Provides strategic leadership and establishes clear priorities for the IAM team's staff and operations, ensuring alignment with the evolving IAM roadmap and organizational objectives.
Fosters a culture of collaboration by proactively partnering with technical subject matter experts, functional leads, and senior stakeholders across campus, championing the collection and refinement of IAM requirements and enterprise use cases.
Drives campus-wide integration efforts by guiding and empowering technical and functional leaders to align their systems and processes with central IAM solutions, ensuring holistic adoption and adherence to the IAM roadmap.
Spearheads and delivers complex, high-impact projects and programs, orchestrating every phase from conceptualization and design through development and successful production deployment.
Shapes and defines both functional and technical requirements, architecting comprehensive solutions that address institutional needs and anticipate future demands.
Strategically plans and coordinates project deliverables, sets ambitious yet achievable goals and milestones, and devises forward-thinking strategies for risk management and contingency planning.
Leads, mentors, and motivates technical staff, adeptly resolving conflicts and cultivating a collaborative and high-performance work environment both within and across teams.
Conducts rigorous assessments and evaluations of individual and team performance, identifying growth opportunities and implementing targeted development initiatives.
Champions the creation, continual improvement, and stewardship of technical, operational, and project documentation, ensuring transparency, consistency, and institutional knowledge retention.
Represents the institution in national IAM forums and collaborative initiatives, leveraging best practices and advocating for the research community's unique IAM requirements.
Collaborates closely with the Senior Director for Architecture, Integration, and Security to co-design innovative IAM and middleware services, sustain and communicate the IAM vision, and rally key technical and functional leaders in support of campus-wide IAM strategies.
Undertakes additional leadership responsibilities and special projects as assigned, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to institutional excellence.
Manages managers and professional staff. Establishes performance goals, allocates resources and assesses policies for direct subordinates.
Ensures that networks are high performing and meet the needs of faculty, staff, students and researchers.
Performs other related work as needed. Preferred Qualifications Education : Experience :
IT leadership experience with progressive responsibilities in identity and access management.
Extensive hands-on and managerial experience with IAM in a complex environment like higher education.
Leading IAM teams and coordinating large-scale projects involving directory services, multi-factor authentication, and access governance.
Familiarity with managing identity and access in academic, research, clinical, and administrative systems.
In-depth technical expertise in IAM technologies and standards (OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, LDAP, MFA, RBAC, privileged access management).
Strong policy development and enforcement skills aligned with regulatory compliance (FERPA, GDPR, HIPAA).
Strategic planning and implementation of IAM frameworks and governance.
Knowledge of security / privacy regulations and cybersecurity principles. Preferred Competencies
Effective leadership managing teams, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration across departments.
Project management skills and experience with change management in large institutions.
Good communication, relational, and problem-solving skills.
Balance innovation, operational effectiveness, and compliance demands.When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.The University of Chicago is an urban research university that has driven new ways of thinking since 1890. Our commitment to free and open inquiry draws inspired scholars to our global campuses, where ideas are born that challenge and change the world.We empower individuals to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. Students in the College develop critical, analytic, and writing skills in our rigorous, interdisciplinary core curriculum. Through graduate programs, students test their ideas with UChicago scholars, and become the next generation of leaders in academia, industry, nonprofits, and government.To learn more about the university click here
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