Senior Director, Identity Governance

United States, Texas, Carrollton 5025 Plano Parkway (Show on map) Aug 20, 2026

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today! Job Details

Owns the identity governance strategy, operating model, and control standards that keep enterprise access aligned to risk, audit, and regulatory obligations across a global healthcare enterprise. Leads the access certification, role lifecycle, and segregation-of-duties programs, and is accountable for control coverage, exception handling, and clear decision ownership. Directs the use of workflow, analytics, and reporting to surface access risk, measure control effectiveness, and prioritize remediation by exposure. Owns the identity governance policy and standards library and the audit and SOX ITGC evidence that proves those controls operate. Establishes the governance forums and escalation paths that resolve policy exceptions, toxic access combinations, and role design conflicts. Partners with business, security, internal audit, and technology leaders to reconcile governance requirements with operational reality and transformation priorities, including M&A identity integration. Leads the evaluation and modernization of the identity governance platform, processes, and data quality to improve scalability, automation, and evidence integrity. Builds and develops the team, setting priorities and capability to deliver consistently across the identity governance domain.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, cybersecurity, information systems, computer science, business administration, or a related field required.
• Master’s degree in information technology, cybersecurity, information systems, business administration, or a related field preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in identity and access management, cybersecurity, IT controls, or a related field required.
• 8+ years of experience in a management capacity required.
• Certification in CISSP, CISM, or identity and access management governance disciplines, or equivalent preferred.

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora Full time Equal Employment Opportunity

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The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.