About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

12

The Team

The selected candidate will be part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) leadership team within S&P Global’s Cyber Division, providing enterprise solutions architecture, governance, and thought leadership to define and execute our Non-Human Identity (NHI) Program and Agentic Identity Lifecycle Management initiatives.

This role will be the enterprise-facing leader for establishing a secure, scalable identity fabric for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and agent-based interactions across our hybrid cloud, SaaS ecosystem, CI/CD platforms, and critical enterprise products. You will work across divisions to drive a common framework for Workload Identity, Secrets Management, Service Account governance, API authentication, and policy-based authorization, ensuring Zero Trust principles apply equally to machines, bots, agents, and services as they do to humans.

The Impact

You will drive a major transformation of S&P Global’s security posture by reducing enterprise risk from credential sprawl, hardcoded secrets, unmanaged service accounts, and long-lived tokens/keys. You will build the governance model and “paved road” patterns that allow engineering teams to adopt secure NHI practices with minimal friction—at enterprise scale.

This role directly reduces attack surface and improves audit readiness by enforcing:

• Strong ownership and lifecycle controls for NHIs and agentic identities
• Least privilege and continuous verification across cloud and SaaS platforms
• Short-lived, dynamically issued credentials (and/or federated identity) as the default model

You will ensure that key platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GitHub, Snowflake, Databricks, and other strategic systems) implement NHI standards consistently, enabling secure automation and trusted digital supply chain operations.

What’s in it for you

As a Director in the IAM organization, you will have the opportunity to establish and lead the enterprise NHI and Agentic Identity program for a global, data-driven organization. You will shape how modern workloads and autonomous agents authenticate and gain access—balancing security, reliability, and developer experience.

You will:

• Build an enterprise program that becomes the authoritative model for machine identity
• Influence platform engineering and product teams by delivering repeatable, scalable identity patterns
• Work with modern identity approaches such as OIDC federation, workload identity, mTLS, and SPIFFE/SPIRE-style concepts (where applicable)
• Lead cross-division adoption and governance while enabling business agility and secure innovation

Position Summary

We are seeking a Director, IAM – NHI Program & Agentic Lifecycle Management to architect, govern, and scale S&P Global’s enterprise approach to Non-Human Identities and agentic identities across our machine-to-machine ecosystem.

In this role, you will define how workloads, containers, pipelines, bots, agents, and services authenticate and authorize across S&P Global’s hybrid cloud infrastructure, SaaS estate, and critical enterprise platforms. You will drive the enterprise away from static, long-lived credentials toward dynamic, short-lived identity models aligned to Zero Trust.

You will lead the creation of a centralized, standardized approach for managing the lifecycle of Service Accounts, API Clients/Keys, Certificates, Cloud Roles, and Workload Identities, while partnering across product teams and divisions to ensure adoption of standards through automation and paved-road solutions.

Key Responsibilities & Qualifications

Experience

• 15+ years of professional experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), including architecture and enterprise-scale delivery.

• 5+ years leading large initiatives and/or teams across federated engineering organizations (direct leadership and/or matrix leadership).

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) is highly desirable.

• Experience with Okta, Cyber Ark, and Sail Point is highly desirable and will be considered a strong asset

• Define and execute the enterprise roadmap for NHI and agentic identity lifecycle management, securing M2M and agent-driven access across AWS, Azure, and critical SaaS platforms.

• Establish enterprise reference architectures and standards for workload identity, service authentication, and machine authorization.

• Strong understanding of modern machine identity patterns and protocols including:

• OAuth 2.0 (Client Credentials)

• OIDC / federation patterns

• Understanding of new Agentic MCP Servers , A2A Protocols

• Deep expertise in secrets management and transition strategies using platforms such as Hashi Corp Vault, Cyber Ark, and/or cloud-native equivalents (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault).

• Lead enterprise migration from static credentials to dynamic/ephemeral credentials and/or federated identity to eliminate secret sprawl and reduce breach impact.

• Lead evaluation and onboarding of discovery capabilities to identify:

• shadow NHIs, unmanaged service accounts, and orphaned credentials

• hardcoded secrets and leaked tokens across repos, pipelines, and runtime environments

• Define and enforce governance policies including: ownership, lifecycle controls, rotation/renewal standards, access reviews, and exception management.

• Proven experience securing machine identities across complex environments involving AWS, Azure, and high-value SaaS/data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, GitHub).

• Practical understanding of how engineering teams build/deploy workloads (containers, CI/CD, platform services) and where identity controls must integrate.

• Partner with Product, DevOps/SRE, Cloud/Platform Engineering, and Data Platform teams to embed NHI standards into delivery workflows.

• Serve as the enterprise technical authority to guide teams in refactoring toward password-less, token-based, federated, and policy-driven NHI patterns.

• Drive adoption through standardized implementation patterns, reusable templates, automation, and guardrails that make secure behavior the easiest default.

• Influence technical roadmaps across distributed teams and ensure alignment with Zero Trust, audit expectations, and enterprise risk posture.

What’s In It For You?Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

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Job ID:

327677

Posted On:

2026-04-16

Location:

Hyderabad, Telangāna, India