You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.
McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.
We are looking to hire an Director - Identity and Directory Services immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at our Gurgaon office.
What We Bring To The Table:
The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:
• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• Wellbeing programs including
Position Overview:
The Director, Identity and Directory Services leads the strategy, governance, and day-to-day execution of enterprise identity, access, and directory capabilities. This role is accountable for delivering secure, reliable, scalable, and user-centered identity services across the company, including directory services, authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, privileged access, federation, single sign-on, and related identity platforms. By combining strong service ownership with modern identity architecture, operational discipline, automation, and risk-based controls, the Director enables secure access to critical business systems, improves user experience, reduces identity-related risk, and strengthens enterprise resilience. This role works closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, applications, digital workplace, HR, compliance, business stakeholders, and strategic service partners to standardize identity practices, modernize platforms, and ensure identity services support business growth, regulatory expectations, and the company's broader technology strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
Shape and execute the enterprise strategy for identity and directory services, establishing the roadmap, operating model, standards, governance, and service capabilities needed to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable identity services across global business and technology environments.
Lead the modernization and ongoing management of core identity platforms, including enterprise directory services, identity providers, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, federation, privileged access management, access governance, certificate-related dependencies, and identity integrations across cloud, SaaS, endpoint, and application ecosystems.
Improve identity risk posture by strengthening joiner, mover, leaver processes; role-based and attribute-based access practices; privileged access controls; access reviews; policy enforcement; audit readiness; and alignment with cybersecurity, privacy, regulatory, and enterprise risk requirements.
Develop an integrated service model that aligns internal teams and service providers within the defined Product Operating Model and established SIAM processes, creating clear accountability, measurable service outcomes, proactive operational support, and continuous improvement for identity and directory services.
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