Identity Security Practice - Director, Professional Services - Chicago

Director, Professional Services - IAM / IGA Practice - Chicago

Saviynt is an identity authority platform built to power and protect the world at work. In a world of digital transformation, where organizations are faced with increasing cyber risk but cannot afford defensive measures to slow down progress, Saviynt's Enterprise Identity Cloud gives customers unparalleled visibility, control and intelligence to better defend against threats while empowering users with right-time, right-level access to the digital technologies and tools they need to do their best work.

The primary objective of this role is to lead and deliver customer projects ensuring exceptional outcomes. The Professional and Expert Services teams at Saviynt provide partners and customers with in-depth technical expertise and implementation support to guarantee success.

As Director, you will drive leadership, vision, and strategic growth for the Identity Security Community. This role focuses on delivering high-quality, profitable service engagements that foster trusted advisor relationships with clients. Key responsibilities include managing critical consulting metrics such as utilization, profitability, revenue growth, and customer satisfaction within the Identity Governance organization.

What You Will Be Doing

Understand the business context and lead the solution design

Responsible for technology choices and decisions

Promote architectural and development best practices

Ensure projects are designed within approved architectural standards

Lead design reviews and implement best design principles

Provide technical leadership in all aspects of SDLC, including system analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment

Demonstrates ability to bring in a fresh perspective, generates new and imaginative ideas / approaches

Facilitating the development process and operations

Identifying setbacks and shortcomings

Defining and Enforcing (Training & Review) the Architecture standards and guidelines

Guiding the implementation team

Contributing towards practice development tasks related to Trainings and SOW validation

What You Bring

Must have leadership experience implementing Identity Access or Identity Governance solutions integrating with critical applications and infrastructure

Must have strong working experience in IAM Domain involving minimum three end to end IAM project delivery

3-5 years of consulting management experience leading people to support customer satisfaction and understanding key consulting business metrics

Proven experience in a leadership role, with a strong background in people management.

Demonstrated success in building and scaling Professional Services functions.

In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies and practices.

Strong working experience on microservices

Strong experience leveraging design, architecture, and integration patterns

Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills

Ability to do a cost benefit analysis of assigned projects

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Ability to estimate the implementation efforts

$220,000 - $250,000 a year

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, learning and tremendous opportunities to grow and advance in your career. At Saviynt, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and final compensation decisions are dependent on many factors including, but not limited to location; skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other relevant business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $220,000 - $250,000 annually.

You may also be eligible to participate in a Saviynt discretionary bonus plan, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

If required for this role, you will :

Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter

Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security / Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to) :

Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy

Incident Response Policy / Procedures

Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Policy / Procedures

Mobile Device Policy

Account Management Policy

Access Control Policy

Personnel Security Policy

Privacy Policy

Saviynt is an amazing place to work. We are a high-growth, Platform as a Service company focused on Identity Authority to power and protect the world at work. You will experience tremendous growth and learning opportunities through challenging yet rewarding work that directly impacts our customers, all within a welcoming and positive work environment. If you're resilient and enjoy working in a dynamic environment you belong with us!

Saviynt is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.