Senior PAM Product Owner - Privileged Access & Zero Trust

Synchrony; Olde West Chester (OH); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Hybrid/Remote work

Office hubs

Job summary

Synchrony is seeking a PAM Product Owner to lead the strategic evolution of the enterprise Privileged Access Management program. You will own the product roadmap, drive rollout and adoption of the Delinea suite, and partner with IAM, security, and business teams to reduce risk and strengthen audit readiness.

The role focuses on Zero Trust, Just-in-Time privileged access, and continuous improvement of credential lifecycle management, session monitoring, and governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity experience with IAM and PAM.
• Demonstrated success delivering cross-functional technology/security initiatives across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to cultivate durable partnerships with internal and external business and technology stakeholders; collaborative, outcomes-driven operating style.
• Demonstrated leadership through mentoring, coaching, and enablement, including creating product roadmaps, supporting skill development, and driving team maturity.
• Strong requirements and delivery execution skills: elicitation, documentation, and translation into implementable delivery artifacts; experience supporting Agile/Scrum execution.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for the enterprise PAM program, aligning priorities to risk reduction, regulatory requirements, and enterprise modernization goals.
• Serve as Product Owner for Delinea capabilities, demonstrating working knowledge of the Delinea suite of products and how to apply them to secure privileged access across infrastructure, databases, cloud, and applications.
• Lead and manage Privileged Access Analysts, providing direct oversight to support PAM program initiatives, delivery execution, and operational maturity.
• Drive adoption of PAM best practices, including secure vaulting, credential rotation, least privilege, strong authentication, break-glass governance, segregation of duties, and monitoring/alerting.
• Implement and expand privileged access lifecycle controls (automated discovery through onboarding, access provisioning, rotation, session governance, and de-provisioning) across diverse environments.
• Enable Zero Trust-aligned privileged access patterns, including Just-in-Time (JIT) access, approval-based elevation, time-bound entitlements, and continuous verification/telemetry-driven controls.
• Oversee implementation and ongoing improvement of PAM capabilities including advanced monitoring, credential lifecycle management, privileged session monitoring/recording, and privileged access analytics.
• Define and enforce risk-tiered control policies and governance workflows (e.g., dual-control approvals, ticket enforcement, exception handling) to improve accountability and compliance posture.
• Lead integration of PAM with ITSM and security tooling, including automated workflows tied to incident/change processes, and integration with event monitoring/analytics platforms to improve detection and operational efficiency.
• Build and sustain strong partner relationships with IAM governance bodies, Security Operations, Infrastructure/Cloud teams, Application teams, and Audit/Compliance to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver outcomes.
• Prioritize and approve remediation work based on risk tiers, threat landscape, and enterprise impact; define success metrics and report program outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives through influence, setting objectives, driving alignment, and ensuring delivery with minimal-to-moderate leadership guidance.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Skills

IAM

PAM

Zero Trust

JIT Access

ITSM

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Credential lifecycle

Privileged access governance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Delinea PAM

Secret Server

SIEM

Job description

Synchrony is seeking a PAM Product Owner to lead the strategic evolution of the enterprise Privileged Access Management program. You will own the product roadmap, drive rollout and adoption of the Delinea suite, and partner with IAM, security, and business teams to reduce risk and strengthen audit readiness.

The role focuses on Zero Trust, Just-in-Time privileged access, and continuous improvement of credential lifecycle management, session monitoring, and governance.