Associate Vice President – Trust & Identity Platforms

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Share accountability for the technology and product strategy related to Trust & Identity services.

• Provide primary leadership for the platform strategy, architecture, and engineering.

• Convert strategic objectives into technology platforms that support the InCommon Federation, Federation Manager, eduroam for the United States, IAM services, and certificate services.

• Propel the evolution of the Trust & Identity ecosystem, including the transition to cloud-native federation and IAM services.

• Ensure the reliability, security, scalability, and long-term sustainability of current platforms.

• Define and implement platform strategy, architecture, and lifecycle for the Trust and Identity portfolio.

• Assess platform capabilities and make build-versus-buy technology determinations.

• Lead next-generation federation initiatives encompassing OpenID Connect, OpenID Federation, IAM-as-a-Service, quantum-resistant cryptography, and AI-driven trust architectures.

• Maintain existing SAML services and assist with participant migration strategies.

• Direct software development and platform engineering initiatives.

• Establish engineering standards, CI/CD practices, and secure development methodologies.

• Advance open-source strategy, platform sourcing decisions, and the evolution of Trust and Identity products and services.

• Supervise service management, incident response, change management, support operations, security governance, risk management, threat modeling, and post-quantum readiness.

• Lead engagement with community technical leaders, governance groups, standards initiatives, internal stakeholders, peer organizations, suppliers, and strategic partners.

• Provide stewardship for Data Integration and Data Analytics initiatives and support the enterprise data strategy.

• Oversee people management, budget planning, contracts, financial oversight, and organizational administration.

• Encourage innovation, continuous learning, and awareness of emerging technologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, supplemented by professional experience equivalent to a Master’s degree; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 10+ years of progressive technology experience.

• Substantial software development experience in web application integration, identity and access management (IAM), federated and multifactor authentication, authorization, and information security technologies.

• Extensive expertise in federated identity and access management, including SAML 2.0 and federation operations, OpenID Connect, assurance frameworks, and RADIUS.

• Exceptional verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.

• Experience in defining product strategy and managing service portfolios that are developed and relied upon by the community.

• Ability to balance roadmap priorities, operational reliability, and lifecycle management across various technology platforms.

• Demonstrated experience in leading cloud-native platforms and integrating both open-source and commercial technologies into scalable solutions.

• Experience in evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends to guide technical strategy.

• Experience overseeing secure, reliable technology operations, including security governance, incident command, change management, service management, and SLA/OLA-driven support models.

• 5+ years of leadership experience, including managing managers and leading geographically and organizationally diverse technical teams.

• Proven ability to build, coach, and develop high-performing organizations.

• Demonstrated business and operational leadership, including project delivery, contract oversight, vendor and supplier management, budget accountability, and successful execution of multiple concurrent initiatives.

• Proven ability to build collaborative partnerships, foster innovation, and navigate complexity and ambiguity.

• Cover letter emphasizing directly relevant experience.

• Preferred: Fluency with OpenID Federation, eduGAIN interfederation, and eduroam.

• Preferred: Experience in leading data integration, analytics, and business intelligence functions.

• Preferred: Experience in higher education, research, or non-profit technology service organizations.

• Preferred: Familiarity with community-governed and community-developed technology platforms and services.

• Preferred: Experience in supporting research and education communities through technology solutions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Health spending account program.

• Sick time.

• Vacation time.

• Tax deferred retirement plan.