VP Identity and Access Management

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.

At FactSet, our values guide everything we do. We believe that curiosity is key to anticipating our clients' needs and exceeding their expectations. The Information Security team implements all security technologies across the Technology organization to secure FactSet's systems, data and platforms.

Company Overview

FactSet (NYSE:FDS NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. The digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients and over 200,000 individual users.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Define and implement a comprehensive IAM strategy aligned with organizational goals, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee day to day operations for user provisioning, role based access, identity federation, privileged access management, and authentication solutions; ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of IAM technologies.
• Incident Response: Lead incident response and remediation for identity related security breaches.
• Technical Direction: Architect and guide adoption of modern IAM technologies (IDaaS, SSO, MFA, Zero Trust); lead vendor management, product evaluation, and tool selection.
• Governance & Compliance: Develop and enforce IAM policies, standards, and procedures to meet regulatory requirements (SOX, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR); drive audit readiness and respond to assessments.
• Innovation: Monitor industry trends and emerging threats; advocate continuous improvement and automation in the IAM lifecycle.

Qualifications & Technical Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related discipline.
• 20+ years' experience in information security, leading, managing and developing high performance global teams, with 15+ years in IAM lead roles.
• Demonstrated ability to hire, train, coach, mentor and retain talent to build a cohesive, high performing global team.
• Executive presence with proven ability to influence at technical leadership and C suite levels.
• Strong communication skills; ability to distill complex technical concepts for varied audiences.
• Superior program/project management skills; experience in budgeting and resource planning.
• Deep expertise in IAM domains: user lifecycle management, directory services (Active Directory, LDAP), federated identity (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect), PAM, SSO, MFA, certificate management, and biometrics.
• Experience with modern IAM platforms (Okta, Ping, ForgeRock, SailPoint, CyberArk, Azure AD, AWS IAM).
• Advanced understanding of cloud identity architectures and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and security standards (NIST, ISO27001, GDPR, DORA, SOC2, SOX).
• Hands on experience with IAM integration for SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and on premises solutions.
• Experience overseeing complicated, technical programs at global scale; familiarity with project and product management methodologies.
• Experience evaluating and implementing next generation cybersecurity technologies, such as agentic AI, AI driven detection and response, and MCP.
• Professional certifications (CISSP, CCSP, SANS GIAC, or similar) are a plus.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.