatory requirements, documentation, remediation, and vendor performance.
• Develop reporting and advanced analytics to identify identity risks, operational trends, control gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Partner with IAM Engineering, Cybersecurity, HR, Legal, Digital and Technology, Compliance, business, and application teams on scalable solutions, automation, user experience, non-human identities, AI agents, vendor evaluations, and strategic IGA initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in IAM, IGA, cybersecurity, or related technology and security functions.
• People leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, prioritization, and development of employees, contractors, or vendor resources.
• Strong experience with identity lifecycle management, access certifications, RBAC, SoD, provisioning and deprovisioning, and access governance.
• Experience with IAM/IGA technologies such as SailPoint, CyberArk, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, or similar platforms.
• Experience with operational controls, audit readiness, regulatory requirements, and risk-based access governance.
• Working knowledge of automation, APIs, REST/JSON, and scripting technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience leading enterprise IAM/IGA operations and blended employee/vendor teams.
• Experience developing and managing KPIs, KRIs, dashboards, controls, and executive reporting.
• Experience with RFP/RFI activities, vendor evaluations, proofs of concept, and technology implementations.
• Experience with hybrid identity environments across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with AI identity governance, AI agents, non-human identities, machine identities, and MCP.
• Experience in regulated environments involving NYDFS, MAR, SOX, SOC 2, or similar requirements.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or IAM/IGA platform certifications.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical, business, and senior leadership stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Support for professional and personal goals through skill-building, leadership development, and philanthropic opportunities.
• Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources for full-time eligible employees.
• Work environment centered on diverse colleagues and high ethical standards.