IAM Strategy Director — Lead Governance & Automation

texascapitalbank; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Capital is seeking an IAM Director to lead the organization's IAM strategy, governance and execution across identity lifecycle, access controls, authentication (SSO/MFA), and audit readiness. You will partner with HR, IT, security, legal/compliance, and business/data owners to drive measurable improvements in least privilege and SoD alignment.

Responsibilities include defining IAM policies, provisioning/deprovisioning automation, RBAC/ABAC improvements, access reviews, and ongoing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in an IAM or related domain.
• 5+ years' Financial Services, Mortgage, and/or Banking experience preferred
• 5+ years' experience leading people managers preferred
• Advanced knowledge of security and control frameworks (COBIT, COSO, ITIL, FFIEC, NIST, etc.).
• Proven leadership running an IAM program with cross-functional governance and clear RACI.

Responsibilities

• IAM strategy, policy and governance: Define and own IAM vision, roadmap, principles and standards (e.g., least privilege, SoD, strong authentication, lifecycle management).
• Identity lifecycle (joiner/mover/leaver): Ensure effective provisioning/deprovisioning processes and automation (especially via HR-driven triggers) to reduce orphaned accounts and manual error.
• Oversee role/group management and entitlement lifecycle management.
• Authentication and access controls: Oversee SSO/federation, MFA/adaptive authentication and directory/identity store strategy (e.g., on-prem and cloud identity stores).
• Drive RBAC/ABAC improvements and role engineering to mature access assignment and reduce overprovisioning.
• Governance, certifications and audit support: Coordinate periodic access reviews/certifications and ensure evidence/reporting supports audit and compliance needs.
• Ensure identity monitoring, logging and reporting requirements are met for investigations and control validation.
• Privileged and non-human identity oversight: Oversee privileged accounts (break-glass, admin accounts) and service/non-human identities as part of the IAM control framework.
• Tooling, architecture and delivery: Provide IAM architecture direction, including patterns/reference architectures and repeatable integration approaches for applications.
• Evaluate and administer IAM/IGA capabilities and ensure platforms are securely configured and updated in alignment with policy.
• Operating model and cross-functional execution: Clarify shared responsibilities between IT and security (e.g., IT runs underlying infrastructure operations while security defines access policy/compliance requirements).
• Define success measures/KPIs for IAM outcomes (security, employee experience, automation, audit performance).

Skills

IAM governance

Identity lifecycle

Access controls

RBAC/ABAC

SSO/MFA

Audit readiness

Policy development

Cross-functional leadership

Automation

Security frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security or related field

Job description

Texas Capital is seeking an IAM Director to lead the organization's IAM strategy, governance and execution across identity lifecycle, access controls, authentication (SSO/MFA), and audit readiness. You will partner with HR, IT, security, legal/compliance, and business/data owners to drive measurable improvements in least privilege and SoD alignment.

Responsibilities include defining IAM policies, provisioning/deprovisioning automation, RBAC/ABAC improvements, access reviews, and ongoing