Director Analyst - Identity Governance and Administration
Core
Director Analyst providing expert advice and research on Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) to enterprise clients.
Role type
Senior IC analyst (thought leadership)
Builds
Research reports, reference architectures, and advisory presentations for Gartner clients
Domain
Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Agentic AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Identity governance lifecycle processes, Identity analytics and automation, Agentic AI IAM tools, Privileged access management, Access management protocols, User/workload/machine identity authentication, Federated identity and SSO, Secrets management, Identity threat detection and response, Authorization policy frameworks, Decentralized identity and verifiable credentials, Crypto agility
Preferred skills
Technical architecture and trends, Deployment best practices, Standards and frameworks, Pattern recognition, Technical strategy articulation
Technologies
IAM platforms, SSO solutions, Secrets management tools, Identity threat detection tools
Responsibilities
Conduct research and analysis to create thought-leading insights, Deliver practical advice via various media, Write advisory research and reference architecture documents, Respond to client questions and deliver presentations, Respond to press inquiries
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
