Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineering

Scorpion Therapeutics; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an Associate Director / PAM Team Lead to oversee privileged access strategy, engineering, and governance within a global cybersecurity context.

You will develop the PAM roadmap in line with Zero Trust principles and lead a global engineering team to implement modern access controls across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity or IAM, with 7+ years in Privileged Access Management.
• Strong technical expertise in enterprise PAM platforms (CyberArk, BeyondTrust), cloud identity, and multi‑platform environments.
• Experience leading security engineering teams and delivering solutions in large organizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute PAM roadmap aligned with Zero Trust principles.
• Design and modernize privileged access solutions for cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
• Lead a global engineering team, drive continuous improvement, evaluate new PAM technologies, and manage risk remediation.
• Collaborate with IAM product teams, cybersecurity, architecture, and stakeholders across functions.

Skills

Privileged Access Management

Identity and Access Management

Cybersecurity

CyberArk

BeyondTrust

Tools

CyberArk

BeyondTrust

Job description

Role: Associate Director / PAM Team Lead overseeing privileged access strategy, engineering, and governance within a global cybersecurity context.

• Develop and execute PAM roadmap aligned with Zero Trust principles.
• Design and modernize privileged access solutions supporting cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Lead a global engineering team, drive continuous improvement, evaluate new PAM technologies, and manage risk remediation.

Collaboration: partner with IAM product teams, cybersecurity, architecture, and stakeholders across functions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity or IAM, with at least 7 years specializing in Privileged Access Management.
• Strong technical expertise in enterprise PAM platforms (e.g., CyberArk, BeyondTrust), cloud identity, and multi-platform environments.
• Experience leading security engineering teams and delivering solutions in large organizations.

Preferred

• Hands‑on experience with cloud identity services (Azure, AWS, GCP), Kubernetes, automation tools, and security standards such as NIST and ITIL.

Industry‑specific experience in regulated sectors like healthcare or life sciences is advantageous.

Work setup: hybrid model with flexible work arrangements; travel not explicitly specified but likely minimal given global scope.