Technical Advisor

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 148,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness coverage

Disability coverage

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Holidays

Sick leave

Parental leave

EAP

Voluntary benefits

HSA with employer contribution

Job summary

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. seeks a Technical Advisor to own the enterprise identity security roadmap and architect governance across human, machine, and AI identities.

You will translate strategic risk into business value and guide deployments of SailPoint's Identity Security Cloud and Agentic Fabric. You will act as a trusted advisor to C-suite and VP-level engineering leaders, shaping regulatory architecture and investment prioritization while driving outcomes in breach risk

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in identity and access management (IAM) and identity governance.
• Strong enterprise security architecture background with executive-level engagement.
• Industry certifications (CISSP/CISM/TOGAF/CISA) preferred and SailPoint certs a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year platform adoption roadmaps and governance architectures for strategic accounts.
• Act as trusted technical advisor to C-suite and VP-level leaders on identity security strategy.
• Quantify value: breach risk reduction, compliance gains, and cost avoidance in reviews.
• Guide deployment of AI agent identity governance using SailPoint Agentic Fabric.
• Translate regulations (DORA, NIS2, SEC, SOX, HIPAA) into actionable architectures.

Skills

IAM

IGA

Enterprise security

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Cybersecurity/IT/Business

Tools

SailPoint certifications

Job description

WhySailPoint?

Love what you do. And love where you do it. Smart people, fun culture, innovative work, beautiful offices — oh, and everyone’s really nice. That’s what people say about SailPoint. We’re known as the company where everyone wants to work, and we have the awards to prove it. If you’re passionate about outsmarting cybercriminals and working at a company where you can truly have an impact, we want you to join our team. SailPoint empowers the largest, most complex organizations by putting identity at the Center of Security and IT. Our 2,000+ customers include global financial institutions, government entities, and pharmaceutical organizations and more.

Job Description

As a Technical Advisor, you will serve as SailPoint's principal-level identity security strategist for the enterprise. Your mission is to own the multi-year platform adoption roadmap, architecting unified governance across human, machine, and AI agent identities. You will ensure that every deployment of SailPoint's Identity Security Cloud, Agentic Fabric, and adjacent capabilities translates into measurable business value—quantified as breach risk reduction, compliance efficiency, and operational cost avoidance.

Who You Are

You are a trusted technical strategist and a peer to customer CISOs, CIOs, and VP-level engineering leaders. You possess an innate ability to translate complex technical realities into strategic business risk language that drives executive decision-making. As a thought leader in the identity security space, you are driven by professional growth and learning agility. You demonstrate a continuous commitment to expanding your domain mastery, exploring emerging technologies, and engaging with industry developments across identity governance, AI agent security, and enterprise architecture. You are an authoritative voice whose insights shape customer decisions, product strategies, and industry standards.

What You Will Do

In this principal-level role, you will bridge the gap between technical architecture and business value.

Responsibilities

• Platform Adoption Roadmap Ownership: Design and maintain multi-year platform adoption roadmaps for strategic accounts, sequencing deployments across Identity Security Cloud, Agentic Fabric, Machine Identity Security, Data Access Security, and Harbor Pilot based on customer maturity and business priorities.
• Unified Identity Governance Architecture: Architect comprehensive identity governance models spanning human, machine, and AI agent identities, ensuring cohesive policy frameworks, consistent lifecycle management, and integrated access controls.
• Executive Technical Advisory: Act as the trusted technical advisor for C-suite and VP-level engineering leaders, engaging on identity security strategy, regulatory architecture, and technology investment prioritization.
• Value Realization Quantification: Define, implement, and maintain value measurement frameworks. Quantify identity security outcomes (breach risk reduction, compliance gains, cost avoidance) and present these in quarterly executive reviews.
• Agentic Identity Governance Advisory: Guide customers through the design and deployment of AI agent identity governance using SailPoint Agentic Fabric, including agent discovery, risk-tier classification, and least-privilege enforcement.
• Regulatory Compliance Translation: Translate regulatory requirements (DORA, NIS2, SEC cyber disclosure, SOX, HIPAA) into actionable identity governance architectures, ensuring compliance through platform capabilities.
• Cross-Account Pattern Synthesis: Identify recurring governance challenges and architectural anti-patterns across enterprise customers, distilling them into reusable frameworks and strategic intelligence for Product Management and Engineering.
• CSM Strategic Partnership: Partner with Customer Value Partners to align technical strategy with commercial outcomes, providing data that supports renewal justification and expansion business cases.
• Thought Leadership & Knowledge Contribution: Author technical strategy content, present at customer advisory boards, contribute to SailPoint's body of knowledge, and mentor less senior advisors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• US Citizen required for FedRAMP initiatives.
• Extensive experience in identity and access management (IAM), identity governance and administration (IGA), and enterprise security architecture.
• Industry-recognized cybersecurity and architecture certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, TOGAF, CISA) are highly preferred.
• Relevant SailPoint platform certifications are strongly desired.

The Path to Success (Milestones)

• 1-Month Milestones Gain a deep understanding of SailPoint's Identity Security Cloud, Agentic Fabric and adjacent capabilities through product training and internal documentation. This includes familiarizing oneself with the sequencing of deployments across these platforms. Connect with key internal stakeholders, including Customer Success Managers and begin to understand their strategic accounts and existing platform adoption roadmaps. Familiarize yourself with the specific needs and regulatory environments of government customers that this role supports, such as those related to Fed, SLED and GSA.
• 2-Month Milestones Solidify strategic partnerships with assigned Customer Success Managers and establish initial rapport with key customer contacts, particularly C-suite and VP-level engineering leaders. Actively participate in executive technical advisory engagements, observing and contributing to strategic discussions on identity security, regulatory architecture and technology investment prioritization. Begin to identify recurring governance challenges and architectural anti-patterns across enterprise customers, and draft initial observations for internal synthesis.
• 3-Month Milestones Present initial strategic plans for multi-year platform adoption roadmaps to management, demonstrating an understanding of sequencing deployments based on customer maturity and business priorities. Demonstrate full ramp-up on core SailPoint tools and processes, applying expertise in architecting comprehensive identity governance models spanning human, machine, and AI agent identities, ensuring cohesive policy frameworks and integrated access controls. Actively guide customers through the design and deployment of AI agent identity governance using SailPoint Agentic Fabric, including agent discovery, risk-tier classification, and least-privilege enforcement.

Benefits and Compensation

Benefits and Compensation listed vary based on the location of your employment and the nature of your employment with SailPoint. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role‑specific commission, along with potential eligibility for equity participation. SailPoint maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect SailPoint’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. We estimate the base salary, for US-based employees, will be in this range from (min-max, USD): $147,600 - $248,862.00 Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location.

Benefits Overview

• Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
• Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
• Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
• Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave
• Parental support: Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
• Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

Equal Opportunity Employer

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply to join our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law. Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. Contact [e-mail] or mail to 11120 Four Points Dr, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78726, to discuss reasonable accommodations. NOTE: Any unsolicited resumes sent by candidates or agencies to this email will not be considered for current openings at SailPoint.

Company Overview

SailPoint (Nasdaq: SAIL) is defining the new era of adaptive identity security. In a world where non-human identities now significantly outnumber humans, our AI-powered platform unifies identity, security, and data intelligence to protect today’s enterprise from advanced identity-based threats. We deliver the identity solution that spans both the breadth of identities and the depth of context needed to drive real-time access with confidence. Built on principles like zero-standing privilege and contextualized risk, our SailPoint platform transforms identity from a point of vulnerability into a powerful security advantage. Trusted by many of the world’s leading organizations, SailPoint secures the enterprise with intelligent, autonomous identity security. The employment policy of SailPoint is to provide equal opportunity to all persons, and it is SailPoint’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. It is SailPoint’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote qualified individuals in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, military and/or veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. SailPoint does not discriminate on the basis of national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: Filing a complaint; Assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of the affirmative action provisions of Section 503, VEVRAA, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; Opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 503, VEVRAA, or their implementing regulations in this part, or any other Federal, State or local law requiring equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or protected veterans; or Exercising any other right protected by section 503, VEVRAA or their implementing regulations. SailPoint will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business. SailPoint’s affirmative action program contains an audit and reporting system which enables us to measure the effectiveness of our program, indicate any need for remedial action, determine the degree to which our objectives have been attained, determine whether protected veterans and individuals with disabilities had had the opportunity to participate in company-sponsored activities, measure our compliance with the program’s specific obligations, and document actions taken to comply with these obligations.