The Principal, Identity & Access Management leads IAM systems' design, operation, ensuring secure access, minimal risk, and compliance with security standards.
Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
Key Accountabilities
Qualifications
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
Job Purpose and Impact
- The Principal, Identity & Access Management leads the design, implementation and operation of identity and access management systems (IAM), including the IGA and governance aspects within the organization. As a recognized subject matter authority in IAM, this job provides thought leadership to ensure secure access to resources, minimize risk exposure, and maintain compliance with security standards.
Key Accountabilities
- DIRECTORIES & AUTHENTICATION: Leads the analysis of current systems and development of solutions to improve directory services and authentication processes, including implementing and maintaining identity governance processes and controls to ensure oversight and accountability for user access.
- DIGITAL IDENTITY LIFECYCLE: Advises the entire digital identity lifecycle, ensuring efficient provisioning, maintenance and archiving of user identities, and leads assessment and preparation for potential risks.
- ACCESS CERTIFICATIONS & RE-AUTHORIZATIONS: Leads the establishment and improvement of access certification processes to ensure compliance and security of user access rights, identifying and assessing systemic compliance gaps, finding root cause resolution and proposing improvement options, including cost benefit analysis.
- PRIVILEGED ACCESS MANAGEMENT: Leads the analysis and solution development for administering privileged accounts and access to sensitive information.
- ENTITLEMENT MANAGEMENT: Establishes and mentors the implementation of entitlement management standards to ensure consistent access control across the organization.
- COLLABORATION: Influences collaboration with cybersecurity peers, data privacy partners, external experts, industry consortia, and other internal and external teams to enable effective and efficient authentication and provisioning fundamentals and delivery of business objectives.
Qualifications
- 8-10 years of professional experience with IAM domains, such as IGA, privileged access management, credential/secrets management, governance and compliance
- Extensive experience with identity technologies and concepts
- Strong communication, collaboration, and change management experience
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
Top Skills
Identity Management Systems
Iga (Identity Governance And Administration)
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