[Remote] Director, Identity Security & Privileged Access Management – USA Remote
Job Description
Company: Danaher
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Danaher is a global science and technology company operating across life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology. The Director, Identity Security & Privileged Access Management will operationalize and drive the global Privileged Access Management program by designing PAM patterns, engineering platform configurations and integrations, governing exceptions, and driving adoption across business units. The role also owns the PAM platform and vendor relationship while reporting program status, risk posture, and metrics to security leadership and audit stakeholders.
Responsibilities
• Design PAM reference patterns — JIT/JEA, session isolation and recording, vault topology, break-glass, and non-human-identity/secrets management — that other teams adopt
• Lead hands-on engineering of PAM platform configuration standards, integrations, and automation, including discovery, onboarding, and credential rotation
• Govern privileged-account onboarding standards, exception requests, and break-glass procedures; drive remediation of coverage gaps across business units
• Partner across identity, security operations, cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, and audit teams — each with their own architecture — to integrate privileged-access controls
• Own the PAM platform and vendor relationship; report program status, risk posture, and metrics to security leadership and audit stakeholders
Skills
• 14+ years of cybersecurity experience with a focus on privileged access management or identity and access management
• Experience designing and driving enterprise or global PAM architecture, operating model, or control framework — including governance and long-term sustainability — across multiple business units
• Hands-on experience engineering enterprise PAM platforms (such as CyberArk, BeyondTrust, or Delinea): privileged-account onboarding, vaulting, session management, rotation, and integrations
• Experience working independently across IAM, security operations, cloud, infrastructure, and audit teams — each with their own architecture — to reduce privileged-access risk and support control evidence
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
• Experience governing non-human / service-account and secrets management at scale
• CISSP, CISM, or a relevant PAM platform leadership/practitioner certification
• Experience managing globally distributed or matrixed teams and services
Benefits
• Health care program
• Paid time off
• Flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles
• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) to eligible employees
• Bonus/incentive pay
Company Overview
• Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping their customers solve complex challenges and improve quality. It was founded in 1969, and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.danaher.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Danaher has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 7 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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