Senior Director - Cybersecurity Identity & Access Management

McKesson; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Senior Director of Identity & Access Management (IAM) to lead a high‑performing security organization, shaping the enterprise identity vision and roadmap across multi‑cloud environments. You will champion zero‑trust identity controls, oversee governance, and partner with risk/compliance stakeholders to maintain regulatory alignment.

You will drive onboarding to enterprise identity platforms, manage executive risk reporting, and deliver scalable, resilient IAM products and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of cybersecurity experience with depth in identity and access management, engineering and architecture, risk management, compliance, technology, cyber security.
• 10+ years leading teams and/or enterprise programs; hands-on IAM program leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish IAM vision, multi-year strategy, roadmap, and operational model; hire and manage IAM organization.
• Implement core IAM capabilities (SSO, MFA, credential vaulting, identity governance, PAM, secrets management, lifecycle management).
• Design tailored identity solutions for complex deployment scenarios and oversee governance to meet KPIs.

Skills

Identity & Access Management

Executive communication

Security architecture

Hybrid/cloud environments

Risk management

Leadership

Program governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / information security / engineering or related field

Tools

Okta

Azure AD / EntraID

GCP

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well‑being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity

As the Senior Director of Identity & Access Management (IAM), you will serve as a core cybersecurity executive, shaping and defining the enterprise identity vision and strategic architecture. In this role, you will recruit, empower, and lead a high‑performing organization of security engineers and practice leaders responsible for delivering resilient, enterprise-wide identity services, capabilities, and governance models. Reporting directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), this critical position requires extensive domain mastery in identity control frameworks and modern access management architectures. You will champion the IAM vision and multi‑year roadmap, drive operational excellence and robust risk reporting, and embed zero‑trust identity controls across all business domains. As a key strategic partner, you will collaborate with cross‑functional leadership, accelerate product onboarding to enterprise‑approved identity platforms, and proactively communicate risk posture and program progress to executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, drive, and own the overarching Identity & Access Management vision, multi‑year strategy, roadmap, and operational model, while hiring and managing the IAM organization
• Implement and oversee core IAM capabilities, including single sign‑on (SSO), multi‑factor authentication (MFA), credential vaulting, identity governance, privileged access management, secrets management, lifecycle management, access certifications, threat detection, third‑party governance, and customer IAM (CIAM)
• Design tailored identity solutions for complex or non‑standard deployment scenarios where core IAM services cannot be directly applied
• Oversee identity management governance to ensure performance metrics are defined and met, and partner with business teams to remediate non‑compliance issues
• Develop strong relationships within the industry to ensure the latest technology and best practices is implemented
• Develop and lead the cyber security metrics and executive reporting processes, including KPIs and metrics
• Partners closely with technology and application teams to support onboarding applications to enterprise‑approved identity products and services as part of enterprise cloud migration efforts
• Partner closely with risk management and compliance stakeholders to maintain full regulatory alignment
• Establish non‑human identity (NHI) governance and secrets management controls, including machine identity lifecycle management, service account rotation, and API credential security across multi‑cloud environments
• Partner with Threat Detection and Response leader to implement identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities to continuously monitor, detect, and remediate anomalous access behaviors, credential misuse, and identity‑based vulnerabilities in real time
• Drive cross‑functional access governance across business, HR, and technology teams to enforce least privilege, role‑based access controls (RBAC), and automated joiner‑mover‑leaver lifecycle workflows
• Architect resilient cloud and federated identity models across multi‑cloud and hybrid infrastructures (Azure/EntraID, GCP, Okta), standardizing single sign‑on (SSO), multi‑factor authentication (MFA), and zero‑trust conditional access policies
• Lead M&A identity integration and divestiture strategies, overseeing identity carve‑outs, directory consolidations, and federation separation across complex enterprise environments
• Architect and deliver enterprise‑grade identity products and services engineered for maximum scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability
• Leverage automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) to drive operational efficiency, automate lifecycle governance and user provisioning, and enhance proactive identity threat detection

Minimum Requirements

Degree or equivalent experience. Typically requires 15+ years of professional experience and 10+ years of diversified leadership, planning, communication, organization, and people motivation skills (or equivalent experience).

Skills and Qualifications

• 15+ years of cybersecurity experience with significant depth in identity and access management, engineering and architecture, risk management, compliance, technology, cyber security, including 10+ years leading teams and/or enterprise programs.
• Hands‑on and leadership experience managing and building an identity and access management program.
• Proven ability to drive remediation outcomes at scale establishing SLAs, clarifying ownership, prioritizing backlogs, and closing systemic gaps surfaced by incidents, hunts, and assessments.
• Executive‑ready communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to present risk, progress, and investment needs to senior leadership and influence decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to set strategy, secure organizational alignment/approvals, and deliver outcomes through multiple stakeholders (Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Application/Product, and business teams).
• Deep understanding cyber security identity and access management, engineering, risk management, compliance, and architecture.
• Strong risk communication skills: able to translate detection gaps and remediation tradeoffs into business impact, present to executives, and drive decisions to closure.
• Experience establishing oversight metrics and operational rhythms (OKRs/KPIs, reporting, service reviews) and using data to improve alert quality, reduce noise, and accelerate remediation throughput.
• Working knowledge of relevant governance and regulatory expectations and the ability to partner effectively with audit/compliance and privacy stakeholders while operating an effective detection and response capability.
• Track record of building high‑performing teams and leading with integrity, accountability, and operational discipline; known for clear communication, sound judgment, and reliable execution.
• Experience developing multi‑year roadmaps and influencing investment decisions (people, tooling, telemetry, automation) to improve enterprise detection and remediation outcomes.
• Proven capability managing vendor relationships and service contracts for security tooling and managed services, including defining requirements and measuring performance against outcomes.
• Strong understanding of privacy considerations and appropriate monitoring practices; able to partner with Legal/Privacy and HR as needed and ensure monitoring and investigations remain within policy and regulatory boundaries.
• Experience operating in hybrid/cloud environments and partnering with platform teams to instrument systems (cloud logging, identity signals, endpoint telemetry, network data) for reliable detections.
• Strong strategic and tactical decision‑making able to balance speed and risk, define compensating controls, and drive complex remediation decisions across multiple owners.
• Experience leading or sponsoring purple team activities, tabletop exercises, and control validation to continuously improve detection coverage and response playbooks.
• Trusted leader who builds credibility with executives and teams through transparency, follow‑through, and a strong culture of operational excellence.

Education Requirements

Bachelors degree in computer science, information security/assurance, engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Certification Requirements

Relevant certifications (preferred): CISSP, CISM, GIAC/SANS, +, SSCP, or equivalent foundational security certification. TDR/SecOps certifications (a plus): Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer and/or Associate Cloud Engineer, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, and/or GIAC certifications (e.g., GSEC, GCIH) depending on role focus. and/or cloud/security engineering certifications aligned to the teams platforms.

About MMS

McKesson Medical‑Surgical (MMS), which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027, is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical‑surgical supplies, pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment and supplies, along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets – often referred to as Alternate Care or Non‑Acute Care – include physician offices, surgery centers, long‑term care providers, laboratories, home health and hospice agencies, health systems, government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers. Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly, and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8,000 employees, a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles, we collaborate with more than 2,200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200,000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270,000 SKUs of branded and private‑label medical‑surgical products – from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID‑19 tests.

Career Level

M5

Compensation & Benefits

Our Base Pay Range for this position $174,800 - $291,300. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long‑term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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Join Us

McKesson is an impact‑driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well‑being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.