Director, IAM Platforms & Zero Trust (Hybrid)

The Hartford; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a Director of IAM Platforms to lead strategic design, implementation, and governance of identity management across the enterprise. You will oversee Ping Identity solutions, drive modern authentication, and ensure robust risk governance, working in a hybrid schedule with office presence three days per week.

Responsibilities include leading architecture, lifecycle governance, and cross-functional collaboration to meet regulatory requirements and enterprise roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in information security, technology risk management, or IAM engineering domains.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and maintaining enterprise-scale deployments of Ping/ForgeRock Identity solutions.
• Leadership experience is required.
• Deep technical expertise in identity federation standards (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect) and API security architectures.
• Proven implementation experience leading large-scale modern IAM migrations in regulated financial services or insurance environments.
• Strong working knowledge of directory services, SDLC, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines as they relate to identity controls.
• Executive presence with ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead IAM strategic design, implementation, and governance across the enterprise.
• Oversee deployment and operation of Ping / ForgeRock Identity solutions suite.
• Advance passwordless authentication, adaptive/risk-based access, and Zero Trust patterns.
• Establish federation standards for SSO and MFA across ecosystems.
• Provide risk reporting to senior leadership on governance and controls.
• Lead a global IAM engineering and administration team.
• Collaborate with business, application, platform, and security teams to align with roadmaps.

Skills

Information security

IAM engineering

Leadership

Federation standards

Ping/ForgeRock Identity

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Security or related field

Tools

Ping Identity Platform

PingFederate

PingAccess

PingDirectory

Active Directory/LDAP

Job description

The Hartford is seeking a Director of IAM Platforms to lead strategic design, implementation, and governance of identity management across the enterprise. You will oversee Ping Identity solutions, drive modern authentication, and ensure robust risk governance, working in a hybrid schedule with office presence three days per week.

Responsibilities include leading architecture, lifecycle governance, and cross-functional collaboration to meet regulatory requirements and enterprise roadmaps.