AVP, Product Manager - Identity & Access Management (IAM)

LPL Financial; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 109,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Product Manager to guide the Identity & Access Management (IAM) product area. You will define priorities, collaborate with engineering, security, operations, and risk to deliver secure, scalable IAM capabilities for advisors, employees, and clients.

As a senior product leader, you will translate business needs into clear requirements, maintain the backlog, and drive agile delivery across teams while focusing on user experience, controls, and operational

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management or related tech roles.
• 3+ years agile delivery with backlog ownership.
• Experience translating business needs into product requirements and stories.
• Experience working cross-functionally with technology, security, operations, risk, and business stakeholders.
• Experience delivering enterprise platforms or shared internal products.

Responsibilities

• Define IAM strategy, roadmap, and delivery priorities.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations to define requirements.
• Prioritize features, defects, and dependencies for IAM capabilities.
• Create epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with Scrum teams to align priorities with delivery.

Skills

IAM product management

Backlog management

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements translation

Tools

Okta

Ping

ForgeRock

Microsoft Entra ID

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview

LPL Financial is seeking an AVP, Product Manager to support the Identity & Access Management (IAM) product area. This role is responsible for helping define, prioritize, and deliver IAM capabilities that enable secure, seamless access experiences across the firm for advisors, employees, and clients. The Product Manager will work at the intersection of product, technology, cybersecurity, operations, risk, and business teams to drive execution against the IAM roadmap. This role is accountable for translating business needs and control requirements into clear product priorities, partnering closely with delivery teams, and supporting adoption of IAM capabilities that improve user experience, strengthen controls, and advance operational efficiency. As a key contributor within LPL’s Product organization, this individual will help manage the product lifecycle for IAM capabilities from discovery and prioritization through delivery, release, and continuous improvement. This role is well suited for a product professional who thrives in complex environments, is comfortable working across stakeholders, and can bring structure and clarity to platform-oriented work.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of the IAM product strategy, roadmap, and delivery priorities aligned to business objectives, user needs, and risk considerations.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, operations, and business stakeholders to define product requirements and translate strategic priorities into actionable plans.
• Own prioritization of features, enhancements, defects, and technical dependencies for assigned IAM capabilities.
• Create, refine, and maintain epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria to support effective agile delivery.
• Serve as the primary product partner for Scrum teams supporting IAM capabilities, ensuring alignment between stakeholder needs and delivery execution.
• Support product delivery through backlog management, release planning, dependency coordination, readiness activities, and post-release follow-up.
• Gather and synthesize feedback from users, stakeholders, and partner teams to inform product decisions and continuous improvement.
• Monitor product adoption, delivery outcomes, and stakeholder feedback to identify improvement opportunities and inform roadmap tradeoffs.
• Collaborate across teams to maintain alignment on priorities, timelines, dependencies, and success measures.
• Help prepare product updates, roadmap materials, and progress reporting for leadership and key stakeholders.
• Partner with control and technology teams to ensure IAM solutions support appropriate standards for security, resiliency, accessibility, and operational effectiveness.
• Stay current on IAM trends, emerging technologies, and industry best practices to inform product enhancements and delivery decisions.
• Contribute to the evolution of product management practices within the IAM domain, including stakeholder engagement, execution discipline, and ways of working.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for a collaborative product professional who is motivated to pursue greatness, act with integrity, and is driven to help our clients succeed. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong execution, thoughtful decision-making, and effective partnership across cross-functional teams. They embrace opportunities to win together while helping deliver secure, scalable solutions that create business value and enhance user experiences. Most importantly, they contribute to a culture that encourages innovation, teamwork, and opportunities to create and share joy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, or a related role within technology-enabled environments.
• 3+ years of experience working in agile delivery environments with direct responsibility for backlog management, prioritization, or product execution.
• Experience translating business needs, user feedback, and technical constraints into product requirements, user stories, and delivery priorities.
• Experience working cross-functionally with technology, security, operations, risk, and business stakeholders.
• Experience supporting delivery of enterprise platforms, internal-facing products, or shared capabilities.

Preferences

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate priorities, tradeoffs, and progress to stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make thoughtful, data-informed decisions.
• Experience in Identity & Access Management, cybersecurity, or enterprise platform domains.
• Familiarity with IAM concepts such as authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, SSO, MFA, access governance, federation, privileged access, and directory services.
• Exposure to IAM platforms such as Okta, Ping, ForgeRock, or Microsoft Entra ID.

Pay Range

$109,283.00 - $182,104.00

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6), LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

Important: Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities.

Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews

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