Director, Identity & Access Management (IAM)

nscaleoperationsukltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Director of Identity to lead the engineering function responsible for authentication, authorization, and identity propagation across the platform. You will shape strategy, hire and grow an exceptional team, and own end-to-end outcomes including secure sign-in, auditable access control, and secure-by-default patterns.

The role combines technical depth with organizational leadership, requiring cross-functional collaboration with Product, Platform, Infrastructure, SRE, and

Qualifications

• Senior technical leadership with experience hiring and scaling engineering teams.
• Deep domain expertise in authentication and authorization systems (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, RBAC/ABAC).
• Experience designing distributed systems on major cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Ability to influence Security, Product, and Engineering leaders and align stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end identity experience and security posture across the platform.
• Set multi-year Identity strategy, organizational design, and delivery approach; manage budget and headcount.

Skills

Senior technical leadership

Identity domain expertise

Distributed systems & cloud fluency

Communication and influence

Tools

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC

JWT/JWKS

OPA/Cedar

Job description

Nscale is seeking a Director of Identity to lead the engineering function responsible for authentication, authorization, and identity propagation across the platform. You will shape strategy, hire and grow an exceptional team, and own end-to-end outcomes including secure sign-in, auditable access control, and secure-by-default patterns.

The role combines technical depth with organizational leadership, requiring cross-functional collaboration with Product, Platform, Infrastructure, SRE, and