VP, Privileged Secret Server Product Owner - Delinea

Synchrony; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony is seeking a PAM Product Owner to lead enterprise Privileged Access Management strategy, focusing on risk-based remediation and reducing attack surface. You will own the product roadmap and drive rollout of Delinea solutions for credential lifecycle, session governance, and integrations across ITSM and SIEM.

You will guide Privileged Access Analysts, enforce zero-trust patterns, and partner with IAM governance, security, and business teams to deliver secure, auditable controls.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity with IAM and PAM experience.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional tech initiatives.
• Strong partnership with business and tech stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the multi-year PAM roadmap and strategy.
• Lead Delinea PAM capabilities across infrastructure, cloud, and apps.
• Oversee Privileged Access Analysts and program initiatives.
• Drive PAM best practices, credential rotation, and least privilege.
• Integrate PAM with ITSM and security tooling for automation.
• Build strong vendor and governance relationships.

Skills

PAM Experience

IAM Expertise

Leadership

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Delinea PAM

SIEM/SOAR

Job description

Role Summary/Purpose:

The PAM Product Owner leads the strategic evolution and enhancement of the enterprise Privileged Access Management (PAM) program, with a primary focus on risk-based remediation of high-risk privileged accounts and reduction of privileged attack surface. This role owns the product roadmap and drives rollout, adoption, and continuous improvement of the Delinea suite of products to deliver secure credential lifecycle management, privileged session management/recording, and integrations with enterprise platforms (e.g., ITSM, SIEM/SOAR). The Product Owner ensures the PAM program aligns to Zero Trust principles, enables Just-in-Time (JIT) privileged access where appropriate, strengthens audit readiness, and builds strong partner relationships across technology, security, and business stakeholders.

Essential 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

Qualifications/Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with depth in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and security controls, including one or more of: Privileged Access Management (PAM), SSO, MFA, CIAM, RBAC, and/or directory governance.
• Demonstrated success delivering high-value, 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 (user stories, workflows, process maps); experience supporting Agile/Scrum execution (backlog/standups/removing blockers).
• Hands-on experience with ITSM platforms in an operational/delivery context (e.g., catalog, incident/problem/change workflows, dashboards/reporting), including building standardized documentation to support audit readiness and adoption.
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience implementing and operating Delinea PAM solutions, including Secret Server and complementary capabilities used for privileged credential management and privileged session governance.
• Advanced expertise in PAM best practices, including risk-based security controls, credential lifecycle management, privileged session monitoring/recording, privileged identity governance, and audit