Director, Identity & Access Management Architecture

U339 Alcon Vision, LLC. Company; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Flexible time off

Job summary

Alcon seeks an experienced IAM architect to lead enterprise identity strategy and architecture across global programs. You will shape standards for authentication, governance, and privileged access, while guiding cloud and AI identity implementations.

Expect collaboration with senior stakeholders, driving risk reduction and regulatory compliance in a fast-paced, highly regulated healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, business, risk, privacy, legal, and audit leaders on IAM challenges across Alcon's global enterprise.
• Define and advance Alcon's IAM strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap to support Zero Trust, compliance, and digital transformation.
• Provide architectural leadership across workforce, customer, partner, privileged, cloud, and AI identities with secure, scalable solutions.
• Influence enterprise tech decisions through modern identity capabilities (authentication, authorization, identity governance, PAM, cloud access management).
• Support cloud transformation, M&A, and third-party integrations by developing scalable identity solutions and governance frameworks.
• Serve as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, driving identity-related risk reduction and regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate emerging identity threats and determine relevance to Alcon’s enterprise strategy.

Skills

IAM strategy

IAM architecture

Identity architectures

Vendor collaboration

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or related experience

CISSP

CCSP

TOGAF

SABSA

Job description

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.

IN THIS ROLE, A TYPICAL DAY WILL INCLUDE:

• Collaborating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, business, risk, privacy, legal, and audit leaders to address complex identity and access management challenges across Alcon's global enterprise.
• Defining and advancing Alcon's IAM strategy, architecture, standards, and roadmap to support Zero Trust security, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Providing architectural leadership across workforce, customer, partner, privileged, cloud, and AI identities while ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant solutions.
• Influencing enterprise technology decisions through modern identity capabilities, including authentication, authorization, identity governance, privileged access management, and cloud access management.
• Supporting strategic initiatives such as cloud transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and third-party integrations by developing scalable identity solutions and governance frameworks.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, driving identity-related risk reduction, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and business enablement.
• Evaluating emerging identity threats, technologies, standards, and industry practices, and determining their relevance to Alcon’s enterprise strategy.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience developing and executing enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) strategies within large, complex, global organizations.
• Experience leading IAM architecture initiatives supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and complex third-party access models.
• Experience designing and supporting customer, consumer, machine, workload, decentralized, and AI-agent identity architectures.
• Experience collaborating with global systems integrators, strategic suppliers, and technology vendors, including participation in solution evaluation, selection, and implementation.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, TOGAF, SABSA, or other recognized IAM, cybersecurity, or enterprise architecture credentials.
• Advanced knowledge of modern IAM technologies and platforms, including identity governance, privileged access management, cloud identity, authentication, and access management solutions.
• Experience supporting Zero Trust security initiatives and identity-centric security programs.
• Experience operating within highly regulated industries and partnering with audit, compliance, privacy, and risk management functions.

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• Join Alcon’s mission to provide top-tier, innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives
• Grow your career and see your impact in a highly collaborative and diverse environment
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!

ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.